Issue
November 2012 23 articles indexed
Read She Kicks issue SK11 in full
Cover feature p.1
The cover of issue eleven, dated November/December 2012, carries an FA via Getty Images photograph of Karen Bardsley in action for Team GB. The cover lines bill 'Super Bards', an interview with the England…
News pp.4–6
A three-page news round-up. The FIFA Ballon d'Or shortlists are announced, with Hope Powell among ten nominees for World Coach of the Year and a player list of Camille Abily, Miho Fukumoto, Carli Lloyd,…
Run-of-page feature pp.6–7
Tony Leighton reports on the FA's £3.5 million, five-year 'Game Changer' strategy, which comes into operation in 2013 and aims to make women's football the second most played team sport of either sex in…
Other pp.8–11
Catherine Etoe reports from the FA's 14th annual Women's Awards at the Waldorf Hilton in London on 2 November, where Roy Hodgson, Sarah Storey and Denise Lewis presented the prizes, and catches the winners…
Run-of-page feature pp.12–15
Tony Leighton asks the managers of the home nations and the Republic of Ireland to reflect on the Euro 2013 qualifying campaign. Alfie Wylie calls Northern Ireland's 3-1 win over Norway the highlight and…
Run-of-page feature pp.16–18
Catherine Etoe interviews Karen Bardsley, who has just left Swedish club Linkopings and fancies playing in England, saying nothing is set in stone but she would like something arranged before December. The 28-year-old, born…
News p.19
A round-up of British interest in the UEFA Women's Champions League. Arsenal ease through the last 32 with a 7-0 aggregate win over Barcelona, Jennifer Beattie heading a hat-trick at home, then knock out…
Interview pp.20–21
Catherine Etoe speaks to Glasgow City captain Rachel Corsie a week before an operation on the anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus tear in her left knee, sustained in the second half of Scotland's play-off…
Run-of-page feature pp.22–23
A sponsored feature on serious injury, led by Ashleigh Hayes, who tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee at 19 and initially thought it meant six months off work. An NHS hospital…
Run-of-page feature p.24
Catherine Etoe speaks to Jayne Ludlow after the 33-year-old Wales captain ended a sixteen-year international career that began against the Republic of Ireland at 17 and closed against Scotland in September, leaving her the…
Poster p.27
A full-page poster portrait of Rachel Yankey, captioned simply with her name and the figure 121 caps, marking her passing of Gill Coultard's long-standing record to become England's most-capped player of all time. The…
Poster p.28
A full-page poster portrait of England defender Casey Stoney, credited to The FA via Getty Images. The page carries no text beyond her name and the magazine's web address. It follows Stoney's hundredth England…
Other p.29
A page of Opta statistics from the second FA Women's Super League season, each figure paired with a one-word verdict. Lincoln Ladies committed the most fouls and Arsenal converted the highest percentage of shots…
Run-of-page feature pp.30–31
A wrap of the second FA Women's Super League season, in which Arsenal celebrated the title with a 3-2 home win over Doncaster despite two own goals, Aine O'Gorman's 35-yard lob the pick of…
Interview p.32
An interview with Shaun Spencer, appointed Preston North End manager in May alongside his roles as men's head coach at the University of Central Lancashire and director of coaching at the Sir Tom Finney…
Other p.33
A page of captioned action photographs from across the women's game, drawn largely from the FA Women's Cup qualifying rounds, the Premier League and its League Cup. Emma O'Leary and Ella Baker contest a…
Run-of-page feature pp.36–37
Daniel Huledal opens a series on leagues around the world with the Damallsvenskan, watching the 2012 title decider in which visiting Tyreso beat LDB Malmo 1-0 through Madelaine Edlund's 82nd-minute header, before a crowd…
Run-of-page feature pp.38–39
Jess Fishlock and Helen Lander form the judging panel for a set of mock awards covering the Wales squad. Jayne Ludlow, nicknamed Debs after Deborah Meaden, takes Biggest Diva and Grumpiest, and is remembered…
Run-of-page feature p.42
A first-person piece by Joanna Stimpson, a dental nurse, mother of two and secretary of the Somerset County Women's League, named her County FA's Young Female Referee of the Season in July at the…
Run-of-page feature p.42
A catch-up with Lou Waller, now Newstead, who won more than 30 England caps including the 1995 World Cup and made over 400 appearances for Millwall Lionesses, whom she also served as coach, development…
Run-of-page feature p.46
The young player questionnaire features Katie Zelem, a 16-year-old attacking midfielder with the Manchester United Centre of Excellence and England under-19s, who supports and plays for United and answers to Kate, Zelem, Zel, Zelemander…
Other pp.47–48
Twin sisters Ellie and Chloe Harris, winners of the magazine's 'Me and My Team' competition, introduce Hawks Youth Girls under-12s, who play in Division B of the Sussex County Women and Girls Football League…
Run-of-page feature pp.47–48
The grassroots club slot features Claygate Royals, established around 1966 and now running 32 sides including two girls' teams and a ladies' eleven; the girls' section began in 2010 with a single player whose…
