Issue
April 2019 33 articles indexed
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Column / Opinion p.3
Jen O'Neill writes after a month in which She Kicks flew to the United States and watched England win their first SheBelieves Cup, finding a genuinely happy buzz around the camp while warning that…
News pp.4–6
Barclays becomes title sponsor of the FA Women's Super League from July 2019 in a multi-million-pound deal running to 2022, bringing an annual half-million-pound prize fund and lead partnership of the FA's Girls' Football…
Tournament feature pp.8–9
Chelsea reach a second successive Champions League semi-final in the 91st minute in Paris. Second-half strikes by Hannah Blundell and Erin Cuthbert had given them a 2-0 first-leg lead, but Kadidiatou Diani scored soon…
Tournament feature pp.10–12
Victories over Brazil and Japan either side of a draw with the hosts gave England their first SheBelieves Cup at the fourth attempt, and She Kicks sets out what it calls a handy record…
Other p.13
A full-page photographic gallery closing She Kicks's SheBelieves Cup coverage, showing England celebrating their first win in the tournament. The squad are pictured together on the pitch beneath a 2019 Champions banner with the…
Poster p.14
A full-page poster of Beth Mead wheeling away in the red England change shirt after scoring against Japan at the 2019 SheBelieves Cup, carrying the England crest and the hashtag #NoMeadNoParty. The caption has…
Other pp.16–17
Scotland travelled to the Algarve Cup in March and finished fifth, only their second appearance at the twelve-team invitational tournament after placing tenth in 2002. This two-page gallery covers the trip, in which Shelley…
Column / Opinion p.18
Hibernian captain Joelle Murray reports four league games and two League Cup games into the 2019 SWPL season, from a frustrating goalless Edinburgh derby against Spartans to wins over Celtic, Motherwell, Rangers, Hearts and…
Interview pp.19–23
Interviewed in the Florida sunshine during England's SheBelieves Cup win, Rachel Daly talks about a career built on versatility she says has been used rather than abused. Cut at the final hurdle before Euro…
Interview pp.24–27
Chloe Arthur plays full-back for Scotland and centre-midfield for Birmingham City, two roles that never overlap, and she has stopped trying to settle on one. She talks about the transition under Marta Tejedor after…
Interview pp.28–29
Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah joined Everton at eight and signed professionally with them at twenty-two, and the fifteen years in between were shaped by knee injuries: two anterior cruciate ligament ruptures on her left and one…
Column / Opinion p.30
Birmingham City's captain writes with her side fourth in the Women's Super League and their Champions League hopes effectively ended by a disappointing defeat to Brighton. Her sharpest point is about the calendar: Birmingham…
Match report p.31
Manchester City retained the Continental Tyres League Cup at Bramall Lane on 23 February 2019, beating Arsenal 4-2 on penalties after a goalless 120 minutes in front of 2,424. Joe Montemurro's Arsenal lined up…
Other pp.32–33
A two-page photographic gallery from the 2019 Continental Tyres League Cup final at Bramall Lane, carrying the reaction of the three people best placed to explain it. Manchester City manager Nick Cushing admits he…
Poster pp.34–35
A double-page team poster of England as SheBelieves Cup winners in 2019, the squad and coaching staff grouped together on the pitch at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa after the 3-0 win over…
Poster p.36
A single-page team poster of the Scotland side that lined up at the 2019 Algarve Cup, photographed in the traditional pre-match eleven in front of the Portuguese federation's Algarve Cup backdrop, with the Scottish…
Column / Opinion p.37
Wales record goalscorer Helen Ward welcomes the wave of sponsorship reaching the top of the English game, from the new FA WSL title deal to the Lionesses' own partners and the bespoke World Cup…
Interview pp.38–39
Manchester City's German forward Pauline Bremer takes the Quick Kicks ten, her return to fitness described by the magazine as being like a new signing for the title challengers. She calls herself a straightforward…
News pp.40–41
The Danske Bank Women's Premiership returns for a fourth season under the NI Football League after a 2018 campaign players called the most competitive ever, one that boasted seventeen full internationals and produced the…
Interview pp.42–44
Ahead of England's friendly with Spain in Swindon, former Arsenal wide player Marta Corredera talks from Levante about two lovely seasons in England that improved her fitness and her ability to compete for every…
Interview pp.45–47
Bayern Munich's Leonie Maier approaches what could be a fifth major tournament, back in the Germany squad after an inner ligament tear cost her the first two games of the second half of the…
Interview pp.48–50
Paul Riley's North Carolina Courage came into 2019 off the best season in NWSL history: beaten once, 53 regular-season goals, 17 conceded, and the first team to top the standings and then win the…
Interview p.50
The Coach Kicks Q&A alongside the Paul Riley feature. He tries never to repeat a session across a whole season, because after four years with the same team repetition breeds boredom, and as an…
Interview pp.51–53
Orlando Pride's team DJ talks music and identity. Chioma Ubogagu was born in London, where her older brothers Oggy and Okwus played and Okwus gave her the Arsenal affinity she carried long before she…
Interview p.54
Reading's Republic of Ireland goalkeeper takes the Locker Room through a matchday. Grace Moloney has Weetabix every morning whether or not there is a game, has no real matchday go-to beyond toast, and arrives…
Interview p.55
The Car Quiz reaches Sunderland's Grace McCatty, a former England youth international and accomplished central defender who spent several seasons with Bristol Academy playing in Europe before moving to Durham and then Sunderland. She…
Interview pp.56–57
Aston Villa's captain, claret and blue through and through, made her debut for the club at seventeen and now leads it as well as coaching its Girls' Football Academy. Jade Richards describes herself as…
Other p.58
The Little Kicks page turns over to readers' photographs with their favourite players, sent in by parents. Charlotte shares pictures of seven-year-old Lois with Melissa Lawley, who gave her a match England shirt and…
Poster p.59
A poster page and fact file for Lieke Martens, then of FC Barcelona, who had reached 100 caps and 40 goals for the Netherlands. The page records a career that ran from Heerenveen and…
Other pp.60–61
Four young readers from the East Midlands and Hertfordshire. Twins Ellie and Paige Johnson, 12, play for Pleasley Stags Girls and support Manchester United; Ellie is a right-winger who wants to meet Paul Pogba,…
Interview pp.62–63
Thirteen-year-old Grace Lawther of Boroughmuir Thistle sets six questions to Jane Ross, whom she admires for scoring important goals that helped Scotland qualify for the World Cup and for being friendly with fans. Ross,…
News p.64
The Worcestershire FA Lionesses programme is a county initiative for women and girls aged sixteen and over who hold no football qualifications, designed to start them in grassroots football and to build a cohort…
Other p.66
The puzzle page closes the issue with two games built on the SheBelieves Cup. Spot the Difference uses the England squad photograph taken after the tournament win, complete with Phil Neville's selfie, and invites…
