Her Goal issue 3

News

News ·pp.6–7

The issue opens with two pages of January business. Eder Maestre takes over at London City Lionesses after Jocelyn Precheur's sacking, with Becky Langley as assistant; Tanya Oxtoby leaves Northern Ireland for Newcastle United;…

Best in Class

News ·pp.8–9

A two-page report on The Best FIFA Football Awards 2025, held in Doha in December. Aitana Bonmati is crowned The Best FIFA Women's Player for a third year running, becoming the first female footballer…

Matchday Snaps

Other ·pp.10–11

A two-page Barclays WSL photo gallery covering 16 November to 14 December 2025, each shot given a punning caption. Spurs winger Matilda Vinberg holds the ball at a set-piece against Aston Villa; West Ham…

Mastery in Motion

Interview ·pp.12–19

The cover interview, with Irati Vidal, finds Arsenal's Spain international reflecting on the most defining year of her career: a Champions League title won against Barcelona, the club she left after half a lifetime,…

State of Play

Other ·pp.20–21

A two-page presentation of FIFPRO's survey of 407 national-team players from 41 countries, carried out between August and October 2025 and published in December. Respondents had all competed at a major tournament the previous…

Name Changers

News ·p.23

A single page on the New Year Honours List, which was full of Lionesses. Sarina Wiegman becomes an honorary dame after leading England to a second successive UEFA Women's EURO title, while captain Leah…

Scottish Women’s Football Awards

Other ·pp.24–27

A four-page picture report from the 2025 ScottishPower Scottish Women's Football Awards, held at Hampden Park on 29 November and hosted by broadcaster Jane Dougall, with winners drawn from across the Scottish pyramid. Grant…

Swede Sensation

Interview ·pp.28–30

Asif Burhan interviews the 18-year-old who scored 30 Damallsvenskan goals in 2025, the first to reach that mark since Hanna Ljungberg in 2002, and 38 in all competitions to finish joint-fifth among the world's…

Kerstin Casparij – Manchester City & Netherlands – Poster

Poster ·p.31

A full-page portrait poster of Manchester City and Netherlands full-back Kerstin Casparij, captioned with club and country, credited to Priscila Butler/SPP and carrying the hergoal magazine masthead. It runs immediately before the Barclays WSL…

Flavour of the Month

Other ·pp.32–33

Two pages covering November and December's Barclays WSL and WSL 2 monthly awards. Manchester City defender Kerstin Casparij takes November's WSL Player of the Month and Chelsea's Alyssa Thompson Goal of the Month for…

Bristolona

Interview ·pp.34–40

Chris Brookes revisits November 2014, when Bristol Academy knocked Barcelona out of the Champions League at Ashton Gate, and finds the Barca scorer from that night now playing for the club that beat her.…

Chelsea Women – Centre Poster

Poster ·pp.42–43

The issue's free centre-spread poster, billed on the cover: a Chelsea team portrait across two pages, captioned with every player named. Back row, from left, Naomi Girma, Millie Bright, Lauren James, Aggie Beever-Jones, Keira…

Eni Inducted

News ·p.45

Former England forward Eniola Aluko was inducted into the National Football Museum Hall of Fame on 12 November at the museum in Manchester. The Chelsea legend won 104 caps for the Lionesses, scoring 33…

Game Ready: Jana Fernández

Interview ·pp.46–47

The recurring Game Ready Q&A, with Reshma Rao, catches London City Lionesses' Catalan defender adapting after a summer departure from Barcelona and a Nations League title with Spain. Fernandez describes herself as a loud…

UEFA Women’s Nations League final

Match report ·pp.48–49

Spain beat Germany 3-0 in the second leg of the UEFA Women's Nations League final on 2 December, before 55,843 at Atletico Madrid's Riyadh Air Metropolitano, having been held in Kaiserslautern four days earlier.…

The Dóttir Diary

Column / Opinion ·pp.50–51

The Norway defender's column returns for 2026 with news of a move home. She finished her four-month Brann spell by winning the Toppserien, a first league title, then decided that a summer in Marseille…

2025 NWSL Championship

Match report ·pp.52–53

Gotham FC became NWSL champions for a second time, edging Washington Spirit 1-0 before a sold-out 18,000 at PayPal Park in San Jose on 22 November, with a Lioness in each starting line-up in…

Florida Georgia Line

Interview ·pp.54–58

Catherine Etoe meets the English-born, Florida-based centre-back who had an eventful 2025: one of the first professional signings for Gainbridge Super League newcomers Sporting Club Jacksonville in May, and elevated from Scotland's Under-23s to…

Up in Lights

Match report ·pp.60–61

Year one of Canada's professional Northern Super League concluded in mid-November with Vancouver Rise crowned the first champions. The regular season, which kicked off in April, ended with AFC Toronto top of the six-team…

Party Planners

Interview ·pp.62–65

Asif Burhan interviews the DFB's Vice President for Women's and Girls' Football after UEFA's Executive Committee voted 15-2 on 3 December for Germany to stage EURO 2029, making it the first nation to host…

Fran Kirby – Brighton & Hove Albion – Poster

Poster ·p.66

A full-page portrait poster of Brighton & Hove Albion forward Fran Kirby, her name and club printed in capitals beside the hergoal magazine masthead, with the photograph credited to Liam Asman for Sports Press…

UEFA Women’s Champions League Knockout-Phase Draw

News ·p.67

A single page setting out the draw for the UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, with every tie played over two legs. The February play-offs pair Atletico Madrid with Manchester United, Paris FC with…

Higher Learning

Interview ·pp.68–71

Nick Brown talks to Montrose's leading scorer, whose seventh goal of the season came in a 1-1 draw with Hamilton Academical before the winter break. McDonald-Nguah describes a childhood spent working out where she…

SWPL Players of the Month

Other ·pp.72–73

Two pages covering November and December's SWPL and SWPL 2 Players of the Month. Hearts forward Georgia Timms takes November's top-flight award after a double in a 3-2 win over Rangers plus a hat-trick…

Put a Name On It

Interview ·pp.74–76

Beth McCowen meets the former Wales youth international on years of unbearable pain, beginning with a collapse on the pitch that was initially treated as a possible ovarian torsion. Smith, 21, describes three or…

Shekiera Martínez – West Ham & Germany – Poster

Poster ·p.77

A full-page portrait poster of West Ham United and Germany forward Shekiera Martínez, her name, club and country printed in capitals alongside the hergoal magazine masthead, with the photograph credited to Pedro Porru for…

Good Sevens!

Tournament feature ·pp.78–79

The second edition of World Sevens Football took place in December, and San Diego Wave went home with the prize. Fifteen minutes each way, unlimited substitutions, no offside rule and heavily choreographed celebrations characterise…

Pet Corner: Amy Goddard

Interview ·pp.80–81

The recurring Pet Corner feature, with Southampton's vice-captain, who returned to familiar Hampshire surroundings this summer after two years at Sunderland and scored on her debut. Goddard introduces working cocker spaniels Cooper and Nacho,…