Issue
June 2013 25 articles indexed
Read She Kicks issue SK14 in full
Cover feature p.1
The May/June 2013 cover of She Kicks, issue 14, carries Gavin Ellis's photograph of Arsenal and England winger Rachel Yankey in action against Canada, the friendly at Rotherham that followed her 125th cap and…
News pp.4–5
A two-page news round-up led by Kim Little's win in the inaugural PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year award, presented in London on 28 April. The 22-year-old Scot, in her sixth season at…
News pp.7–8
She Kicks reproduces the FA's announcement of 26 April naming eighteen clubs selected for WSL licences from 2014, then gives its own verdict. WSL1 comprises Arsenal, Birmingham City, Bristol Academy, Chelsea, Everton, Notts County…
Interview pp.10–12
Olivia Blair meets the 23-year-old striker from the Isle of Bute who has packed a career into a year: a reserve place in the GB Olympic squad, the Scottish Players' Player of the Year…
Interview p.13
Doncaster Rovers Belles forward Millie Bright, 19, interviewed at an FA Girls' Football Festival in Newcastle with goalkeeping team-mate Nicola Hobbs on hand. Bright says scarce goals in the FAWSL simply drive her on,…
Interview pp.14–15
Bristol Academy's second Spanish signing in a year is interviewed with Laura Del Rio translating. Natalia Teresa de Pablos Sanchon, who scored over 300 goals for Rayo Vallecano in a thirteen-year one-club career taking…
Interview pp.16–19
Catherine Etoe marks Rachel Yankey's 125th England cap, equalling Peter Shilton's record in the men's game, with a four-page profile of the 33-year-old Arsenal winger and youth coach. Yankey gives her boots away to…
Run-of-page feature p.20
A single page of Opta head-to-head data comparing three players featured elsewhere in the issue, drawn from the 2012 FA WSL season because the new campaign is only a game or two old. Millie…
Interview p.21
Catherine Etoe meets the Swedish striker who took sixteen minutes to score on her FA WSL debut for Chelsea and followed it with a brace. Sofia Jakobsson, 23, says she feels at home and…
Interview pp.22–24
Tony Leighton talks to the Birmingham City and England midfielder as she battles to be fit for Euro 2013 after rupturing ankle ligaments in the Cyprus Cup final win over Canada. Karen Carney, 25,…
Run-of-page feature pp.25–27
Ellen White introduces the Arsenal squad ahead of the FA Women's Cup final at the Keepmoat, reached with a 2-1 semi-final win at Anfield and pursuing a twelfth trophy. Each player gets a hashtag…
Run-of-page feature pp.28–29
The companion piece to the Arsenal profiles, in which Bristol Academy's match promotion and events manager Lowri Williams presses the club's Spanish House for team secrets. The Vixens reached the final by beating Lincoln…
Tournament feature pp.30–32
A preview of the UEFA Women's Champions League final at Stamford Bridge on 23 May, holders Lyon chasing a third successive title in a fourth straight final against debutants VfL Wolfsburg, built on a…
Column / Opinion p.33
A ten-question Twitter exchange with the Wales captain, fresh from the FA WSL Players' Player award, her national Player of the Year, a spell in the Australian W-League and a move to Seattle Reign…
Interview p.34
Stuart Dick interviews Aston Villa's captain about a season in the FA Women's Premier League National Division. Dani Petrovic calls it good overall with ups and downs, creditable given the number of new faces…
Interview p.35
Stuart Dick's companion interview with the 21-year-old captain of Newcastle United WFC in the FAWPL Northern Division. Sarah Wilson calls the season reasonable, with a rough patch before Christmas that cost points offset by…
Run-of-page feature p.36
Catherine Etoe's Focus On profile of Hutchison Vale, the Edinburgh club whose manager Ian McDonald arrived to give a few coaching tips and stayed. Now 35 and in his second full season, having retired…
News p.37
A page of regional and county coverage. Matt Wordingham reports AFC Rushden and Diamonds Ladies winning a double in their first year, taking the Northamptonshire Women's League Plate 4-0 against Thorplands through a Megan…
News pp.38–39
A two-page roll of honour listing the winners, or the finalists and dates for ties still to be played, in more than fifty county and regional cup competitions across England, from the Amateur FA…
Run-of-page feature pp.40–41
Gareth Maher reports on the Women's National League, created by the FAI in 2011 to answer the lack of a professionally run senior structure in Ireland and now closing on a second season. Sponsored…
Other pp.42–43
The spoof squad awards turn to Leeds United Ladies, with Clare Sykes and Carey Huegett as She Kicks' undercover agents. Sykes takes tidiest, queen of comedy in her own estimation, and most tanned for…
Interview p.44
A Born Kicking questionnaire with the 18-year-old England under-19 forward promoted from Chelsea's Centre of Excellence into the club's FA WSL squad among a wave of new foreign arrivals. Karin Muya, called Kaz by…
Interview p.45
A Born Kicking page with a 12-year-old spotted at the Soccerex event in Manchester beating all-comers for control and passing on the SOKKA wall. Olivia Ball, known as Bally, plays for the Loreto football…
Run-of-page feature p.46
A We Kick profile of Herne Bay Ladies, told largely by proud manager Anthony Deer. The season has surpassed expectations: two cups including a county plate, won by beating opposition from the division above…
Other p.47
An Official Kicks page with a married mother of two from Halifax, nine years in the middle and following her father into refereeing. Natasha Wilson took the course while helping coach a local youth…
