Column / Opinion
·She Kicks, issue 34, April 2016 ·p.18
Helen Ward uses her column to make a point about how far the game has moved: Manchester City went to Abu Dhabi, Liverpool to South Africa and Arsenal to Spain for pre-season, trips that…
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·She Kicks, issue 34, April 2016 ·p.21
Notts County and England centre-back Sophie Bradley-Auckland answers ten questions by tweet after more than eighteen months out injured. Being back on the pitch where she belongs, she says, is the best feeling; she…
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·She Kicks, issue 34, April 2016 ·pp.22–23
Arsenal's Spain midfielder Marta Corredera, signed from Barcelona in July 2015, reflects on her first season in North London. English football is far more intense and physical, she says, but she adapted much faster…
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·She Kicks, issue 34, April 2016 ·pp.24–25
With many tipping Birmingham City for relegation, defender Aoife Mannion insists the word has never been mentioned inside the club. She points to a gritty performance against Arsenal in the FA Cup fifth round,…
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·She Kicks, issue 34, April 2016 ·p.27
Back at Sunderland, where her career began, Lucy Staniforth talks about rebuilding after cruciate ligament injuries to both knees cost her two years. She is frank that she did not reach her own standards…
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·She Kicks, issue 34, April 2016 ·pp.28–29
Signed on a two-year deal in November after three seasons and twenty-eight league goals in sixty-six games at Vittsjo, Jane Ross explains what took her to Manchester City: the facilities, the philosophy, daily training…
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·She Kicks, issue 34, April 2016 ·pp.30–31
Three WSL 1 players and two supporters preview the new season. Liverpool's Kate Longhurst acknowledges her side have been tipped for relegation after a big turnover of players but rates the squad brought in,…
Run-of-page feature
·She Kicks, issue 34, April 2016 ·pp.32–33
Three WSL 2 players look ahead. Durham's Northern Ireland international Sarah McFadden, newly arrived from Sunderland, expects a top-four finish at worst and rates Bristol and Everton as the teams to beat, tipping team-mate…
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·She Kicks, issue 34, April 2016 ·pp.34–35
A double-page photographic gallery covering the opening week of the 2016 FA WSL 1 and 2 seasons, from 23 to 28 March. The images are captioned only with hashtags rather than names, in the…
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·She Kicks, issue 34, April 2016 ·p.65
Reading captain Kirsty McGee discusses leading a side into its first top-flight season. She describes herself as leading by example, setting standards she expects of herself and every team-mate, and says her style is…