News
News pp.4–6
The magazine's three-page news round-up for December 2021 and January 2022. Pernille Harder became Denmark's all-time leading scorer, her 66th goal in a 7-0 win over Malta taking her past Merete Pedersen; the United…
Issue
She Kicks issue 70
December 2021 33 articles indexed
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Chelsea Beat Manchester City in Women’s FA Cup Semi-Final
Match report p.7
A full-page match photograph reporting Chelsea's 3-0 win over Manchester City in the Women's FA Cup semi-final at the Academy Stadium, Manchester, on 31 October 2021. The caption identifies scorers Melanie Leupolz and Erin…
A Whole Lotte Hope
Cover feature pp.8–13
Jen O'Neill's cover interview with the Arsenal and England centre-back, back at the club she grew up with after three years in the American college game, a senior England debut in February and a…
Barclays FAWSL Action Gallery
Other pp.14–15
A two-page Barclays FA Women's Super League action gallery covering matches from 12 September to 7 November 2021, captioned with hashtags and a clockwise key. Everton celebrate Rikke Sevecke's goal in a 3-1 win…
FAWSL Quick Kicks: Natasha Dowie
Interview pp.16–17
A Quick Kicks Q&A with Reading's new number ten, back in the FA WSL after spells in the United States, Sweden, Australia, Norway and Italy, and off the mark in October's 3-0 win over…
Fan-dabi-Josie!
Interview pp.18–21
Chris Brookes interviews the Wales midfielder, five years on from joining Tottenham from Watford and now in the club's third top-flight season after four wins from four under Rehanne Skinner. Green recalls a last-minute…
Home Is Where The Holte Is
Interview pp.22–24
Chris Brookes interviews Aston Villa's right-back, back at the club she supported, played for as a child and was once a mascot for, having joined from Birmingham City in the summer. Mayling describes sitting…
Kerys Kicks
Column / Opinion p.25
Birmingham City's Kerys Harrop marks the magazine's 70th issue and 25th year with a nostalgic View From The Field column. Now with 15 years in the top flight behind her, she thanks the team…
Fast Fives: Abbey Joice
Interview pp.26–27
An instalment of Fast Fives, an interview of two halves with the Sunderland attacking midfielder whose plan to return for one last season was twice thwarted by the pandemic. Joice describes a pressure-free start…
Ipswich On The Up
Run-of-page feature p.28
Katy Sandalls' club-focus feature on Ipswich Town, promoted to the FA Women's National League South over the summer and already battling fellow newcomers Southampton for top spot without having dropped a league point. Striker…
You Red
Interview pp.30–31
An interview with the Cliftonville midfielder who burst through at Linfield as a 16-year-old, collecting four league titles before spells at Blackburn Rovers and Hearts, and returned home at the start of 2021. McDaniel…
Ward’s Words
Column / Opinion p.33
Watford captain and Wales record goalscorer Helen Ward's View From The Field column, marking 25 years since On the Ball's first issue by recalling a ten-year-old with a Watford season ticket playing for the…
World Cup 2023 Qualifying Gallery
Other pp.34–35
A two-page photo gallery covering the Home Nations' World Cup 2023 qualifiers between 21 and 26 October 2021, with wins for all but Northern Ireland. Scotland captain Rachel Corsie stooped to head a last-minute…
UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 Schedule
Tournament feature pp.36–37
A two-page wallchart setting out the full schedule for the UEFA Women's EURO 2022 finals in England, running from 6 to 31 July 2022 following the tournament's postponement from 2021. Every group fixture is…
She Kicks Back: Liverpool’s Cover Star (Leanne Taylor)
Interview pp.38–41
Part of the She Kicks Back 25th-anniversary feature revisiting the cover of On the Ball's first issue, which showed Liverpool full-back Leanne Taylor chasing down Croydon's Tara Proctor in the 1996 Women's FA Cup…
She Kicks Back: Glenn Who? Meet Ted Copeland
Other pp.38–39
Part of the She Kicks Back 25th-anniversary feature, revisiting Ted Copeland, who appeared in the magazine's first issue as England's other manager, a post he had held since 1993. He told the magazine then…
She Kicks Back: 25th Anniversary Trivia & FA Cup History
Other pp.38–42
A group of short trivia and history sidebars from the She Kicks Back 25th-anniversary spread. Relatively Speaking recalls Milton Keynes Athletic manager Steve Chamberlain discovering his great-grandmother had played during the First World War…
She Kicks Back: Croydon’s Cover Star (Tara Proctor)
Interview p.40
Part of the She Kicks Back 25th-anniversary feature, revisiting Croydon's cover star from the first issue of On the Ball, which caught Tara Proctor shielding the ball from Liverpool's Leanne Taylor in the 25th…
She Kicks Back: From The Dugout With Wembley’s John Jones
Other p.41
Part of the She Kicks Back 25th-anniversary feature, in which former Wembley Ladies manager John Jones recalls his side, featuring the teenage Kelly Smith, beating Doncaster Belles on penalties to win the 1996 League…
She Kicks Back: What A Nightmare! (Gayle Formston)
Other p.42
A short heritage vignette from the She Kicks Back 25th-anniversary spread, built around Gayle Formston's account of the penalty she missed in the 1996 Women's FA Cup final. Formston had been the heroine when…
She Kicks Back: Croydon At The Double
Other p.42
A heritage panel from the She Kicks Back 25th-anniversary spread recording that 1996 belonged to Croydon. Formed in 1991 as Bromley Borough, the south London side took just three years to reach the National…
Made Up In Milan
Interview pp.44–46
Trevor Stynes and Catherine Etoe interview the Scotland midfielder, a Serie A and Coppa Italia runner-up with AC Milan who had just signed a new contract. Grimshaw describes loving the Italian lifestyle, taking one-to-one…
Murray’s Matters
Column / Opinion p.47
Hibernian captain Joelle Murray's View From The Field column, boarding the magazine's 25th-anniversary time machine. In 1996 she was playing for her local team Chirnside Juniors, where her father also played and managed, and…
She Kicks Back: Anja Mittag
Interview pp.48–51
An instalment of She Kicks Back with the Germany forward, part of the 2007 World Cup-winning squad, a three-time European champion and an Olympic gold medallist at Rio 2016, now second assistant coach at…
Coach Kicks: Laura Harvey
Interview pp.52–56
Chris Brookes' Coach Kicks interview with the OL Reign head coach, back in the NWSL and at the club that became home nine years earlier, after a spell managing the United States Under-20s that…
She Kicks Tactics: The 3-4-3 Formation
Column / Opinion pp.57–59
Lee Burch's She Kicks Tactics column, the second in a series explaining formations to players, parents and fans, this time examining the 3-4-3 after the previous issue's 3-5-2. He sets out how the shape…
Captain’s Chat: Katie Zelem
Interview pp.60–61
An instalment of Captain's Chat with the Manchester United midfielder, who returned to her childhood club by way of Juventus and was on the cusp of a first senior England cap. Zelem describes herself…
Game Ready: Kelly Clark
Interview pp.62–63
A Game Ready instalment with the Celtic captain, a chartered accountant with Deloitte who has continued to combine work with football even after most of the squad turned professional, and who reached 200 appearances…
Car Quiz: Elisha N’dow
Interview p.64
A Car Quiz instalment with the Aston Villa central defender, who has been at the club for 14 years. N'dow explains that former teammate Hayley Crackle was her taxi driver once she reached the…
The Menu: Lisa Robertson
Interview pp.65–66
An instalment of The Menu with the combative midfielder on loan at Birmingham City under Scott Booth, a painter and decorator whose career has taken in two spells at Hibernian totalling eight years, a…
Kit Check: Katie Robinson
Interview p.65
A Kit Check instalment with the Brighton & Hove Albion winger, an England youth international who joined from Bristol City in the summer of 2020 and suffered a serious knee injury shortly afterwards, and…
What’s On Your Phone: Mollie Rouse
Interview p.66
A What's On Your Phone instalment with the London City Lionesses midfielder, who won bronze with England Under-20s at the 2018 World Cup in France, had an impressive college career at Central Florida and…
Born Kicking: Meadow Burch
Other p.67
An instalment of Born Kicking, the magazine's slot for younger readers, profiling eight-year-old Meadow Burch from Southampton, whose father Lee is a friend of the magazine and its tactics columnist. Known on the pitch…