100 Cap Hero: Rachel Yankey
Cover feature p.4
Tony Leighton's cover interview with Arsenal winger Rachel Yankey, whose omission from the Euro 2009 squad looked to many like the end of her England road but who has now passed 100 caps, marking…
Issue
She Kicks issue 3
October 2010 24 articles indexed
Read She Kicks issue 3 in full
England Book Place in Germany!
Match report p.8
England's 2011 World Cup qualifying play-off second leg, reported with full line-ups. Leading 2-0 from the first leg, England won 3-2 in Wohlen to go through 5-2 on aggregate and reach the finals in…
The Art of Keeping
Interview p.10
An interview with goalkeeper Karen Bardsley, 26, the California-born fine art graduate whose strong Sky Blue season in the WPS ended when she broke her clavicle in training the day before the 2010 All-Star…
Claire Rafferty
Interview p.12
An interview with Chelsea left back Claire Rafferty, 21, conducted at Loughborough while she watched her university's women's trials. Rafferty calls her first senior England call-up the proudest moment of her life, phoning her…
Brooking Says Olympics Will Be Bigger
News p.14
Tony Leighton reports Sir Trevor Brooking's view that a home Olympic Games in 2012 will do more for women's football in England than the 2011 World Cup finals in Germany. The FA's Director of…
KickOff News Round-up
News p.14
A kickOFF news round-up from autumn 2010. Wales appoint Finn Jarmo Matikainen, a UEFA Pro Licence holder fluent in five languages, as national teams manager across senior, Under-19 and Under-17 level. The FIFA rankings…
12th FA Women’s Premier League Awards
News p.15
A report on the twelfth and, with the Super League switching to summer, presumably last FA Women's Premier League awards lunch, held at Wembley on 29 June 2010. Arsenal's Kim Little took the Tesco…
Managing Change — Mick Mulhern (Sunderland WFC)
Run-of-page feature p.16
The first half of a Managing Change double interview, with Sunderland manager Mick Mulhern on how the Super League split hit a club left in the FA Women's Premier League. Mulhern says players being…
Managing Change — Tracey Kevins (Barnet LFC)
Run-of-page feature p.16
The second half of the Managing Change double interview, with Barnet manager Tracey Kevins, another FA Manager of the Year whose club missed out on the Super League. Kevins says motivating players was never…
Still Roaring at 40
Run-of-page feature p.17
A club history marking Millwall Lionesses' 40th season, begun with a league opener against Leeds United. Formed in 1971, the Lionesses spent twenty years in the Greater London League, winning it seven times and…
The Gem and Jo Show
Interview p.18
A joint interview with Celtic and Scotland team-mates Gemma Fay, the 28-year-old goalkeeper with 121 caps in twelve years as her country's number one, and midfielder Jo Love, 24, with 96. Both reflect on…
The League That Has No Name — WSL Inaugural Season Preview
Tournament feature p.20
A three-page unofficial preview of the eight founding clubs of the Super League, whose branding and name were still unannounced ahead of a March 2011 kick-off. Each club gets signings, venue, website and an…
Viva Liverpool!
Interview p.24
Emma Pursey talks to Liverpool centre-half Jo Traynor after the club's pre-season trip to Madrid, where Atletico invited them over through the men's clubs' links and won 5-2. Traynor, a freelance Spanish translator who…
England Squad — Action Poster
Poster p.26
A full-page England action poster credited to photographer James Prickett, whose web address runs beneath the single word ENGLAND that is the page's only caption. No player is named in print. It faces the…
Everton, 2010 FA Cup Winners
Poster p.27
A full-page Everton team poster, photographed by Mark Hodsman and captioned only EVERTON. It marks the club's 2010 FA Women's Cup triumph; no players are named in print. Mo Marley, the manager who guided…
Kristine Lilly
Interview p.28
Alex Scott interviews her Boston Breakers captain Kristine Lilly, the most capped footballer in the world with 349 United States appearances. Lilly recalls a nervous debut in China at 16 in 1987, scoring and…
Beat This, for a Dream Come True!
Interview p.32
Claire Forrester interviews Rebecca Nolin, the defender from Windsor who trialled her way into the WPS with Atlanta Beat. Born in Hong Kong, Nolin started playing at six, joined her first team at 14…
Sasa Ihringova — England’s Top Female Referee
Interview p.34
An interview with Sasa Ihringova, England's premier female referee. Born in Slovakia into a sporting family with a FIFA referee uncle, she resisted his encouragement for a long time because of the abuse she…
Born Kicking — Julie Vass
Run-of-page feature p.39
A Born Kicking questionnaire with Julie Vass, 16, described as England's first Germany-based Belgian-Scot: born in Clacton-on-Sea to a Belgian mother and Scottish father, she is in the England Under-17 squad and plays for…
Born Kicking on Screen — Alessia Russo
Run-of-page feature p.42
A Born Kicking on Screen feature with Alessia Russo, the girl in Sky Sports' Park Game advert. Russo explains that she auditioned through the D and B School for Performing Arts and was the…
We Kick — Tyne Metropolitan College Women’s Football
Run-of-page feature p.43
A We Kick! grassroots profile of the Tyne Metropolitan College women's team, run through the North East Sports Academy, which lets players aged 16 and over combine any course of study with football and…
We Kick — Kikk United
Run-of-page feature p.44
A We Kick! profile of Kikk United, described as the only Scandinavian women's football team in Britain, told through captain Sara Segerstrom and vice-captain Ingeborg Oie. Founded in 2004 by Swedish players in London,…
If You Only Do One — Aerobic Training and Nutrition
Other p.46
The first instalment of If You Only Do One, a new series by US Women's National Team exercise trainer Dawn Scott offering the single session or habit that gives players the best return on…
She Kicks Facts Fix — England’s Top Scorers
Other p.50
A She Kicks Facts Fix statistics page. It opens with a caveat about England's all-time top scorers: Kelly Smith is widely believed to hold the record, but the magazine's records credit Kerry Davis with…