Issue
April 2012 22 articles indexed
Read She Kicks issue SK07 in full
Cover feature p.1
The cover of issue seven, dated April 2012 and priced at £2.75, carries a photograph of Birmingham City's Eniola Aluko and Everton's Alex Greenwood, credited to The FA via Getty Images. The cover lines…
News p.4
A three-page news round-up opening with the fallout from the suspension of Women's Professional Soccer, as Boston Breakers, Western New York Flash and Chicago Red Stars join the WPSL's new Elite Division and Marta…
Tournament feature p.8
Catherine Etoe marks England vice-captain Casey Stoney reaching a century of caps at the Cyprus Cup, joining a list headed by Gill Coultard on 119, Rachel Yankey on 117, Kelly Smith on 111 and…
Interview p.10
A catch-up with Scotland defender Ifeoma Dieke, who has signed for Swedish club Vittsjo GIK after weighing the international calendar against the uncertainty surrounding the suspended WPS. Dieke, who has had two spells at…
Tournament feature p.12
A double-page report on the 2012 Algarve Cup, won by Germany, who beat world champions Japan 4-3 in a thrilling Faro final despite missing several key players. Celia Okoyino da Mbabi completed a hat-trick…
News p.14
A club-by-club guide to the first FA WSL transfer window of 2012, which ran from 20 January to 12 April, with a second window to follow in July and August. Arsenal took the headlines…
Interview p.16
An interview with Laura del Rio Garcia, the Madrid-born forward joining Bristol Academy after spells in the United States with FC Indiana, Boston Breakers and Philadelphia Independence and in Germany with Frankfurt. Del Rio…
Interview p.17
Catherine Etoe speaks to Sue Smith after the cruciate ligament injury she suffered on her debut for Doncaster Rovers Belles, having moved from Lincoln City because the travelling had become a nightmare and she…
Match report p.18
Former Australia international Alicia Ferguson, newly arrived in London, reports on Chelsea against Lincoln Ladies in a Continental Cup tie at Staines Town, catching up with her former Matildas and Brisbane Roar team-mates Collette…
Interview p.20
An interview with Jade Moore, called up to the senior England squad just before her 21st birthday after a strong first Super League season and a progression through the under-17, under-19, under-23 and two…
Run-of-page feature p.27
Liverpool Ladies manager Robbie Johnson sets out his thinking after his side finished bottom of the inaugural Super League. He argues Liverpool were not the worst team in the division despite taking the fewest…
Run-of-page feature p.28
Catherine Etoe finds Anita Asante making her Goteborg debut against Arsenal, the club she joined as a youngster in 1998 and helped to thirteen trophies, five years after she danced round Meadow Park with…
Run-of-page feature p.30
Chelsea players Helen Lander and Ashlee Hincks go undercover as the magazine's secret insiders to characterise their new-look Super League squad. Claire Rafferty, known as Raff, is credited with reaching 18.6 in the January…
Tournament feature p.32
Rachel Yankey tells Catherine Etoe that Arsenal are confident but underdogs going into a Champions League semi-final against Frankfurt, having reached the last four in untypical fashion. The Gunners lost the away leg at…
News p.35
A photographic gallery honouring club, school, university and youth sides that had won something in the early part of 2012, with an invitation for readers to send in their own trophy pictures for the…
Interview p.37
The young player questionnaire features Frances Steele, a 15-year-old centre midfielder who plays for Arsenal and England under-17s and supports Arsenal's men's and women's teams. Known to team-mates simply as Fran, she picks centre…
Interview p.38
A first-person piece by Lindsey Robinson, approaching a fourth season as a qualified referee and newly promoted to Level 5 Senior County Referee. She officiates in the Sunday Durham and District Men's League and…
Run-of-page feature p.40
The grassroots slot features the University of Birmingham women's football club, whose players come from London, Somerset, the North West and the Midlands. The nicknames are the heart of it: Crazy Alice, Folly Bear…
Run-of-page feature p.41
The junior club slot visits Stafford Town under-12 girls, winners of the 2011 South Staffordshire Fair Play Award and the Staffordshire Respect Award, introduced with the help of their coach Julia Kendrick, known as…
Other p.42
An education feature making the case for futsal as a format for girls and women. Gemma Smith, girls and women's futsal co-ordinator for the @Futsal Group, reports growth across arenas in Swindon, Cardiff and…
Other p.44
The fun pages pair two picture features. 'Who Is It?' invites readers to identify four players who have obscured their faces with the ground, the ball or someone else's boots, with the answers on…
Run-of-page feature p.45
Catherine Etoe meets Kirsty Pealling, a hard-tackling defender renowned for her crossing who spent nineteen years with Arsenal, won 23 major trophies and a string of England call-ups, and retired in 2006 aged 31.…
