News
News pp.4–5
Two pages of summer news, dominated by the transfer window and World Cup qualifying. Katie McCabe joins Chelsea from Arsenal on a free, Beth Mead MBE signs for champions Manchester City, Mary Earps MBE…
Issue
Her Goal issue 8
July 2026 23 articles indexed
2026 Adobe Women’s FA Cup Final
Match report pp.6–9
Manchester City completed a first league-and-cup double with a 4-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion at Wembley on 31 May, in front of 43,917. Brighton, in their first final, were the better side…
The Best in the Land
Match report pp.10–11
Hearts are SWPL champions for the first time, though they clinched it in the strangest fashion, by losing. A 2-0 defeat at Edinburgh rivals Hibernian would have handed the title to Rangers had they…
Knowing Me, Knowing You
Interview pp.12–19
An extended cover interview with a twist: Brighton captain Fran Kirby is questioned not by a staff writer but by her close friend and former Chelsea and Brighton teammate Maria Thorisdottir. They cover Kirby's…
Bouncebackability
Match report p.20
A single page on one of the season's more improbable title charges. Spartans returned to the ScottishPower SWPL at the first attempt, a year after relegation, having trailed leaders Kilmarnock by 15 points with…
Vicky López – Spain & Barcelona – Poster
Poster p.21
A full-page portrait poster of Barcelona and Spain midfielder Vicky López, captioned with her name, country and club beneath the Her Goal masthead and photographed by Daniel Weir for Sports Press Photo. It follows…
Competition Time
News p.22
A single-page call to action from WSL Football, inviting grassroots clubs across the country to rally their communities and vote in a national competition. The club receiving the most votes wins three prizes: a…
SWPL Play-off Finals
Match report p.23
Two Scottish play-off deciders on one page. At Airdrie on 28 May, Championship runners-up Falkirk beat East Fife 2-1 to take their place in SWPL2, captain Anna Murray heading them in front before Brodie…
Tips of the Trade
Column / Opinion pp.24–25
A first-person career-advice column from the broadcaster who was Match of the Day's first female commentator, and who now works on CBS Sports' NWSL coverage and FOX Sports' men's World Cup output. Oatley's message…
2026 Scottish Gas Women’s Scottish Cup Final
Match report pp.26–27
An Old Firm final at Hampden Park on 31 May, watched by 4,755, went Celtic's way by a single goal. Mia McAulay struck the post for Rangers in what proved her last game before…
Until We Meet Again
Interview pp.28–32
The Aston Villa left-back, retiring at 24 with a knee that specialists could not fix, speaks from her village in Alicante. Tomas describes going into an appointment expecting a solution and leaving devastated, then…
Mary Earps MBE – Centre Poster
Poster pp.34–35
The issue's centre-spread poster: a double-page image of Mary Earps MBE in London City Lionesses colours, captioned with her name and new club beneath the Her Goal masthead. It is the free poster billed…
The Dóttir Diary
Column / Opinion pp.37–39
The columnist writes about crossing to the other side of the notebook, having conducted her first interview, with her close friend Fran Kirby, elsewhere in this issue. Thorisdottir describes it feeling less like an…
London Balling
Tournament feature pp.40–43
World Sevens Football's third edition came to Brentford's Gtech Community Stadium on 28-30 May, the first staged exclusively for Barclays WSL clubs. Eight of the 12 took part, with Arsenal, Liverpool and FA Cup…
Stina Blackstenius – Sweden & Arsenal – Poster
Poster p.44
A full-page portrait poster of Arsenal's Swedish striker Stina Blackstenius, captioned with her name, country and club beneath the Her Goal masthead and photographed by Peter Sonander for Sports Press Photo. It sits between…
Outside the Box
Interview pp.45–49
An interview with the Scotland forward who left Glasgow City for Norway's SK Brann in summer 2024. Davidson, a two-time SWPL winner with 77 goals in 135 City appearances and once a Tesco delivery…
Home Comforts
Run-of-page feature pp.50–51
A two-page item on the £10m headquarters opened for Manchester City Women at the City Football Academy in May. The 17,000 square-foot building is described as state-of-the-art, with elite gym and medical facilities and…
Legacy Loading…
Interview pp.52–55
A supporters' Q&A with Boston ISA, the independent supporters association of NWSL expansion side Boston Legacy, answered jointly by president Susan Rice, vice-president Megan Gianniny and membership chair Anna Esten. They explain how the…
Junior / Senior
Run-of-page feature pp.56–57
A photo feature marking Het Nationale Voetbalweekend, the Netherlands' national football weekend celebrating amateur clubs, held on 5-7 June. During the international window at the KNVB Campus, ten Dutch internationals posed in the shirts…
Mia Enderby – Liverpool – Poster
Poster p.58
A full-page portrait poster of Liverpool forward Mia Enderby, captioned with her name and club beneath the Her Goal masthead, the image supplied by Liverpool FC. It follows the Dutch grassroots-shirts photo feature as…
Deals on Wheels
Run-of-page feature p.59
A short standalone item, and a light one. The magazine's columnist Maria Thorisdottir, described here as a consummate team player who prefers to do her job with minimum fuss, has not been keeping quite…
More Than a Game
Run-of-page feature pp.60–63
A four-page feature on the rapid growth of recreational football for women aged 35 and over, told through four founders who built clubs because none existed for them. Carol Bates started Crawley Old Girls…
Born Kicking: Maisie McGrail
Interview pp.64–65
The youth Q&A meets an 11-year-old from Stockport who turns 12 this summer and has played for Stockport Vikings since she was seven, captaining them to their first trophy at a presentation held at…