Issue
February 2012 19 articles indexed
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Cover feature p.4
Alex Scott returns as She Kicks' guest interviewer to question her England team-mate Ellen White, the Arsenal striker, across five pages. White calls World Cup selection a moment that made her jump around the…
Run-of-page feature p.10
Jemma Rose went to October's FA Women's Football Awards expecting to collect the FA WSL Goal of the Season prize, won with an unstoppable 30-yard free-kick against Doncaster Belles that edged out Rachel Yankey's…
News p.13
A two-page news round-up. The UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-final draw pairs Arsenal with Goteborg, holders Lyon with Brondby, Turbine Potsdam with Rossiyanka and Malmo with Frankfurt, with the final set for Munich's Olympiastadion…
News p.15
A news feature on the suspension of Women's Professional Soccer for the 2012 season. The report traces the collapse from the termination of the magicJack franchise, which left the league down to five teams…
Run-of-page feature p.17
Ger Harley interviews Celtic's central midfielder Megan Sneddon, named Scotland's International Player of the Year in November, catching her as she recovers from an accidental boot to the face picked up at the national…
Run-of-page feature p.20
Emma Pursey interviews Everton's Welsh striker Gwennan Harries, who is balancing club and international football with teacher training and a voluntary role as an FAW ambassador. Harries reports a rested and injury-free squad going…
Run-of-page feature p.23
A photo-led report on Arsenal Ladies' tour of Japan in November, made at the invitation of the Educational Foundation Goto Gakuen Musashigaoka College, with whom the club has a fifteen-year partnership. The treble winners…
Interview p.26
An interview with Kimberley Dixson, captain of FA Women's Premier League National Division side Charlton Women's FC, who passed 100 games for the club against Aston Villa in December. Dixson is pleased with third…
Tournament feature p.28
A round-table review of the 2011-12 FA Women's Premier League season to date, canvassing views on the biggest surprises and disappointments. Coventry City's early leadership after successive promotions stands out, as does Colchester United…
Run-of-page feature p.30
A club focus on Sheffield FC Ladies, newly promoted to the FA Women's Premier League having climbed from the bottom of the women's pyramid in just eight years. Manager Helen Mitchell explains that Sheffield…
Interview p.32
The young player questionnaire features Bethany Mead, the 16-year-old Sunderland striker who leads the FA Women's Premier League National Division scoring charts. Known as Meado, and teased for being the baby of the team,…
Run-of-page feature p.34
Bristol Academy sports scientist Shannon Jewell sets out the club's staged physical preparation for the 2012 Super League season, across four pages of programmes and testing charts. After a Champions League trip to Russia…
Run-of-page feature p.38
A year-book style questionnaire in which Northern Ireland forward Sarah McFadden and defender Julie Nelson are asked to identify the characters in their squad. Nadine Caldwell is named the Energizer Bunny for going furthest…
Other p.40
A picture quiz in which Alex Scott, jogging alongside team-mates during the bleep test at England's January training camp in La Manga, collected New Year's resolutions from eighteen of the squad. Readers are invited…
Run-of-page feature p.42
A junior version of the magazine's grassroots club slot, introducing the Smithtown Kickers Stars from Long Island, New York, the first team to be featured. The girls explain that they play eight-a-side in red…
Run-of-page feature p.43
The grassroots club slot features Yeovil Town Ladies, formed in 1990 by Tony Baverstock as Yetminster Ladies, renamed Sherborne Ladies and becoming Yeovil Town Ladies in 1999. The squad draws players from as far…
Interview p.44
For the best part of a decade Pauline Cope was England's first-choice goalkeeper, a commanding five foot eleven shot stopper known for a booming voice and colourful language. She retired in 2006, perhaps too…
Interview p.45
A first-person piece by Lucy May, a 22-year-old Portsmouth-based Level 4 referee who officiates in the Supply and Contributory Leagues as well as the FA Women's Premier League and Super League. May got into…
Other p.46
The back-of-book fun page marks the United States women's team's CONCACAF triumph and qualification for London 2012 with a spot-the-difference built from a photograph of the squad celebrating, in which seven amendments have been…
