Issue
February 2014 29 articles indexed
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Cover feature p.1
The front cover of She Kicks issue 19, February 2014, priced GBP3.00, leads on an exclusive interview with Mark Sampson billed as "A new era for England", marking the Welshman's arrival as national coach.…
News p.4
The issue's opening news round-up, running across four pages. Nadine Angerer is named FIFA Women's World Player of the Year and Silvia Neid FIFA World Coach of the Year, with Abby Wambach and Marta…
Column / Opinion p.7
Rachel Brown-Finnis's regular column, written after a Caribbean honeymoon over the Christmas break and her return to England training at La Manga in Spain. The goalkeeper reports being pleased to see fresh faces in…
Interview p.8
An exclusive five-page interview with Mark Sampson by Catherine Etoe, conducted at his Wembley Stadium office after the 31-year-old Welshman succeeded Hope Powell as England manager. Sampson discusses the squad's first camp under him…
News p.15
A page of FA WSL news previewing the 2014 season, which kicks off on 16 April with champions Liverpool beginning their title defence against league newcomers Manchester City in the first televised game, shown…
Run-of-page feature p.16
Catherine Etoe reports from Manchester City Women's glitzy media launch at the Etihad Stadium, attended by City's men's manager Manuel Pellegrini and reserve-team coach Patrick Vieira, as the club burst onto the FA WSL…
Interview p.18
Catherine Etoe meets Katie Chapman as the 31-year-old midfielder leaves Arsenal for Chelsea to play as a professional again. Chapman, whose trophy-laden career has taken her from a Double with Millwall as a teenager…
Interview p.20
An interview with Rachel Daly after a storming 2013 at St John's University in New York. The former Leeds and Lincoln defender was red-shirted for her first year under NCAA eligibility rules, having been…
Run-of-page feature p.22
England Under-19 captain Sherry McCue looks ahead to a big year: the start of the WSL2 season with Aston Villa, an Under-23 camp in La Manga and the Under-20 World Cup in Canada. She…
Interview p.24
Tony Leighton talks to Rachel Unitt and manager Rick Passmoor as Notts County Ladies build an entirely new squad after taking over Lincoln's FA WSL franchise. Unitt, who joined from Birmingham City, describes her…
Other p.25
The County Spotlight slot, sponsored by Bluefin Sport, turns to women's and girls' football in London, where Sarah Hobbs reports 45 adult women's teams, 90 girls' youth teams and 31 female referees, with numbers…
Run-of-page feature p.27
A full-page photograph carrying the hashtag #YoungLionesses, showing England in a penalty shoot-out against Italy in the third-place play-off at the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. The image is credited to FA via Getty Images…
Run-of-page feature p.28
A two-page photographic review of international friendlies and training camps between December 2013 and February 2014. England's seniors played their first official fixture under Mark Sampson in La Manga, drawing 1-1 with Norway, with…
Interview p.30
Olivia Blair profiles Kim Little as the 23-year-old Scotland midfielder prepares to leave Arsenal for Seattle Reign in the National Women's Soccer League. Little's Arsenal haul ran to five league titles, two WSL Continental…
Run-of-page feature p.32
Richard Payne previews the 2014 Scottish Women's Premier League and asks whether anyone can challenge Glasgow City, whose stranglehold has come at a time when the recently rebranded league is desperate for a major…
Run-of-page feature p.33
Wilf Frith talks to Cardiff City LFC first-team manager Jamie Sherwood, whose three senior teams are all top of their respective divisions: joint top of the FA Women's Premier League Southern Division with Gillingham,…
Run-of-page feature p.34
Wilf Frith's FA Women's Premier League round-up carries three manager interviews from the Northern Division and Midland Combination. Leeds United's new manager Neil Ross describes a very young, inexperienced squad taking a big step…
Run-of-page feature p.36
A two-page photographic spread of fifteen captioned images from the UEFA Under-17 Championship third-place play-off, the FA Women's Cup and league football across England, Scotland and Wales, most credited to James Prickett. England Under-17s…
Run-of-page feature p.38
Catherine Etoe reports from the London Soccerdome on Greenwich peninsula, where 31 teenage girls from across Britain play two 70-minute matches in front of around 30 visiting American coaches, competing for university soccer scholarships…
Run-of-page feature p.40
Chris Brookes meets Alex Scott for the She Kicks a Beat slot, exploring the Arsenal and England defender's devotion to music. Scott, the changing room DJ, traces her taste in urban and r&b back…
Other p.42
The first in a new occasional series, the She Kicks Car Quiz, inspired by a tweet from Notts County's Sophie Barker. Barker drives a dark grey Fiat Grande Punto named Paul the Punto after…
Other p.43
The Born Kicking slot meets Abigail Newman, a ten-year-old free-scoring striker from the East Midlands known to team-mates as Abz or Abbie, who plays for Wilford Lions boys and both boys' and girls' school…
Other p.43
The She Kicks Kit questionnaire is answered by Glentoran's Northern Ireland international Kelly Bailie, photographed by Roy Cathcart. Her first boots were a pair of red Umbro; she now wears Adidas Copas in a…
Other p.44
The She Tweets slot puts ten questions to Demi-Lee Stokes over Twitter after her England call-up. The left-sided South Florida University player, long rated at Sunderland and Gateshead College and capped at Under-19 and…
Other p.45
The They Kick slot checks in with the Birmingham City LFC Supporters Club, formed in 2011 as one of the first official supporters clubs for a women's team in England, set up to help…
Run-of-page feature p.47
The She Kicks Back questionnaire catches Hayley Lauder on a plane back to Sweden, where the 23-year-old West Lothian left-sider is joining Vittsjo GIK alongside Scotland team-mates Jane Ross and Ifeoma Dieke. Having left…
Run-of-page feature p.48
Jennifer Ast reports from Sweden and Norway on the row Swedish media dubbed Car-gate. When Therese Sjogran broke Victoria Sandell Svensson's caps record in 2011 the Swedish FA gave her a bouquet of flowers;…
Other p.50
The Official Kicks slot, sponsored by the University of Gloucestershire, carries a first-person account from Indian referee Juhi Shah. Passionate about playing but seeing little scope to turn professional or represent her country, she…
Other p.55
The back-of-book For Kicks & Giggles page carries two puzzles. A Spot the Difference invites readers to find eight changes between two versions of a photograph of the England Under-23 squad at La Manga,…
