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193 articles indexed from the She Kicks and Her Goal archive

Also filed as 2012 London Olympics, 2012 Olympics, Beijing Olympics 2008, London 2012 Olympic Games, London 2012 Olympics, London Olympics 2012 and 13 other names

Coach Kicks: Heather Garriock (Canberra United)

Interview She Kicks, issue 59, March 2020 pp.50–53

Heather Garriock was on the pitch when Cheryl Salisbury's equaliser against Canada took Australia into the 2007 World Cup quarter-finals, and she scored a penalty when the Matildas won their first trophy, the 2010…

Blue Moon And Maple Spirit (Janine Beckie interview)

Interview She Kicks, issue 59, March 2020 pp.12–16

Janine Beckie is a forward who has spent the season at right-back, and she is disarming about it: defending is not the best part of her game, she had no expectations going in, and…

She Kicks Back 2010-2019: SK’s Picture Quiz Of The Decade

Other She Kicks, issue 58, January 2020 pp.33–41

A nine-question picture quiz, one image per year from 2011 to 2019, with the answers printed eight pages later. The questions range from Equatorial Guinea's Bruna catching the ball in the belief a free-kick…

She Kicks Back 2010-2019: Pics Of The Decade

Other She Kicks, issue 58, January 2020 p.31

The editor picks the photographs of the decade that stayed with her, and they are almost all about pain rather than triumph. The lead image catches Faye White in the instant after firing England's…

She Kicks Back 2010-2019: Match Of The Decade (Catherine Etoe)

Column / Opinion She Kicks, issue 58, January 2020 p.32

She Kicks's long-time chief contributor is asked for her match of the decade and works through the contenders before choosing. Team GB's win over Brazil at Wembley at London 2012, Steph Houghton scoring in…

KB Kicks Back (Karen Bardsley interview)

Interview She Kicks, issue 58, January 2020 pp.34–40

England's longest-serving player takes the decade year by year. Karen Bardsley has been first-choice goalkeeper at all five major tournaments of the 2010s and has gone from crowds of 100 at Lincoln Ladies in…

Suckers For Nostalgia (Editor’s Letter)

Column / Opinion She Kicks, issue 58, January 2020 p.3

Jen O'Neill opens 2020 by listing attendances rather than results: 77,768 at Wembley, 38,262 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, 23,500 at Anfield, and further down the pyramid 2,109 for Derby County against Nottingham Forest. Average…

Roord’s Right On Board (Jill Roord interview)

Interview She Kicks, issue 56, October 2019 pp.10–12

Arsenal's summer signing from Bayern Munich talks to She Kicks after a Netherlands summer that ended in a World Cup final. Jill Roord came off the bench against the United States in Lyon, and…

Kos The Boss (Kosovare Asllani interview)

Interview She Kicks, issue 56, October 2019 pp.40–43

Sweden's attacking midfielder ranks World Cup bronze alongside Olympic silver, and is clear about why a side ranked ninth finished third: team spirit, an analyst team she rates highly, and a refusal to study…

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