Issue
September 2017 37 articles indexed
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Column / Opinion p.3
Jen O'Neill abandons a planned eulogy to the Euros on the grounds that readers were either there or watched it, and instead promises snapshots of the England and Scotland campaigns and a tribute to…
News pp.4–6
The news pages carry the first numbers from FIFPro's global survey of some 3,300 elite women players, and they are bleak: 87 per cent would consider quitting early, half are not paid by their…
Interview p.7
Five weeks after a European Championship that turned her into the tournament's outstanding player, Lieke Martens collected the UEFA Women's Player of the Year award in Monaco, sitting alongside a third-time men's winner in…
Tournament feature pp.8–9
The tournament opens with the hosts holding their nerve against Norway in a sold-out Utrecht, Shanice van de Sanden heading the only goal and the Dutch King and Queen joining the party. Germany and…
Tournament feature p.10
England score early through Fran Kirby and then absorb Spanish pressure in the rain at Breda, Jodie Taylor settling it late for 2-0. The page captures two decisions from inside the game: a Millie…
Poster p.11
A full-page photograph of Fran Kirby wheeling away after opening the scoring against Spain in Breda on 23 July 2017, the goal that set up England's 2-0 win and their second victory of the…
Tournament feature p.13
Scotland throw everything at Spain in Deventer and win 1-0 through a scrappy Caroline Weir finish, but needed two and go out on goal difference. There are tears and there is pride: captain Gemma…
Tournament feature p.14
The quarter-finals produce the two results the tournament will be remembered for. In Rotterdam, torrential rain beats UEFA and everyone who tries to clear the pitch, and when Denmark and Germany finally play the…
Tournament feature p.15
Denmark see off Austria on penalties in Breda after a goalless draw, and the hosts end England's tournament 3-0 in a packed and pulsating Enschede, Vivianne Miedema scoring in the first half before Danielle…
Tournament feature p.17
The final is worthy of any final: Denmark and the Netherlands trade goals through a breathless first half before the hosts take control after the break and win 4-2, roared on by a home…
Other pp.18–19
Two pages of photographs sent in by supporters who travelled to the Netherlands, and the recurring note is how well the Scots and the England fans got on. Glasgow City supporters pose in the…
Interview pp.20–22
Jill Scott is still hurting. She calls England's rise to third in the world rankings something that gave her goose bumps, remembers being outside the top ten, and rates beating France in the quarter-final…
Run-of-page feature p.24
Managers rarely get a proper goodbye, but the Scottish FA gathered coaches, club officials, former players and staff at Hampden in August to give Anna Signeul one. The tributes measure a twelve-year reign in…
Interview pp.25–27
Caroline Weir's father laid a piece of Astro Turf and a board painted with a goal in the family garden in Fife, and she was the sibling who kept going after the others drifted…
Run-of-page feature p.28
Shelley Kerr named her first Scotland squad in Edinburgh in August, bouncing between interviews in a red SFA tracksuit top and admitting it had been a long time coming since her April appointment. The…
Tournament feature p.30
Spain finally take an Under-19 European title at the fourth attempt, beating France 3-2 at Windsor Park in front of more than three thousand, with Golden Boot winner Patricia Guijarro scoring twice in a…
Interview p.31
Northern Ireland's manager calls the Under-19 Euros an unbelievable learning experience in front of record crowds, and is proud of a team that had the youngest squad in the tournament and came away with…
Poster pp.32–33
A double-page photograph of Jodie Taylor scoring England's second goal against Spain in Breda, published under the legend Golden Boot Winner. It is the visual centrepiece of the issue's Euros coverage and earns its…
Other pp.34–36
Six reporters take the same three questions about a busy summer and largely agree on the answer to the third: Arsenal did the best business, adding Vivianne Miedema, Lisa Evans and Josephine Henning, though…
Interview p.36
England's record cap holder arrives at Reading after a spell at Arsenal in which she played less than she would have liked, and describes a style of play - getting the ball down, playing…
Other p.37
She Kicks asks readers which signing of the window will prove the best, and Vivianne Miedema and Fara Williams dominate the replies - Miedema as the marquee arrival who could cause problems alongside Taylor,…
Run-of-page feature pp.38–41
On a Tuesday morning at Finch Farm, on the other side of the complex from Ronald Koeman's Premier League squad, Everton's women train as full-time professionals for the first time in the club's history.…
Interview pp.41–42
Almost twenty years after taking the England job as a club captain with no managerial experience, Hope Powell surprises the game again by taking her first club post, at WSL 2 Brighton. She says…
Column / Opinion p.43
Birmingham's captain writes from pre-season with the new WSL campaign three weeks off, picking out Lucy Bronze's move to Lyon and Toni Duggan's to Barcelona as the summer's key departures and predicting the most…
Run-of-page feature pp.44–45
Emma Byrne retires as a Brighton player after 23 years and a record 134 caps for the Republic of Ireland, and 17 years and 29 trophies at Arsenal. She was central to the 2007…
Column / Opinion p.46
Days from the birth of her second child, Helen Ward writes about training through a pregnancy with the guidance she lacked the first time, and about finally putting the dumbbells down in the last…
Match report pp.47–49
Tottenham, newly promoted to the WSL, beat an Ex-England Allstars side 3-1 in the third FAWPL Charity Trophy at Bishops Stortford, new signing Lauren Pickett marking her debut with a second-half hat-trick before Ellen…
Interview p.50
Crystal Palace's striker scored twenty-eight in eighteen league starts and puts it down to assists, team mates who know how she plays, and targets she sets herself - not only a season total she…
Interview p.51
Millwall's new centre forward, a nineteen-year-old England youth international who captained Arsenal from Under-15 level to the development side, submits to the kit questions and answers them like a collector. She has lost count…
Interview pp.52–53
Austria arrived at Euro 2017 as newcomers and left as semi-finalists, and the image the tournament kept was of a squad conga-ing through the Rotterdam mixed zone behind a flashing suitcase boombox. Laura Feiersinger…
Interview p.54
Yeovil's manager answers the Coach Kicks questionnaire and gives away more than the format usually allows. His motivational line is the club badge itself: he arrived thinking Achieve By Unity was a slogan and…
Other p.55
Holly Manning is ten, plays centre midfield for Stevenage Starlets, has spent two seasons on the Arsenal Player Development Programme, and was taken to Euro 2017 as a surprise by her parents. There she…
Interview pp.56–57
Manchester City's twenty-year-old midfielder keeps her match day deliberately plain: rice, chicken and beans, plenty of water, and getting ready quickly in the dressing room so there is time left to gather her thoughts…
Interview p.58
Rachel Brown-Finnis left the north west at eighteen for five years keeping goal for Alabama Crimson Tide, and says the experience developed her as much as a person as a goalkeeper. They spoke English,…
Interview p.59
Emma Hingant took up refereeing when she realised she could no longer play as often as she wanted and worked out who is guaranteed ninety minutes of football every week. A French translator living…
News p.60
Devon FA reports a surge in female participation it credits partly to England's national team and the rising profile of the WSL. The county now has more than seventy girls' teams across three leagues,…
Other p.62
The puzzle page turns a grievance into a game. She Kicks reports that when the UEFA Team of the Tournament was announced they were sure they were not the only ones asking where Millie…
