Issue
October 2015 42 articles indexed
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Cover feature p.1
The front cover of She Kicks issue 30, priced GBP3.25, which the magazine notes has "turned pink" in support of Breast Cancer Care ahead of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, with 50p from every copy…
News p.4
The first page of the issue's news round-up. The Netherlands will host a mini-tournament against Norway, Sweden and Switzerland the following March to decide UEFA's third qualifier for the Rio Olympics, a slot available…
News p.5
The second page of the news round-up. Brazil beat Colombia 4-0 to take Pan-American Games gold. The FA WSL Continental Tyres Cup Final is confirmed for the AESSEAL New York Stadium in Rotherham on…
Column / Opinion p.6
Rachel Brown-Finnis's column, written as she prepares for maternity leave with her baby due on 29 September. She describes covering a number of games for BBC 5 Live, in particular the Women's FA Cup…
News p.6
A page of shorter news items. Under the #SheKicksBack banner the magazine reports hosting a sold-out legends evening in London on 14 September with WoSo Zone, sponsored by DNSUK, featuring Pauline Boanas and Kelly…
News p.7
A news feature reporting that the recently retired Celia Sasic was voted UEFA Best Women's Player in Europe for 2014-15, topping a poll of eighteen journalists ahead of Amandine Henry and Dzsenifer Marozsan. The…
Match report p.8
An Action and Reaction spread on the 2015 SSE Women's FA Cup Final, in which Chelsea beat Notts County 1-0 at Wembley Stadium on 1 August in front of a crowd of 30,710, Ji…
Match report p.9
Chelsea forward Eniola Aluko, a constant thorn in Notts County's right-hand side and the FA Cup Final's player of the match, reflects on the win at Wembley. Aluko calls the individual award the icing…
Interview p.10
Kieran Theivam interviews Gemma Davison, who could become the only player to win the FA Women's Super League with three different clubs should Chelsea add the title to their FA Cup. The England winger…
Interview p.12
Chris Brookes interviews Daphne Corboz, the American-born Manchester City midfielder who has put medical school on hold to pursue a playing career and has settled superbly into the Citizens' midfield in her first year…
Interview p.14
Catherine Etoe meets Dominique Janssen and Sari van Veenendaal, the two Dutch internationals who arrived at Arsenal on 18-month contracts in July and are both enjoying life in the FA WSL despite silly dance…
Interview p.15
Catherine Etoe profiles Willie Kirk, the Bristol Academy manager who spent fourteen years as a management accountant while harbouring one ambition, to coach football full time, and who recalls people telling him he had…
Other p.17
The She Tweets slot puts questions to Birmingham City and England midfielder Jo Potter over Twitter. Potter calls a win at Bristol a relief and hopes five points will be enough for safety, and…
Other p.18
A two-page statistical review of the FA WSL 1 season to 3 September, compiled with data from Opta. Team tables cover goals scored and conceded in total and per game, clean sheets, shots, passes,…
Other p.20
A two-page photographic gallery of snaps and action from FA WSL 1 during August and September 2015, credited to FA via Getty Images. The images are presented without conventional captions, each instead carrying a…
Interview p.22
Nat Clarke interviews Doncaster Rovers Belles striker Courtney Sweetman-Kirk, who has 21 goals and counting as her side lead WSL2. She describes the campaign as on track against clear aims set at the start…
Interview p.23
Nat Clarke interviews Reading forward Emma Follis, one of the reasons goals have been raining around the club alongside Bianca Bragg and Lauren Bruton. Follis calls the campaign really successful, pointing to a close…
Interview p.24
Richard Payne interviews Scotland defender Kirsty Smith as Hibernian give Glasgow City their first credible title challenge in almost a decade. Smith says she is glad to be part of the most exciting season…
Interview p.26
Wilf Frith talks to Charley McNamara after Hull City opened their first ever FA Women's Premier League campaign with back-to-back wins. McNamara traces her path from Tickton AFC at 14 to being scouted for…
Interview p.27
An interview with Aditi Chauhan, who became the first Indian international to play in the FA Women's Premier League after signing for West Ham United. The 2012 South Asian Championship winner explains that she…
Other p.28
A gallery of snaps and snapshots from around the leagues and cups, credited to jamesprickett.co.uk. The captioned images include Aston Villa's Maddy Cusack colliding with Reading's Laura-May Walkley, Watford's Ellie Mason challenged by Oxford…
Other p.29
A gallery and report on the England Legends charity match of 9 August 2015, in which an 18-strong squad of former England players with almost 300 caps between them faced FA WPL champions Sheffield…
Interview p.30
A Where Are They Now feature on Danielle Murphy, the former England, Millwall, Florida Gators, Charlton, Fulham and Barnet full back and midfielder, now an Oxford-based firefighter, who took part in BBC2's Special Forces:…
Poster p.34
A poster spread of Notts County Ladies, captioned as SSE Women's FA Cup finalists 2015. The pages carry the team photograph across the spread with no accompanying article text, the only printed wording being…
Interview p.36
The opening feature of the She Kicks Tours and Tournaments Guide 2016, following the Bedlington Bulldogs Under-13s from Northumberland, who played in more tournaments than most. Team members Megan Farrell and Erin Third describe…
Interview p.40
A UCFB feature in which Lindsey Jackson, Director of Events at Wembley Stadium, discusses her career in the football and sports sector. Jackson says the beauty of the job is that every day is…
Other p.41
The They Kick slot meets the Arsenal Ladies Supporters Group through communications officer Eoghan Mitchell, who explains the group started in August with 25 or more members and is always looking for more. He…
Interview p.42
An interview with Birmingham City defender Chelsea Weston, who ruptured an anterior cruciate ligament on 29 March in her first competitive game of the season, a total shock for a player who had not…
Other p.43
A sidebar explaining the PFA Residential Rehabilitation Scheme, through which more than 750 registered players have benefited since the partnership began three years earlier, many of them PFA members from FA WSL 1 clubs.…
Interview p.44
The She Kicks Back questionnaire meets Niamh McKevitt, the Huddersfield Town full back who chose to stay in boys' football rather than follow the FA player pathway and has written a book about the…
Run-of-page feature p.46
A Foreign Kicks feature on South Africa, where Banyana Banyana, coached by Vera Pauw, missed out on Canada 2015 by a single goal in a play-off against Cote d'Ivoire, and where a little under…
Other p.48
The Born Kicking slot meets Felicity Davies, an eight-year-old who plays for Welland Valley Under-10 Girls and supports Notts County Ladies. Known to team-mates as Flis, she likes to kick with both feet and…
Run-of-page feature p.49
The Coach Kicks slot profiles Gillian Campbell, performance analyst with the Scottish FA, currently taking a break from club football after five years at Celtic and two at Rangers. Her role involves breaking down…
Run-of-page feature p.50
Chris Brookes talks music with Libby Stout, the American goalkeeper who has been a chief orchestrator in Liverpool's backline across two seasons and helped the Reds to a second successive WSL title. The 25-year-old,…
Other p.52
The second part of a series explaining common knee injuries, in which Dr Claire Minshull covers anterior knee pain, known clinically as patellofemoral pain syndrome and colloquially as runners' knee. She explains that while…
Run-of-page feature p.54
The She Kicks Locker Room asks Hayley Lauder about her before and after routines, as the Scotland left-sider returns to the SWPL with nine-time champions Glasgow City after five years at Spartans and spells…
Run-of-page feature p.55
The Kit Check questionnaire is answered by Yeovil Town and Wales Under-19 international Alys Hinchcliffe, who loves her boots and bleaches her laces. Her first pair were red Adidas Predator Pulse; she has just…
Other p.55
A departure from the usual treatment-table interview, in which Kerstin Bluck relates how her daughter Hannah was diagnosed with a rare condition that threatened her football career. Capped seventeen times across three Wales youth…
Other p.56
The Car Quiz puts its questions to Chloe O'Connor, a 20-year-old centre midfielder with Cardiff Met who has represented Wales at Under-19 level. She drives a little Ford KA which she has not yet…
Other p.57
The Official Kicks slot, sponsored by the University of Gloucestershire, profiles Gillian Lesley Armstrong, a 49-year-old referee from Ponteland in Northumberland who has been officiating since the 1990s and now helps develop a new…
Column / Opinion p.58
The Kicking Off letters page, which the magazine notes arrived in actual envelopes. Neil and Grace Babbs of Enfield complain that until Arsenal against Notts County in July it had been over three years…
Other p.60
The Around the Counties slot, sponsored by Bluefin Sport, reports on girls' and women's football in Somerset, where 83 girls' teams play in the Somerset Girls League alongside 41 ladies teams across the county.…
