Issue
September 2014 39 articles indexed
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Column / Opinion p.5
Editor Jen O'Neill opens the September 2014 issue by saluting Fara Williams, newly England's most-capped player ever, alongside Scottish landmarks for Gemma Fay, Megan Sneddon and Joanne Love, who between them have passed 400…
News pp.6–8
The issue's news round-up opens with Shelley Kerr becoming the first female manager in British men's senior football at Scottish Lowland League side University of Stirling. Ticket sales for Canada 2015 pass 150,000 within…
Run-of-page feature p.9
Wolfsburg captain Nadine Kessler is named UEFA Best Women's Player in Europe at the Champions League draw ceremony in Monaco, the unanimous choice of a twelve-strong media jury. The 26-year-old, who led Wolfsburg to…
News p.10
A rundown of the 2014/15 UEFA Women's Champions League draw and what it means for the British and Irish entrants. Bristol Academy face Ireland's Raheny United for the right to meet Slavia Praha or…
Run-of-page feature p.11
Year 10 student Beth Beale, 14, tells the personal story behind her football. After six years at the Somerset Centre of Excellence she transferred to King's College Taunton, where daily sport and a heavier…
Run-of-page feature pp.12–13
A picture-led tribute to Fara Williams on becoming England's most capped player ever, at 131 and counting. Spanning 2002 to 2014, it gathers snapshots and quotes from a career that began before Williams even…
Interview pp.14–16
Fran Kirby talks to Tony Leighton about completing a fourteen-year journey from the Reading Centre of Excellence to an England debut against Sweden in August. She describes joining Reading at seven, training with twelve-year-olds…
Interview pp.17–18
Everton defender Alex Greenwood, at Goodison since the age of eight and still only twenty, discusses breaking into the senior England set-up and winning her first four caps. She recalls the surprise of Mark…
Run-of-page feature p.20
The second instalment of She Kicks' spotlight on coaching asks what elite women footballers intend to do when they stop playing, and finds a growing number determined to stay on the pitch as coaches,…
Interview pp.21–23
Arsenal and England forward Kelly Smith explains why she took her Level 2 badge in 2013 and is now working through her UEFA B. Coaching had never appealed, she admits, because she lacked confidence…
Interview pp.22–23
Manchester City midfielder Jill Scott took her Level 1 badge at seventeen, coached in the women's football academy at Gateshead College, and has now launched the Jill Scott Soccer School. She describes camps in…
News p.22
More than a hundred girls aged six to eleven gathered near the Cardiff City Stadium, where Wales were preparing to face England in a World Cup qualifier, to launch FIFA's Live Your Goals campaign…
Interview p.24
Arsenal defender and former England captain Casey Stoney describes coaching as a passion and sets out an ambition to manage England one day. Holding Level 2 and the UEFA B, she is observing as…
Interview pp.25–26
Former Perth Glory skipper Tanya Oxtoby, who played for Doncaster Rovers Belles, managed Nottingham Forest Ladies and coached Notts County reserves before returning to Australia as Perth Glory's assistant coach, reflects on coaching on…
Interview p.26
Defender Emma Coates joined Leeds United at eight, took her first coaching badge at sixteen and by twenty-two was managing Leeds reserves and holding one of the country's youngest UEFA B licences. She is…
News p.27
A county-level report on the growth of women's and girls' football in West Riding. Following the first female-specific continuing professional development event in July, a series of workshops on coaching the female player began…
Other pp.30–31
A two-page photographic gallery covering the FA WSL between 29 June and 13 September 2014, captioned with the magazine's own hashtags. Gemma Davison of Liverpool, Bristol Academy's Sophie Ingle, Chelsea's Katie Chapman and Birmingham's…
Run-of-page feature pp.32–34
With three games each remaining, Tony Leighton assesses a three-way FA WSL title race in which Chelsea lead Birmingham City by two points and Liverpool by four. Emma Hayes plays down her side's favouritism,…
Interview p.35
Durham WFC manager Andy Toman, who holds the UEFA A Licence and a UEFA B goalkeeping licence, answers the magazine's recurring coach questionnaire. He names former Aston Villa, Leicester City and Darlington manager Brian…
Interview pp.36–37
Newly appointed Arsenal manager Pedro Martinez Losa explains the route that took him from Atletico Madrid's youth academy and titles with Rayo Vallecano to three years as assistant at Western New York Flash, and…
Interview p.38
Kevin Murphy was preparing to take a sabbatical after nine years at Hamilton Academical when Rangers called, and he tells Richard Payne why he could not resist. He describes inheriting a first-class group of…
Interview p.39
Charlton Athletic's top scorer in the FA Women's Premier League Southern Division, Kit Graham, tells Wilf Frith how she scored nine goals in the Addicks' opening three games. She credits a new attacking formation…
Interview p.40
Steve Tilson, who played eleven years for Canvey Island, assisted Peter Taylor with the England Under-21s, managed Lincoln City and led Southend United to a League Cup win over a Manchester United side containing…
Interview pp.40–41
Leeds Ladies chairman Gary Cooper explains what happened when Leeds United, under new ownership, cut the women's team loose and withdrew its naming and branding rights. Cooper calls it disappointing rather than shocking: stakeholders…
Match report pp.40–41
Shetland won the Mitchell Shield for a ninth successive year, coming from two goals down to beat Orkney 5-3 after extra time away from home. Scotland youth squad member Ruth Clark opened the scoring…
Run-of-page feature p.41
Chairman Luke Williams explains how a Vale of Glamorgan club founded in April 2012 by coaches already working in the female game may already be the largest female-only football club in Wales, with up…
Other pp.42–43
The magazine's recurring dressing-room awards slot turns to Derby County Ladies, where an anonymous squad member, hinted to be Emily Jeffery, dobs in her team-mates. Nikki Legister and Grace John are named as the…
Run-of-page feature p.43
Club secretary Sheila Rollinson describes how Derby County Ladies responded to a failed WSL bid and the departure of long-standing chairman Raffaele Long on the eve of the 2013/14 season. Rather than muddling through,…
Run-of-page feature pp.44–45
Becky Wilkins accepts an invitation from England sponsor Vauxhall to train at St George's Park with head coach Mark Sampson, assistant Marieanne Spacey and midfielder Jade Moore. She describes the journey from Liverpool, the…
Other pp.46–47
Marking Breast Cancer Awareness Month, She Kicks explains that it is again donating proceeds from magazine sales during October to Breast Cancer Care, and uses the charity's association with pink to gather players who…
Interview pp.48–49
England forward Jess Clarke is the subject of the magazine's recurring music Q&A, set against a season of upheaval at Notts County following the rebrand and relocation from Lincoln Ladies. With Ellen White, Anna…
Interview p.50
Glasgow City right-back Emma Black marks ten years at Scotland's leading club side and a return to fitness after a serious knee injury. She describes a training week of two strength sessions, two speed…
Other p.51
The magazine's recurring supporter slot features Roger Finch, 56, known as The Villain, who holds season tickets for Aston Villa Ladies and Birmingham City's men's team. He picks out England Under-20 captain Sherry McCue…
Interview p.52
On the eve of her 100th Scotland cap, NWSL Most Valuable Player Kim Little answers ten questions from She Kicks entirely over Twitter. Little admits her first season with Seattle Reign has not quite…
Poster p.53
A full-page portrait of Scotland and Seattle Reign midfielder Kim Little, printed facing her She Tweets question and answer session. The image marks a landmark season for Little, who was voted NWSL Most Valuable…
Interview pp.54–55
Nineteen-year-old Norway forward Ada Hegerberg discusses her summer move from Turbine Potsdam to two-time European champions Olympique Lyonnais, where she is likely to partner Lotta Schelin in attack alongside Louisa Necib, Camille Abily and…
Other pp.56–57
The magazine's recurring slot for young players profiles three aspiring footballers. Zoe Kilpatrick, 12, from Antrim plays for Crusaders Strikers Under-15s and Northern Ireland's Centre of Excellence, is two-footed, favours left-back and dreams of…
Interview p.57
Oxford United's Katharine Nutman answers the magazine's recurring questionnaire about boots and shirts. She remembers Adidas Predator Accelerators as early favourites and now wears Nike Tiempos, always in black, because an uncle would not…
Interview p.58
Nineteen-year-old Ceri Louise Williams from Swansea describes five years with the whistle and her appointment as fourth official for the Wales v England World Cup qualifier. She took up refereeing after tagging along to…
