Keep Kicking (Editor’s Letter)
Column / Opinion p.3
Jen O'Neill thanks readers for turning out in numbers at the Women's FA Cup final and notes rumours of a shift in the timing of the WSL season. Her substantial subject is the FA's…
Issue
She Kicks issue 36
July 2016 45 articles indexed
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News
News pp.4–6
July's news is led by Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura of Senegal becoming FIFA's first female Secretary General, and by Kim Little topping a supporters' poll to win the BBC World Service Women's Footballer of…
Transfer Talk
News p.6
She Kicks lists thirty-four transfers completed during the WSL mid-season break. Birmingham City recruit heavily in Europe, taking Ann-Katrin Berger from Paris Saint-Germain, Isabelle Linden from Frankfurt and Andrine Hegerberg from Kopparbergs Goteborg, while…
SSE Women’s FA Cup Final: Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea
Match report pp.8–9
Danielle Carter's first-half strike won Arsenal a fourteenth Women's FA Cup against holders and reigning double winners Chelsea, before 32,912 at Wembley on 14 May 2016. Carter describes the goal: a ball over the…
Scottish Women’s Premier League Cup Final: Hibernian 2-1 Glasgow City
Match report p.9
Hibernian ended Glasgow City's domestic monopoly at Ainslie Park on 15 June 2016, winning the SWPL Cup two-one with a deflected stoppage-time winner. Julie Fleeting had put City ahead on the half hour before…
International Action: Euro 2017 Qualifying Latest
News pp.10–11
England secure their place at Euro 2017 by beating Serbia seven-nil twice in four days, first at Wycombe and then in Stara Pazova. Karen Carney takes the match ball with a hat-trick and Rachel…
Bringing Home the Bronze (Claire Stancliffe, GB Deaf Women)
Interview p.12
Great Britain's deaf women's team were told there was no money for their World Cup trip and went anyway, coming home with bronze. Captain Claire Stancliffe describes a group stage of a frustrating draw…
Taking a Different Path: the Girls’ England Talent Pathway and the 34 Regional Talent Clubs
Run-of-page feature p.13
At the end of April 2016, after a six-month application process, the FA awarded three-year licences to 34 newly created Regional Talent Clubs to deliver elite girls' football development as part of the Girls'…
Talking a Different Pathway (Brent Hills interview)
Interview p.14
Brent Hills, who heads the FA's Elite Performance Unit and was Hope Powell's assistant from 2002, sets out the reasoning behind the Regional Talent Club restructure. The FA works to a plan, do and…
Ellie’s Mixing It With the Big Boys (Ellie Hilton interview)
Interview pp.15–16
At seventeen, Ellie Hilton is the oldest girl in England still playing boys' football, at Under-18 level with Croston FC, whom she joined at six. Brunel University and the FA are studying her experience…
Youthful Pride: Sarah Mayling (England U19s)
Interview p.18
Aston Villa striker Sarah Mayling, back in England Under-19 action after twelve months out, describes the collision that cost her the year: her ACL, medial ligament and meniscus were all torn in a clash…
Youthful Pride: Sophie Stamp (England U19s)
Interview p.19
Midfielder Sophie Stamp dropped down a level from Doncaster Belles to her home-town club Hull City to get regular football, and has kept her England Under-19 place as a result. Limited game time at…
Youthful Pride: Sian Rogers (England U19s)
Interview p.19
Arsenal goalkeeper Sian Rogers describes what it means to pull on the England jersey, saying the pride builds even further on match days when the anthem is sung. She models her game on Karen…
The New Euro Blues (Ann-Katrin Berger, Marisa Ewers, Isabelle Linden and Andrine Hegerberg)
Interview pp.20–23
Birmingham City respond to the referendum by going European, signing German goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger, defender Marisa Ewers and striker Isabelle Linden plus Norwegian midfielder Andrine Hegerberg. Manager David Parker says six months of planning…
Skinner Stakes Her Claim (Claire Skinner interview)
Interview pp.24–25
Nineteen-year-old Claire Skinner made her first Wales start in June's Euro 2017 qualifier against Norway in Newport, on television and in front of a home crowd, alongside fellow debutant Gemma Evans - both of…
#SheTweets: Tash Harding
Interview p.26
Liverpool forward Tash Harding, who won her fiftieth Wales cap in June, answers ten questions by tweet. She reports the Merseyside weather as the only drawback, names Rosie White as the hardest trainer, Kate…
View From The Field: Ward’s Words (Helen Ward column)
Column / Opinion p.27
Helen Ward defends staging the Women's FA Cup final at Wembley against the recurring complaint that the stadium is not full, pointing out that nobody says the same of the FA Vase or the…
Gallery: Snaps and Action from WSL 1 and 2, 16 May – 3 July 2016
Other pp.28–29
A double-page photographic gallery covering FA WSL 1 and 2 matches played between 16 May and 3 July 2016, the period spanning the mid-season break and the restart. As with the magazine's other picture…
Jill Scott, Manchester City Women (full-page poster)
Poster p.30
A full-page pull-out poster of Manchester City and England midfielder Jill Scott, captioned only with her name and club and credited to FA via Getty Images. It appears in the July 2016 issue at…
FAWPL Charity Trophy 2016: Players Are All Stars in Charity Match
Run-of-page feature pp.32–37
The FA Women's Premier League Charity Trophy brought an Ex-England All-Stars side to Leamington to play champions Brighton, raising money for Breast Cancer Care in a five-two defeat. Clare Taylor, at 51 the oldest…
Arsenal Ladies FC, Women’s FA Cup Winners 2016 (double-page poster)
Poster pp.34–35
A double-page pull-out poster of Arsenal Ladies as Women's FA Cup winners in 2016, credited to Action Images and carrying no text beyond the club name and the title. It celebrates the one-nil win…
Brighton and Hove Albion, FAWPL Play-Off Champions 2016 (full-page poster)
Poster p.36
A full-page poster of Brighton and Hove Albion as FA Women's Premier League play-off champions for 2016, the win that took the club into WSL 2 for the following season. The page carries only…
A Season to Remember (Vicky Ashton-Jones, Brighton, interview)
Interview p.37
Brighton captain Vicky Ashton-Jones reflects on a season that brought the FA Women's Premier League play-off title and promotion to the Super League, rounded off by a charity match against Ex-England All-Stars that she…
Key-nsham Cannot Unlock Trophy Cabinet (Justine Lorton-Radburn interview)
Interview p.38
Former England international Justine Lorton-Radburn reflects on Keynsham Town missing out on a swift return to the FAWPL Southern Division and on a place in the Plate final. Relegated the previous season, they kept…
FAWPL Season Conclusion, Regional Champions and Final Hotshots
News p.38
Sporting Club Albion overhaul Preston to take the FAWPL Northern Division by four points, while Nuneaton survive when Guiseley are held by Newcastle and go down with Loughborough Foxes. Brighton's promotion to the WSL…
Cometh the Hour, Cometh Khalsa (Kyrie Ball interview)
Interview p.39
Sporting Khalsa escaped relegation from FAWPL Midlands Division 1 after taking one point from a possible thirty-six and then fifteen from their last five games. Forward Kyrie Ball admits she thought they were certain…
FAWPL Cup Final: Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Cardiff City
Match report p.39
Tottenham Hotspur edged Cardiff City two-one in the FA Women's Premier League Cup final at Kidderminster Harriers on 8 May 2016. Bianca Baptiste gave Spurs the lead and Kelly Isaac levelled on half time.…
Fran-tastic Southampton Women (Fran Alonso interview)
Interview p.40
Fran Alonso describes reviving Southampton Women, who before he arrived were training with an average attendance of seven to ten players and now train no less than twice a week despite everyone having other…
She Kicks Roll of Honour: League and Cup Winners in 2015-16
Other pp.41–42
She Kicks publishes a complete roll of honour for the 2015-16 season, listing every senior league and cup winner in women's football across England, Wales and the Isle of Man. It runs from the…
A Little Help for MEN United (Stacey Little interview)
Interview p.43
C and K Basildon midfielder and former West Ham captain Stacey Little joined around 350 riders on the Football to Amsterdam charity bike ride in June, representing Dagenham and Redbridge and raising 3,174.14 pounds,…
SWPL: Chasing City
News p.44
At the mid-season break the Scottish Women's Premier League is far tighter than early results suggested. Glasgow City won their opening nine league games and led by eight points, but four days in June…
Ireland’s National League Ends With the Right Result
News p.45
Wexford Youths retained the Irish Women's National League title in a play-off, Claire O'Riordan heading an equaliser from Linda Douglas' cross and then cracking home a winner from the edge of the box after…
She Kicks Back: Katy Mac Kicks Back (Katy McLean interview)
Interview pp.46–47
Rugby World Cup winner Katy McLean MBE, a former primary school teacher now a full-time professional, talks about chasing a place in the Great Britain Sevens squad for Rio, where twenty-three are training for…
Official Kicks: Jaymee Meakin
Interview p.48
Sixteen-year-old Jaymee Meakin from Derby referees mini soccer, five-a-side and seven-a-side, the level she is qualified for, having come to officiating through volunteering in football and the community. She still plays, for Woodlands Black…
Safe Hands: Emily Jo Ramsey (Manchester United Foundation RTC)
Interview p.49
Fifteen-year-old England Under-16 goalkeeper Emily Jo Ramsey of the Manchester United Foundation Regional Talent Club describes going in goal at six because a boys' Under-7 team would not let her play outfield, and never…
We Kick ‘Fair Play and Respect’ Special: Kingstonian FC Ladies
Other p.51
Kingstonian FC Ladies completed a Surrey league and cup double with a hundred per cent record, and captain Hanna Robson, at the club since she was eight and leaving for university, calls the final…
Around the Counties: Derbyshire FA – Girls Can Play
News p.52
Derbyshire FA runs five Girls Can Play sessions in the summer holidays, open to any girl aged eight to fourteen whether or not she has played before, at Heage Primary School, John Port School,…
She Kicks Goal Getter: Beck Was Born to Score (Becky Hill interview)
Interview p.53
Sheffield-born Becky Hill scored eighteen goals in fourteen league and cup games in Dronfield Town's first season in Sheffield and Hallamshire Division 1, in which they finished runners-up, lost only one league game and…
Born Kicking: Aimee Claypole
Other p.54
Ten-year-old Aimee Claypole, who played for Chelsea Ladies Under-11s in 2015-16 and has been offered a contract to stay at Under-12 level, answers the Born Kicking questionnaire. She supports Liverpool's men, likes Real Madrid…
Coach Kicks: Keith Boanas
Interview p.55
Keith Boanas, head coach of Estonia's women's national team and a UEFA Pro Licence holder, answers the Coach Kicks questionnaire. He names Bobby Robson, whom he met and followed as president of the Surrey…
She Kicks a Beat: Brooke in a Black Cat Boogie (Brooke Chaplen interview)
Interview pp.56–57
Sunderland midfielder Brooke Chaplen, twenty-seven and the club's leading scorer with five goals in the season's opening stages, talks music and career. She dislikes the heavy wordless dance music captain Steph Bannon plays, prefers…
The She Kicks Locker Room: Car Quiz with Chloe Arthur
Interview p.58
Bristol City and Scotland midfielder Chloe Arthur, twenty-one and formerly of Hibernian and Celtic, takes the Car Quiz. She drives an Audi A1 with no name, and reckons that as a footballer it would…
The She Kicks Locker Room: Captain’s Chat with Alex Scott
Interview pp.59–61
Arsenal captain Alex Scott gives a strikingly self-questioning account of leadership in the magazine's regular Captain's Chat. She leads by example, gives 110 per cent and takes defeats to heart, but says she is…
The She Kicks Locker Room: Kit Check with Ashlee Hincks
Interview p.61
Millwall forward Ashlee Hincks, twenty-seven and formerly of Chelsea, Charlton and Leicester City, answers the Kit Check. She has only ever worn Adidas boots, currently the X, and rates the old school Predators, the…
Foreign Kicks: Palestinian Girls Dream of London Trip
Run-of-page feature pp.62–63
Thaslima Begum travelled to Palestine with CADFA, a Camden human rights charity, and met a girls' team formed in Abu Dis in early 2016 by retired Palestinian footballer Rafe Rabee, who trains them twice…