Issue
June 2014 39 articles indexed
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Cover feature p.1
The front cover of She Kicks issue 21, June 2014, priced GBP3.00, leads on Liverpool defenders Lucy Bronze and Martha Harris as the PFA Players' Players of the Year, and on the FA Women's…
News p.4
The issue's opening news round-up. Lucy Bronze is named PFA Player of the Year and Martha Harris takes the new Women's Young Player of the Year award, with the WSL Team of the Year…
Column / Opinion p.6
Rachel Brown-Finnis's column, written up by Jo Griffin, as the Everton goalkeeper reaches the peak of the Women's Super League season. She reports the club working hard on teamwork, noting that the team is…
Other p.6
A news item reporting that a team of Brazilian girls from the Penha favela in Rio de Janeiro were crowned champions in their home city, beating the Philippines in the girls' tournament of the…
Other p.6
A short human-interest item recording that former Bradford City reserves coach Dan Robinson recently spent a few weeks doing charity work in West Africa and, having read his latest issue of She Kicks on…
Run-of-page feature p.7
A single-page photographic round-up of 2015 World Cup qualifying action between 5 April and 8 May, headed "Goals galore". The captions record Toni Duggan scoring three against Montenegro and Natasha Dowie adding a brace…
Run-of-page feature p.8
Arsenal and Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Emma Byrne gives a light-hearted run-down of her team-mates ahead of the FA Women's Cup Final, after the Gunners came through a thrilling 5-3 extra-time semi-final against Chelsea…
Run-of-page feature p.11
Everton captain Michelle Hinnigan returns the favour for the FA Women's Cup Final preview, dishing details on her Toffees team-mates after a first-half double from Nikita Parris saw Everton past Notts County 2-1 in…
Interview p.15
Tony Leighton interviews Siobhan Chamberlain, whose England record in 2015 World Cup qualifying reads six matches, six wins, 33 goals scored and none conceded. The goalkeeper insists the job is anything but comfortable, explaining…
Interview p.16
Catherine Etoe profiles Aoife Mannion for the Road to Canada series. The 18-year-old sixth former joined Birmingham City the previous August and has gone on to star in the Champions League and FAWSL as…
Interview p.18
Richard Payne interviews Frankie Brown after the Scotland defender left childhood club Hibernian following eight years, having completed her PhD and taken up a research position at Bath University before signing for FA WSL…
Poster p.20
A full-page Wales Women team poster carrying the Football Association of Wales hashtag #TogetherStronger. The caption names the squad pictured: back row Nicola Cousins, Helen Bleazard, goalkeeper Nicola Davies, Kylie Davies and Sophie Ingle;…
Interview p.21
Tony Leighton meets Jackie Groenen, a 19-year-old born in Holland, brought up in Belgium, a former junior judo international, a hit in German football alongside her sister and now impressing for Chelsea while studying…
Run-of-page feature p.22
A two-page photographic gallery of FA WSL 1 and WSL 2 action from April and May 2014, running to sixteen captioned images, all credited to FA via Getty Images. The sequence opens with the…
Interview p.24
Catherine Etoe reports on Liverpool's double at the PFA awards in London, where defenders Lucy Bronze and Martha Harris were named Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year. Neither expected to…
Other p.27
The Around the Counties slot visits the Berkshire and Buckinghamshire FA, which has spent the year growing partnerships with local professional clubs Reading, Milton Keynes Dons and Wycombe Wanderers. With MK Dons hosting the…
Run-of-page feature p.28
The first part of a feature explaining what the Professional Footballers' Association does for the women's game. The world's longest established professional sportspersons' union, the PFA supported the England players in their central contract…
Run-of-page feature p.32
Tony Leighton asks what Burton Albion Ladies captain Amber Lawrence has in common with Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard and Joe Hart, and answers that all of them play at St George's Park, the FA's…
Run-of-page feature p.34
A feature on the girls' football team at King's College, Taunton, who capped their best ever season by winning the ISFA Under-18 National 11-a-side Cup for the first time in the school's history, adding…
Interview p.36
An interview with Laura Harvey, conducted at her West Seattle home during a visit to the Pacific North West, as the former Arsenal manager enters a second season at Seattle Reign following a table-topping…
Other p.38
The They Kick slot meets Laura McGill, a self-described die-hard Glasgow City supporter who began following the team in April 2013 after noticing at a Scotland against Wales friendly how many of the players…
Interview p.39
An interview with Hibernian goalkeeper Hannah Reid, who joined the club aged nine and has spent the last couple of years as understudy to Scotland international Shannon Lynn. With Lynn now at Swedish side…
Interview p.40
An interview with Sheffield FC Ladies manager Helen Mitchell after her side added the FA Premier League Cup to their Northern Division title and County Cup successes. Mitchell describes learning of the championship in…
Match report p.40
A short match report on the FA Premier League Cup Final, in which Sheffield FC Ladies beat Cardiff City 6-2 in front of a crowd of 405 at Burton Albion FC on 4 May.…
Interview p.41
An interview with Huddersfield Town manager Glen Preston, who with assistants Ashley Vickers and Fraser Green led the club to the Northern Combination title and promotion back to the Premier League after a fourteen-year…
News p.41
A short round-up of the 2013-14 promotions and relegations across the women's pyramid. Sheffield FC retained the FA Premier League Northern Division title comfortably, with Bradford City best placed to finish second, though there…
Interview p.42
An interview with Cardiff Met winger Sophie Scherschel, in her third year with the Archers, as the side celebrate a four-trophy season and qualification for Europe. Scherschel says the Welsh Premier League has changed…
Run-of-page feature p.43
A photographic round-up of trophy winners from around the country and across the leagues, running to fifteen captioned images of what the magazine calls silverware bagging and champagne soaked celebrations. The teams pictured include…
Other p.44
A two-page archive of the FA Women's Premier League, compiled with thanks to Wilf Frith and Colin Aldis, listing every club to have competed alongside its finishing position in each season from 1991-92 to…
Run-of-page feature p.46
Chris Brookes talks music with Karen Bardsley, one of Manchester City's stellar signings ahead of the 2014 FA WSL season, whose start was delayed by a stress fracture of the foot until a comeback…
Run-of-page feature p.48
The Coach Kicks slot profiles Gordon Staniforth, head coach of Doncaster Rovers Belles and a Level 4 coach with a UEFA A Licence. Staniforth admits his players moan about anything and everything, particularly his…
Other p.49
The Born Kicking slot heads to Scotland for two contrasting subjects. Lana Clelland, 21, plays for Spartans Ladies, supports Rangers and Chelsea, is comfortable with either foot and prefers left wing or striker. She…
Other p.50
A tongue-in-cheek set of end-of-season dressing-room awards, compiled by an undercover agent at WSL2 side Sunderland who reveals herself partway through as Beth Mead. Helen Alderson takes the lateness award and Abby Joice fastest…
Run-of-page feature p.51
The She Kicks Back questionnaire meets Sophie Bell, a 25-year-old winger with her home town club Scunthorpe United Ladies, now known as Scunthorpe and Bottesford, who has spent several summers coaching in the United…
Other p.52
A two-page experiment the magazine bills as a world first, a combined She Tweets and He Tweets interview conducted with husband and wife Team Sherwood: Cardiff City LFC manager Jamie Sherwood and Yeovil Town…
Other p.53
The She Kicks Car Quiz, inspired by an earlier tweet from Sophie Barker, turns to Doncaster Rovers Belles skipper Leandra Little, who answered despite exam-time pressures. Little drives a BMW 1 Series which she…
Other p.54
The Official Kicks slot, sponsored by the University of Gloucestershire, carries a first-person account from award-winning Lincolnshire referee Jenny Pullen. She explains that she never played organised football but, having realised at a county…
Run-of-page feature p.55
The She Kicks Kit questionnaire is answered by free-scoring Portsmouth midfielder Lucy Quinn, who admits to being rather bossy about clean boots. Her first pair were black Puma Kings; she now wears white and…
Other p.59
The back-of-book For Kicks & Giggles page carries three items. A Spot the Difference uses a photograph taken as Chelsea made a substitution during Birmingham's 2-1 win over them in glorious sunshine at Solihull…
