News
News pp.4–5
The magazine's two-page news round-up for May 2020, dominated by the coronavirus shutdown. The FA ended the 2019-20 season at Tier 3 (FA WNL Premier) and below, expunging records so no promotion or relegation…
Issue
She Kicks issue 60
May 2020 27 articles indexed
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2019/2020 Gone But Not Forgotten (Regional Round-up)
News pp.6–7
Wilf Frith's two-page tribute to the 2019-20 seasons voided from Tier 3 down, acknowledging clubs whose campaigns were expunged without promotion or relegation. Sunderland led the FAWNL Northern Premier by 11 points and faced…
Drew Blue
Interview pp.9–15
Jen O'Neill's interview with Chelsea's longest-serving player, recorded at Cobham a week after the club's first FA Women's Continental Tyres League Cup win and shortly before football closed down. Spence, who had just signed…
Tartan Thomas
Interview pp.16–19
Chris Brookes interviews West Ham United's Martha Thomas, born in Malmesbury and raised in Dorset, Georgia and Florida, a former United States Under-23 international who chose Scotland and marked her belated debut with two…
FAWSL Quick Kicks: Brooke Chaplen
Interview pp.20–21
A ten-question Quick Kicks Q&A with Reading's attacking midfielder Brooke Chaplen, who signed a contract extension in February 2020 keeping her at the Royals until June 2021. The 31-year-old describes herself simply as hard…
Recharged in Red
Cover feature pp.22–28
Jen O'Neill's interview with Manchester United's left-winger, conducted a month after she scored twice in a 3-2 win at Everton on 23 February 2020 and following a contract extension agreed in January. A lifelong…
Kerys Kicks
Column / Opinion p.29
Birmingham City captain Kerys Harrop's View From The Field column, written the night after the United Kingdom went into lockdown and, as she notes, under the weirdest conditions she is ever likely to write…
Barclays FAWSL Action Gallery
Other pp.30–31
A two-page Barclays FA Women's Super League action gallery covering matches played between 12 and 23 February 2020. The spread is presented as photography alone, each frame captioned only with a hashtag rather than…
Welch Whistler
Interview pp.32–35
Sophie Penney's interview with England's highest-ranking female referee. Welch and her team of officials make over 340 decisions a game, one every 16 seconds, and WSL referees averaged 98.5 per cent accuracy that season.…
Jordan Nobbs
Poster pp.36–37
A full-bleed two-page poster portrait of England international Jordan Nobbs, captioned only with her name and the hashtag #Lionesses and credited to Lynne Cameron for The FA. It carries no article text and is…
Huddle – Where Girls Across Wales are Falling in Love with Football
Run-of-page feature p.38
A single-page feature on Huddle, the FAW Trust's introductory football programme for girls in Wales, launched in September 2019 and here previewing its second phase. Huddle aims to give girls aged five to 12…
Ward’s Words
Column / Opinion p.39
Watford captain and Wales record goalscorer Helen Ward's View From The Field column, opening with the flat observation that the whole world is virtually in lockdown and no sport is being played at all.…
Murray’s Matters
Column / Opinion p.40
Hibernian captain and Scotland internationalist Joelle Murray's View From The Field column on keeping a routine through lockdown: breakfast around nine, mid-morning exercise, lunch, work, Netflix, dinner and an evening household games night in…
Killie Queen
Interview pp.41–43
Mark Gordon's interview with Kilmarnock's vice-captain, who had just signed on for a 21st season with the club she joined at six, despite having only turned 27. Kilmarnock Women, founded as Stewarton Thistle in…
Pass and Play, the PG Way
Interview pp.44–47
Chris Brookes' interview with the Sweden head coach who led them to World Cup bronze in 2019, their best finish since 2003. A former bingo caller, police officer and Hammarby IF player, Gerhardsson describes…
How’s About Tats?
Interview pp.48–50
Chris Brookes interviews Melbourne Victory's captain, a free agent as they speak with her two-year contract expired and the pandemic freezing the market. Dowie reflects on six years of back-to-back seasons across America, Sweden,…
Wilkinson’s Razor-Sharp
Interview pp.51–53
An interview with Sheffield United's vice-captain and number nine, second in the FA Women's Championship when the season was suspended, on a return of 20 goals in 21 starts. Wilkinson describes feeling stale at…
Safe Hands: Sophie Baggaley
Interview pp.54–55
An instalment of the magazine's recurring Safe Hands goalkeeper feature, in which Bristol City's Sophie Baggaley answers a run of questions about her position. She picks out tipping a Jordan Nobbs shot onto the…
She Kicks a Beat: Debinha
Interview pp.56–58
Chris Brookes' music-led interview with North Carolina Courage's number ten, whom head coach Paul Riley once called the new Marta. Debinha opened the scoring and was named Most Valuable Player as the Courage took…
Captain’s Chat: Jade Greenshields
Interview pp.60–61
An instalment of Captain's Chat within the SWPL-focused SK Locker Room takeover, interviewed by Catherine Etoe. Jade Greenshields, long-serving skipper of St Johnstone, formerly Jeanfield Swifts, who rose through the divisions to reach SWPL2…
Kit Check: Jodie Bartle
Interview pp.61–62
A Kit Check instalment from the SK Locker Room takeover with Jodie Bartle, who was working as a PE teacher until a whirlwind week in January when Celtic offered her the chance to sign…
Game Ready: Hayley Lauder
Interview pp.62–63
A Game Ready instalment from the SK Locker Room takeover with Glasgow City midfielder Hayley Lauder, a winner of a hatful of titles with her club and more than 100 caps for Scotland. She…
The Menu: Amy Muir
Interview pp.63–65
An instalment of The Menu from the SK Locker Room takeover with Hibernian defender Amy Muir, who had captained Scotland's Under-19s at the previous summer's UEFA Women's Championship to rave reviews. The feature is…
Car Quiz: Katie Rice
Interview p.64
A Car Quiz instalment from the SK Locker Room takeover, sponsored by Imperial Cars, with Motherwell midfielder Katie Rice, still only 20, who has played for Rangers and Hamilton Academical and represented Scotland and…
Little Kicks
Other p.65
The magazine's recurring Little Kicks page of reader submissions, compiled by Steve English under the standing question 'Who is your fave and why?', in which young fans are pictured with players. Joanne Pritchard's daughter…
Star Six with Lucy Bronze
Interview pp.66–68
An instalment of the Star Six feature, in which 11-year-old Hannah Cromar of Morpeth Town Under-12s Milan Girls devised six questions for Lucy Bronze, whom she admires as a local player who has come…
Born Kicking: Caitlin Ann McCracken
Interview p.69
An instalment of the Born Kicking reader feature, in which 13-year-old Caitlin Ann McCracken from Edinburgh answers the magazine's questions for younger readers. She plays left midfield for Boroughmuir Thistle FC Under-13 Purples, supports…