Issue
November 2015 46 articles indexed
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Cover feature p.1
The November 2015 cover of She Kicks, issue #31, priced GBP3.25, fronts Sunderland's full backs Vicki Greenwell and Abby Holmes under the billing "Black Cats Full Backs", marking the pair's part in the club's…
Column / Opinion p.3
Editor Jen O'Neill opens issue #31 by congratulating Chelsea for a second successive time, now on the league and cup double and a dominant UEFA Women's Champions League display that carried them into the…
News p.4
The first of the issue's news pages gathers international and club items from October 2015. UEFA confirms the Women's EURO 2017 match schedule, opening in Utrecht on 16 July and ending with the final…
News p.5
A second news page leads on the FAW awards night, where Reading players almost swept the board: Kylie Davies was named Player of the Year, Charlie Estcourt Young Player and Helen Ward took the…
News p.6
Headed "Fond Farewells", this news spread marks a cluster of retirements. Everton's Lindsay "Lightening" Johnson goes after helping seal third place in WSL 2, the 35-year-old former England international captaining the side, scoring and…
Match report p.8
Chelsea Ladies secured the league and cup double with a 4-0 win over Sunderland in front of 2,710 at Staines Town's Wheatsheaf Park on 4 October, an occasion that fell on the 23rd anniversary…
Match report p.9
Catherine Etoe reports on Chelsea's passage into the Champions League last 16 after they made short work of Glasgow City, beating Scott Booth's side 4-0 on aggregate with a 3-0 win in Airdrie that…
Other p.10
A two-page photographic gallery collecting action and off-pitch images from FA WSL 1 and WSL 2 across September and October 2015, the closing weeks of that season. Rather than reporting a single fixture, the…
Interview p.12
Chelsea midfielder Drew Spence, described as an unsung hero of the club's double-winning season, caps her campaign with a first England call-up as Mark Sampson's squad travel to China for the CFA International Tournament.…
Interview p.13
A four-page career retrospective with Liverpool's Becky Easton, at 41 still going strong in a career spanning three decades. Having signed as a professional in 2012 with the men's club she has supported all…
Interview p.17
Claire Forrester talks to Notts County defender Amy Turner ahead of the FA WSL Continental Tyres Cup Final against Arsenal at Rotherham United, as County look to make amends for August's Women's FA Cup…
Interview p.19
A four-page two-way interview at Sunderland's Academy of Light with full backs Abby Holmes, 24, and Vicki Greenwell, 30, who retired after the final game of the season at Chelsea, reviewing a fourth-placed finish…
Interview p.22
Catherine Etoe interviews Arsenal's Leah Williamson ahead of the Continental Cup Final against Notts County on 1 November. Not long ago the 18-year-old was handing out tickets to Arsenal Ladies matches alongside her mother…
Interview p.23
Chris Brookes talks to Demi Stokes, back on home soil after four seasons with the University of South Florida and a three-year contract signed with Manchester City in January. A permanent fixture in the…
Interview p.24
The first of two manager interviews under the Managerial Promotions banner, with Reading's Kelly Chambers after her side were crowned FA WSL 2 champions on goal difference ahead of Doncaster Rovers Belles. The 29-year-old…
Interview p.26
The companion manager interview sees Glen Harris, the former Lincoln Ladies manager and retired police Superintendent, reflect on his first season at Doncaster Rovers Belles. Appointed less than a year earlier, the 56-year-old steered…
News p.27
A four-page end-of-season review in which She Kicks put the same four questions to all ten FA WSL 2 clubs, asking each respondent for their highlight, their low point and what they learned from…
Other p.31
The #SKFansForum page grows out of a national newspaper asking She Kicks to name the top ten performers in FA WSL 1 during the 2015 season, a request made just before the final Sunday…
Other p.32
A two-page statistical review of the 2015 FA WSL 1 season compiled from data supplied by Opta, framed around the observation that while Chelsea took the title fairly comfortably, the numbers suggest Manchester City…
Interview p.34
Richard Payne catches up with Dunfermline-born Scotland midfielder Lucy Graham, who turned 19 in October and fulfilled a lifelong ambition by joining Damallsvenskan side Mallbackens IF Sunne. The move came out of the blue:…
Poster p.36
A full-page team poster of Reading Ladies FC as 2015 FA WSL 2 champions, printed without accompanying text beyond the title line and a credit to FA via Getty Images. Reading took the second-tier…
Poster p.37
A full-page team poster of Doncaster Rovers Belles FC as 2015 FA WSL 2 promotion winners, facing the Reading champions poster and likewise carrying no text beyond its title line and a credit to…
Other p.38
King's College, Taunton underlined their standing as the leading independent school in England for girls' football by winning the ISFA seven-a-side national tournament at Charterhouse School for a third consecutive year, scoring 34 goals…
Interview p.41
A three-page sports science interview with Dawn Scott, the former FA employee who as Fitness and Performance Coach helped the USA to the 2015 World Cup title in Canada, and whom many American players…
Other p.44
Part of the second edition of the She Kicks Tours and Tournaments Guide, this report follows Accrington and Rossendale College Girls' Football Academy to Spain in October for the Costa Brava U19's Cup. The…
News p.49
A round-up of the FA Women's Premier League divisions accompanied by photographic snapshots from around the leagues and cups. Derby County hold a three-point lead over Sporting Club Albion at the top of a…
Interview p.50
Wilf Frith speaks to Brighton's former England youth international Charlotte Gurr after Albion, leaders of the FA Women's Premier League Southern Division, dropped just two points and conceded only two goals in their opening…
Interview p.51
Under the heading Foxy Ladies, She Kicks speaks to Emily Ridges after TNS of the West Midlands League knocked Premier League Leafield Athletic out of the Women's FA Cup. Ridges, who has been with…
Interview p.51
Sharing the page, Leicester City Women's Chantelle Robinson discusses a flying start of eight straight wins in FA Women's Premier League Midlands Division 1, scoring more than four goals a game. Robinson says the…
Interview p.52
The Foreign Kicks slot, written by Wilf Frith, features Florida-born Adriana Rodrigues of Swiss National League A side FC Neunkirch, who played for Brazil at the 2008 South American U-17 Championship before switching allegiance…
Other p.53
The They Kick slot, which meets the game's uber fans, features Julie Roberts of the Notts County Ladies Supporters Club. Roberts nominates Desiree Scott as the player who kicks, praising her passion, commitment and…
Run-of-page feature p.54
The recurring She Kicks Back retrospective catches up with 31-year-old Vic Boardman, a former team-mate of Dani Murphy at Barnet, who has swapped the UK for Los Angeles and football for triathlon. A box-to-box,…
Other p.55
The Around The Counties slot, carried under a Bluefin Sport sponsorship strap, reports Surrey FA's South West London Primary School League, a competition with a unique concept: its eight teams are made up entirely…
Run-of-page feature p.56
Chris Brookes profiles Canada midfielder Sophie Schmidt for the music-themed She Kicks A Beat slot, following her July move from Sky Blue FC to Champions League holders 1.FFC Frankfurt in the year of her…
Other p.58
The Born Kicking slot introduces ten-year-old Stella Sky Lawrence from Brighton, known to team-mates as Stells or little legs. She spent three years at the Brighton and Hove Albion Centre of Excellence and now…
Interview p.59
The Coach Quiz slot puts its questions to John Griffiths, England Women's U-17 National Coach, who holds a UEFA A Licence and an Academy Manager's Licence. He favours possession-based, problem-solving practices built around defence…
Other p.59
The Hat-Trick Heroine slot features sixteen-year-old Manchester City midfielder Georgia Stanway, who helped England's U-17s join Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in qualifying for the elite round of the UEFA Euros,…
Run-of-page feature p.60
The Careers in Football strand explores how a career path and football can fit together, talking to two paramedics from different ends of the country. Nikki Brown works on an ambulance responding to emergency…
Other p.62
Part three of the recurring #KneeKnack series with Dr Claire Minshull turns to anterior cruciate ligament injury, explaining that the ACL stops the tibia sliding forward and rotating relative to the femur and is…
Interview p.64
The She Kicks Locker Room's Before and After slot asks how elite players prepare for and recover from big games, with Marissa Callaghan, 30, of Cliftonville Ladies and Northern Ireland sharing her habits. She…
Run-of-page feature p.65
The Kit Check slot corners Reading's Rebecca Jane after she tweeted a picture of the pile of shirts she was about to reduce. She cannot name her first boots, a scruffy pair of hand-me-downs…
Other p.65
The Car Quiz, a regular feature marking how much time footballers spend driving, turns to Durham WFC's Rachel Lee, known as Shorty. She drives a Nissan Juke Acenta Premium named, unoriginally by her own…
Other p.66
The Locker Room's On The Treatment Table slot features Jade Widdowson, 21, centre midfielder and captain of Chichester City, who has also represented Sussex and the England Beach Soccer team. Her injury came in…
Other p.67
The SK Goal Getter slot talks to Middlesbrough's Bianca Owens, known to team-mates as B, after the 18-year-old striker from Stockton-on-Tees netted eight goals in an 11-0 Women's FA Cup win against Lowick United.…
Other p.68
The Official Kicks slot, sponsored by the University of Gloucestershire and its referee scholarships, features Level 4 Manchester-based referee Kat Davey, 29, who was inspired to take up the whistle by her brother and…
Other p.70
The back-of-book For Kicks and Giggles page pairs two puzzles. A Spot the Difference uses a champagne-spraying celebration photograph of Reading's WSL 2 title success and promotion, inviting readers to find seven changes; the…
