Issue
August 2015 44 articles indexed
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Column / Opinion p.3
Jen O'Neill opens the World Cup review issue by declining to add to what has already been said about England's brave and inspiring showing in Canada, pointing readers instead to her tournament blogs. Anyone…
News pp.4–7
The tournament in Canada sets record television audiences worldwide, the final becoming the most-watched football match ever in the United States with 25.4 million viewers, while the England-Japan semi-final peaked at 2.4 million on…
Other pp.10–12
Chelsea centre back Gilly Flaherty, a five-time cup winner with Arsenal, provides the inside track on every team-mate ahead of the club's second FA Women's Cup final. Hedvig Lindahl loves to ask questions, Marie…
Interview p.12
England manager Mark Sampson previews the first FA Women's Cup final at Wembley as a good, tight game between two evenly matched teams with a contrast in styles. Notts County he calls very resolute…
Other pp.13–15
Notts County goalkeeper Carly Telford profiles the squad that beat Everton 3-0 at Goodison Park to reach Wembley. She cannot speak highly enough of Laura Bassett, who since their Leeds days she has pushed…
Interview pp.16–17
Chelsea manager Emma Hayes, the only female manager in WSL 1, prepares to lead her team out at Wembley. She grew up dreaming of it, though her dream was to be Glenn Hoddle, and…
Interview p.17
Chelsea's highly regarded young right back Hannah Blundell describes herself as overwhelmed at the prospect of playing at Wembley in the FA Women's Cup final. The incentive of the fixture being staged at the…
Interview p.18
Notts County striker Rachel Williams, joint top scorer in the league at the mid-season break after an injury-hit year at Chelsea, says it feels good to be back playing. She still works as a…
Other p.19
A single-page photographic gallery covering FA WSL 1 action through July 2015, as the league resumed after the World Cup break. The images are captioned in the magazine's hashtag style, running through Duggan, Farrow,…
Other pp.20–21
A two-page instalment of Nutmeg, the magazine's commissioned comic strip, written by Olu Alemoru, illustrated by Clive Taylor and coloured by Curtis Headley. The episode opens on a substitution board being raised for a…
Match report p.22
England open their World Cup with a 1-0 defeat by France, Eugenie Le Sommer scoring on 29 minutes. Mark Sampson singles out Claire Rafferty for keeping Elodie Thomis as quiet as he has ever…
Match report p.23
England beat Mexico 2-1 through goals from Fran Kirby on 71 minutes and Karen Carney on 82, with Ibarra replying in stoppage time. Carney jokes that her rare headed goal came off the plait…
Match report p.24
England beat Colombia 2-1 to reach the knockout stage, Karen Carney scoring on 15 minutes and Fara Williams converting a penalty on 38 before Lady Andrade replied in stoppage time. Mark Sampson says the…
Match report p.25
England come from behind to beat Norway 2-1 and win a World Cup knockout match for the first time, Steph Houghton equalising on 61 minutes and Lucy Bronze striking on 76 after Solveig Gulbrandsen…
Match report p.26
England knock out the hosts 2-1 in front of a sell-out crowd, Jodie Taylor scoring on 11 minutes and Lucy Bronze on 14 before Christine Sinclair replied. Taylor describes a bit of luck as…
Match report p.27
England lose 2-1 to Japan in the semi-final, Fara Williams cancelling out Aya Miyama's penalty before Laura Bassett's own goal deep into stoppage time. Karen Carney, describing her best friend as inconsolable, says the…
Match report p.28
England beat Germany 1-0 after extra time through a Fara Williams penalty on 108 minutes to take the World Cup bronze medal, a first win over the Germans at the twenty-first attempt. Silvia Neid…
Match report p.29
The United States win the World Cup 5-2 against Japan at BC Place, Carli Lloyd scoring a hat-trick inside sixteen minutes with Lauren Holiday and Tobin Heath also on target, Yuki Ogimi replying and…
Interview pp.30–33
Lucy Bronze, voted England's player of the tournament by She Kicks readers, says she genuinely did not expect a breakthrough World Cup: with Alex Scott ahead of her and returning from knee surgery, she…
Poster p.35
A full-page poster image from the 2015 World Cup, labelled FIFA Women's World Cup Poster by the magazine and credited to Action Images, printed without an identifying caption and naming no player. It forms…
Poster pp.36–37
A double-page poster spread published under the magazine's Lionesses banner as part of its World Cup review, credited to Action Images. Printed across the centre of the tournament section, it carries no caption naming…
Other p.38
A page designed for readers to collect autographs, listing all 23 members of England's 2015 World Cup squad with their shirt numbers. Karen Bardsley wears one, Alex Scott two, Claire Rafferty three, Fara Williams…
Interview pp.40–41
Birmingham City midfielder Jade Moore, who completed her medal set with World Cup bronze alongside European Under-19 silver and gold, says winning medals is addictive and now targets gold at Euro 2017. She recalls…
Interview pp.42–43
Casey Stoney, 33, awarded an MBE for services to the game and a squad player rather than a first choice for the first time in nearly a decade, reflects on World Cup bronze with…
Interview p.44
Mark Sampson reflects on a World Cup that surprised all but his inner circle. When he started with the team nobody could believe England could go to the tournament believing they could win it,…
Poster p.45
A full-page poster of Carli Lloyd, Golden Ball winner at the 2015 World Cup, captioned with her own account of how she prepared. Describing sprints in training in which she completely zoned out, she…
Interview p.46
Morgan Brian, at 22 the youngest member of the World Cup-winning United States squad, describes the quarter-final against China as the point the tournament turned. With Lauren Holiday and Megan Rapinoe suspended she was…
Other p.47
Jennifer Ast delivers a blunt verdict on Sweden's tournament: absolutely not mission accomplished, with the team stinking up the field in almost every way and not even doing it in a spectacular meltdown. When…
Other p.48
Stephanie Yang notes that the United States did not perform as expected but won the whole thing, so all expectations can go straight in the bin. England exceeded her expectations: she thought they might…
Other pp.48–49
Sarah Groubes calls it mission accomplished in a way for Australia, who broke out of Group D in second place playing astounding football, with the disappointment of falling short of the semi-finals another layer…
Other p.49
Shirasu Naoya judges Japan's result almost perfect but their performance unimpressive: sometimes brilliant, often mediocre. He suspects Kozue Ando's absence influenced them significantly, and argues they reached the final through experience and some luck…
Other pp.50–51
Sophie Downey of Girls on the Ball judges it definitely mission accomplished for England: despite not taking the top prize, a bronze medal with a win over Germany is a huge accomplishment, and resilient,…
Other pp.50–51
Sylvain Jamet calls France's tournament disappointing, with another quarter-final exit as at Euro 2013 and no medal, though they did qualify for the Olympics. The United States exceeded his expectations by finding their A…
News p.52
The FA Women's Premier League kicks off on 16 August with Portsmouth, who missed out on a WSL place in the play-off, facing a tough start away to Cardiff, and a London derby between…
Interview pp.52–53
Old Actonians' long-serving player Nathalie Randall describes winning the London and South East League title after a points deduction toppled rivals Carshalton Athletic. The squad only felt tension near the end, having spent the…
Interview p.53
General manager Helen Carver explains how Birmingham and West Midlands Police joined the FA Women's Premier League after a treble-winning season built on grit, determination and teamwork, with seventeen wins and a draw. The…
Interview pp.54–55
Annie Zaidi, who coaches the Under-11s at Leicester City's Girls' Centre of Excellence and chairs the Black and Asian Coaches Association, explains that she used to play but that in her traditional Asian-Muslim-Pakistani community…
Other p.56
Jersey's women won NatWest Island Games gold for the first time in their history in July, beating Greenland 3-2, then Hitra 2-1, then Gotland in the semi-final, before sealing the title with a 1-0…
Other p.58
Eight-year-old Laila Harbert, known to team-mates as Lays, plays for Chelsea Ladies Under-9s and supports Chelsea. Right-footed, she prefers midfield because you get the ball more, and describes herself as fast, skilful and an…
Other p.58
The magazine's recurring team slot features Hebburn Town Honeys, an Under-14 side in the Russell Foster Girls League whose club mascot is a bee and who play in yellow and black stripes. Coached by…
News p.59
Sussex County FA reports six busy months for the women's and girls' game. In January it staged the first This Girl Can UK Women's Football Festival, engaging over 100 female participants aged 16 to…
Interview p.60
Arsenal's 17-year-old striker Chloe Kelly, who scored on her first-team debut in a friendly against Aston Villa in February and is now a regular in the WSL squad, describes captaining England at the Under-17…
Other pp.61–62
The first part of a new series explaining common knee injuries opens with meniscal tears. Dr Claire Minshull clarifies that meniscus is the correct term for what is commonly called cartilage, and that each…
Interview p.64
Leeds-based Lucy Haskell, a level 8 referee not yet sixteen, took a refereeing course her club offered to pay for, on condition she referees their games for free. Still playing, she finds it helps…
