Issue
July 2014 42 articles indexed
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Cover feature p.1
The front cover of She Kicks issue 22, July 2014, leads on England captain Steph Houghton under the billing "Captain Happy to Head North", trailing the interview inside about her pride at leading the…
News p.4
The issue's opening news round-up. VfL Wolfsburg become the third side to retain the European club title, coming from 2-0 down at half time to beat Tyreso 4-3 in what the magazine calls arguably…
Column / Opinion p.6
Rachel Brown-Finnis's column, written as she looks ahead to what she calls a thrilling summer in her role as Sports Industry Liaison at UCFB. She reports waving off the first of the university's students…
News p.6
A page of summer transfer business alongside news that the FA WSL will expand in 2016. The transfer list records incomings across both divisions, among them Turid Knaak to Arsenal, Abbeyleigh Stringer to Birmingham…
Interview p.7
An interview with Alex Cheal, Head of Futsal at the University of Gloucester, after his side won the FA Futsal Cup Finals held at the Copper Box over the weekend of 14 and 15…
Run-of-page feature p.7
A short photographic round-up of home nations action in 2015 World Cup qualifying. Eniola Aluko kept up her scoring form with another goal against Ukraine in a 2-1 win in Lviv, leaving England needing…
Match report p.8
A picture-led report on the 2014 FA Women's Cup Final, played at stadium:mk on 1 June, where Arsenal beat Everton 2-0 to claim a thirteenth title. The magazine calls it a matchwinning performance by…
Match report p.9
A short report on the 2014 FA Girls' Youth Cup Final, played at stadium:mk on 1 June as part of a women's football double-header alongside the FA Women's Cup Final. Liverpool's Kess Elmore scored…
Match report p.9
A short report on the 2014 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup Final, played at Ainslie Park in Edinburgh on 28 May. Goals from Suzanne Lappin, Denise O'Sullivan and Jo Love gave Glasgow City a…
Interview p.11
Olivia Blair and Jen O'Neill interview Steph Houghton ahead of England's friendly against Sweden at Hartlepool, a fixture the Durham-born captain believes is long overdue for a region mad about its football. Houghton says…
Interview p.14
Becky Wilkins interviews Ifeoma Dieke, the American-born Scotland centre back now playing in the Damallsvenskan with Vittsjo GIK after a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament ended her 2012 Olympic campaign with Team GB. The 33-year-old…
Interview p.16
An interview with dual international Nia Jones, who has temporarily hung up her boots to play netball for Wales at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Jones describes a drawn-out selection process delayed while three…
Interview p.20
A Road to Canada profile of Jess Sigsworth, with England Under-20 goalkeeper Lizzie Durack on questioning duty ahead of the World Cup in Canada from 5 to 24 August. The Doncaster Rovers Belles midfielder…
Poster p.21
A full-page England Under-20 team poster headed #youngLionesses. The caption names the squad: back row Jess Sigsworth, Vyan Sampson, Gaby George, Meaghan Sargeant, Lizzie Durack, Caitlin Leach, Ellie Stewart, Abbey-Leigh Stringer, Natasha Flint and…
Interview p.24
The first profile in a She Coaches feature by Catherine Etoe, introducing Helen Mitchell, the 44-year-old manager who has taken Sheffield FC up the pyramid since agreeing to player-manage the club, then Norton Ladies,…
Interview p.24
A She Coaches profile of Claire Robinson, the 34-year-old head coach of Sunderland Ladies, who passed her first badges as a teenager, took her B Licence as her playing days waned and has since…
Interview p.24
A She Coaches profile of Jayne Ludlow, the 35-year-old manager of Reading FC Women, who in thirteen years at Arsenal won a mass of trophies and captained the Gunners to a historic quadruple including…
Interview p.26
A She Coaches profile of Sarah Lawler, the 32-year-old manager of Yeovil Town Ladies, who has gone from club captain to player-manager, joint manager and now sole manager while climbing the coaching ladder from…
Interview p.26
A She Coaches profile of Emma Hayes, the 37-year-old Chelsea Ladies manager who started out coaching children on estates in Camden and went on to manage in the American Women's Professional Soccer league, having…
Interview p.28
Tony Leighton interviews Jill Ellis, newly appointed permanent head coach of the United States women's national team, who grew up in Portsmouth dreaming of playing netball for England before moving to America at 15.…
Interview p.31
An interview with Grace Rapp, the former Yeovil Town and England youth player taking up a soccer scholarship at the University of Miami. Rapp explains that she began considering the United States because she…
Other p.32
A two-page statistical review of the first half of the 2014 FA WSL 1 season, compiled with data from Opta. The tables set out each club's record across goal attempts, passing, crossing, defending and…
Other p.33
The Fans Forum slot puts a question to readers on Twitter: who will lift the 2014 FA WSL 1 title, and why, with correct answers entered into a prize draw. The published replies split…
Run-of-page feature p.34
The second part of a feature on the Professional Footballers' Association, drawing on conversations with Player Management staff Matthew Buck and Marie-Christine Bouchier about changing perceptions of the women's game. Buck argues that opinion…
Other p.36
The They Kick slot meets Sophie and Rachel, the pair behind @GirlsontheBall, who follow women's football as much as possible across the UK and beyond. They say they love the passion and heart the…
Interview p.37
Richard Payne interviews Spartans midfielder Kirsty McLaughlin about her recovery from a cruciate ligament injury sustained in training the previous September simply by changing direction. McLaughlin describes the rehabilitation as really tough but says…
Interview p.38
Wilf Frith interviews Julian Dicks, the former West Ham defender nicknamed The Terminator, after his appointment as manager of West Ham United Ladies. Dicks explains that he did not coach for around eighteen months…
Interview p.39
An interview with Cyncoed coach Michael Hodge after his side won the South Wales League cup and finished runners-up in the league. Hodge calls the cup win a magnificent moment, saying the players' emotions…
Interview p.39
An interview with Torquay United manager Kevyn Dixon after his side won the South West League Western Division title by nine points from Devon rivals Marine Academy Plymouth. Dixon says a good existing squad…
Run-of-page feature p.40
Anna J Kaiser reports from Brazil on the other side of a football-mad nation, arguing that the passion which makes men gods on earth presents a double standard for women as players, coaches and…
Run-of-page feature p.42
Chris Brookes talks to Arsenal and Scotland midfielder Christie Murray for the She Kicks a Beat slot, as the Gunners adapt to life after Shelley Kerr's departure in June, following a record thirteenth FA…
Run-of-page feature p.44
The Coach Kicks slot profiles Eddie Wolecki Black of Glasgow City, about to graduate with the UEFA Pro Licence and just finished a periodisation mentorship with the World Football Academy. He avoids joining in…
Run-of-page feature p.46
A club feature on Middlesbrough Ladies, who will play the coming season in the newly formed FA Women's Premier League after finishing sixth in the Northern Combination, under new manager Lindsey Stephenson, an established…
Other p.48
The Around the Counties slot, sponsored by Bluefin Sport, reports on women's and girls' football in Sheffield and Hallamshire. The county has secured two of eleven funding pots from the FA and UEFA to…
Other p.49
The Born Kicking slot meets Nicola Gair, a ten-year-old goalkeeper described as a safe pair of hands for Tottenham Hotspur Ladies Under-12s, whose whole family supports Spurs. Known to team-mates as Nics, she can…
Other p.50
A set of tongue-in-cheek end-of-season dressing-room awards from Linfield Ladies, who are chasing the NIWFA Concentrix Premier League title behind Glentoran Belfast United while still in contention for three cups, with striker Emma McAleese…
Run-of-page feature p.51
The She Kicks Back questionnaire meets Indi Cowie, the FIFA Street world freestyle champion and Guinness World Record holder for the most heel taps in a minute with 102. Born in Boca Raton, Florida…
Other p.52
The She Tweets slot puts ten questions to Everton and England Under-20 goalkeeper Lizzie Durack over Twitter, after her selection for the Under-20 World Cup squad heading to Canada. Australian-born with a mother from…
Other p.53
The She Kicks Car Quiz, prompted a few issues earlier by a tweet from Sophie Barker, turns to Reading's Lois Roche, with the magazine noting it is trying to make amends after substituting her…
Run-of-page feature p.53
The She Kicks Kit questionnaire is answered by Liverpool skipper Gemma Bonner, introduced as putting down the WSL trophy just long enough to reveal what the magazine calls a borderline shoe fetish. Her first…
Other p.54
The Official Kicks slot, sponsored by the University of Gloucestershire, carries a first-person account from referee Mary Harmer. She explains that she played from a young age but came to enjoy coaching and developing…
Other p.58
The back-of-book For Kicks & Giggles page carries a single Spot the Difference puzzle, which the magazine introduces as going all post-modern with a photograph of the Wales squad taking a team selfie, then…
