Keep Kicking (Editor’s Letter)
Column / Opinion p.3
Jen O'Neill introduces the cup final issue, built as it has been for more than a decade around asking the players themselves to describe their team-mates - this year Alex Scott for Arsenal and…
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She Kicks issue 35
May 2016 37 articles indexed
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News
News pp.4–7
May's news opens with Chan Yuen-ting becoming the first woman to lead a professional men's team to a top-flight title, her Eastern side winning the Hong Kong Premier League. Hope Powell joins the PFA…
Sari’s Serious About Winning (Sari van Veenendaal interview)
Interview pp.8–10
Arsenal goalkeeper Sari van Veenendaal looks ahead to her first Wembley appearance, having twice been there as a spectator, including the previous year's final a month after signing. Arsenal needed shoot-outs to win their…
Meet the Gunners (Arsenal squad guide by Alex Scott)
Other pp.12–14
Arsenal captain Alex Scott runs through her squad ahead of a fourteenth FA Cup final, giving each player a squad number, a nickname and a character sketch. Emma Byrne is a club legend she…
Meet the Blues (Chelsea squad guide by Gemma Davison, Fran Kirby and Hannah Blundell)
Other pp.15–17
Gemma Davison, Fran Kirby and Hannah Blundell describe the Chelsea squad defending the trophy they won at Wembley the previous August. Hedvig Lindahl always asks questions and trains constantly; Gilly Flaherty is nicknamed Foghorn…
Viggy’s Keeping Calm (Hedvig Lindahl interview)
Interview pp.18–20
Chelsea's Sweden goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl insists a Wembley cup final is just another game, the product of a long career spanning four World Cups, three Olympics and three European Championships. She describes her career…
FA Girls’ Youth Cup Final: Arsenal 5-1 Manchester United
Match report pp.22–23
Arsenal's Under-17s won their third FA Girls' Youth Cup, beating Manchester United Foundation five-one at St George's Park on 16 April 2016 before a crowd of over 400. United goalkeeper Emily Ramsey produced an…
View From The Field: Ward’s Words (Helen Ward column)
Column / Opinion p.24
Helen Ward writes from a newly promoted Reading side that has gone from months without games to three matches in six days. She is candid about the WSL fixture list: after that opening burst…
International Action: Euro 2017 Qualifying Latest
News p.25
A single page covering all four home nations in Euro 2017 qualifying. England draw one-all with Belgium at Rotherham on 8 April, a goalkeeping error from Karen Bardsley cancelled out by yet another late…
Right On Crichton (Leanne Crichton interview)
Interview pp.26–28
Leanne Crichton describes the decision that took her from Glasgow City and a full-time job with Glasgow Life to a professional contract at Notts County: she asked for a one-year sabbatical, was refused, and…
Opta Stats: WSL Stat Attack
Other pp.30–31
A two-page statistical survey of the opening rounds of the 2016 FA WSL 1 season, compiled with Opta. Manchester City lead on goals with thirteen at 2.6 a game and have conceded none, facing…
Gallery: Snaps and Action from WSL 1 and 2, 21 April – 2 May 2016
Other pp.32–33
A double-page photographic gallery covering FA WSL 1 and 2 matches played between 21 April and 2 May 2016. The images are captioned only with hashtags rather than names, in the informal style the…
Jill Scott Nets a Late Equaliser v Belgium (double-page poster)
Poster pp.34–35
A double-page poster of Jill Scott scoring England's late equaliser against Belgium at the New York Stadium, Rotherham United, on 8 April 2016. The caption gives the goal, the fixture, the venue and the…
Football Politics: In Or Out – The Effect of a ‘Brexit’ on the Women’s Super League
Run-of-page feature pp.36–37
Written seven weeks before the EU referendum, this analysis asks what leaving would mean for the Women's Super League. At present EEA nationals play in the WSL without restriction while non-EEA players need Home…
Foreign Kicks: Denise Makes a Dream Dash (Denise O’Sullivan interview)
Interview pp.38–39
Named FAI Senior Women's International Player of the Year, Denise O'Sullivan describes leaving Glasgow City for the NWSL's Houston Dash. Houston made contact in January after Ireland played the United States, and a year…
Around the Counties: Birmingham FA – Get Your Boots On
News p.41
Birmingham FA has launched Get Your Boots On, a match-maker app that pairs players with teams by preferred playing time, location and format, supporting more than 4,000 teams in the area. Chief executive Kevin…
FAWPL Premier League Update, Hotshots and Regional Champions
News p.42
Wilf Frith closes the FA Women's Premier League season. Sporting Club Albion need seven points from four games to overhaul Preston in the Northern Division; Brighton take the Southern title with Charlton runners-up and…
Swans Crossing the Atlantic (Alicia Powe interview)
Interview p.42
Alicia Powe, close to a decade with Swansea City, explains how the Welsh club acquired a Canadian contingent and a United States tour. A Swansea-born coach now living in Canada recommended young players to…
Tykes’ Teenage Treble (Brittany Sanderson and Ian Clarke, Barnsley)
Interview p.43
Sixteen-year-old Brittany Sanderson scored a hat-trick as Barnsley won the Sheffield and Hallamshire FA County Cup for the first time in the club's history, beating a Huddersfield side two divisions above them, then went…
FAWPL Cup, Plate and Reserves Cup Finals: Results
News p.43
The FA Women's Premier League cup competitions conclude. Coventry United beat Enfield Town five-one in the Plate final, Maz Gauntlett scoring twice, and in the same Hednesford Town double-header Blackburn Rovers beat Bradford City…
English Schools FA U18 Schools and Colleges Finals and Bob Docherty Cup
Other pp.44–45
A photographic record of the English Schools FA's Under-18 national finals, held at Burton Albion on 16 March 2016. John Madejski Academy took the Schools championship with Thomas Telford School runners-up, and Accrington and…
Snaps and Snapshots from around the Leagues and Cups
Other p.45
A nineteen-photograph gallery closing the domestic season. Coventry United lift the FAWPL Plate and Blackburn Rovers Reserves the Reserves Cup, with Leah Foster of Blackburn and Christina Torkildsen of Coventry receiving player of the…
Coach Kicks: Paul Brownlie
Interview p.46
Paul Brownlie, high performance football manager at the Scottish FA's Girls and Women's National Performance Centre, describes running a programme of seventeen players who train four times a week in ninety-minute technical sessions starting…
Around the Counties: South Yorkshire, a Hotbed for Female Football
News p.47
Sheffield and Hallamshire County FA reports a season in which South Yorkshire hosted the FA WSL Continental Tyres Cup final in November, the first Continental Tyres Youth Under-14 Cup and the England against Belgium…
She Kicks Goal Getter: Garston’s Goal Getter (Lauren Berryman interview)
Interview p.48
Eighteen-year-old Lauren Berryman from Hemel Hempstead has spent half her life at Garston Ladies, with a spell at Watford's Centre of Excellence, and this season plays for both the Under-18s and as captain of…
Born Kicking: Amy Evans (goalkeeper special)
Other p.49
Thirteen-year-old Amy Evans from Willenhall, who keeps goal for AFC Phoenix and receives specialist coaching from Reactions Goalkeeper Coaching in the West Midlands, answers the Born Kicking questionnaire in a goalkeeper-themed edition. She chose…
Safe Hands: Sophie Harris (London Bees)
Interview p.50
London Bees goalkeeper Sophie Harris opens the magazine's new Safe Hands slot. Her father pushed her into goal when she was younger, which she calls the best decision he ever made, and she rates…
Safe Hands: Lucia Drexel (SF Bichl)
Interview p.51
German grassroots goalkeeper Lucia Drexel of SF Bichl answers the Safe Hands questions. Her favourite save came against her former club and rivals with five minutes left at nil-nil, when she somehow stopped a…
Safe Hands: Rosie Todd (Huddersfield Town Ladies and York College)
Interview p.52
Seventeen-year-old Rosie Todd of Huddersfield Town Ladies and York College describes coming from a family of goalkeepers - father, grandfather and brother - and moving from left-back into goal at eight, never to turn…
She Kicks Back: Whipping Up a Red Storm (Lucy Whipp interview)
Interview p.53
Everton Centre of Excellence graduate Lucy Whipp, twenty, describes her first season with the Red Storm at St John's University in New York, following Rachel Daly and Georgia Kearney-Perry from England to the same…
She Kicks a Beat: Linnett’s Encore at the House of Blues (Kirsty Linnett interview)
Interview pp.54–55
Birmingham City striker Kirsty Linnett, twenty-two, signed a new contract in March after speculation about her future and after captain Karen Carney's departure to Chelsea. A former Arsenal youngster whose Gunners spell was defined…
The She Kicks Locker Room: The Before & After with Natasha Dowie
Interview pp.56–57
Doncaster Rovers Belles striker Natasha Dowie sets out her matchday habits: porridge or Bircher muesli with berries and nuts, or chicken pasta for evening games, a chilled day reading or watching television, a walk…
The She Kicks Locker Room: Car Quiz with Nicola Cousins
Interview p.57
Wales and Yeovil Town defender Nicola Cousins takes the Car Quiz. She drives a Ford Fiesta newly named Reggie and reckons that as a footballer it would be an attacking full-back, just as she…
The She Kicks Locker Room: Kit Check with Millie Turner
Interview p.58
Everton and England Under-19 midfielder Millie Turner answers the Kit Check. Her first boots were red and black Adidas Predators, which she maintains have never been bettered, and her current pairs rotate between blackout…
The She Kicks Locker Room: Captain’s Chat with Steph Houghton
Interview p.59
England and Manchester City captain Steph Houghton describes herself as someone who leads by example on and off the pitch, with a winning mentality and total commitment. She credits Faye White, Casey Stoney and…
Kicking Off: #SKFansForum on Refereeing in the Women’s Game
Column / Opinion pp.60–61
She Kicks puts a question to its readers on Twitter: what are the issues with refereeing in the women's game, and how can it be improved? The replies, reproduced across two pages, converge on…
Official Kicks: Lucy Berridge
Interview p.62
Seventeen-year-old Lucy Berridge from Wolverhampton took up refereeing after complaining about a match official and being told by her mother to try it herself. She played in boys' teams from four and moved to…