Issue
April 2023 31 articles indexed
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Column / Opinion p.3
Jen O'Neill marks 25 years since the first issue of a women's football magazine she worked on, and uses the anniversary to say goodbye to two people rather than to celebrate herself. Helen Ward's…
News pp.4–6
Three pages of news from the spring of 2023, opening on The Best FIFA awards and the FIFPRO Women's World 11 and closing on a fixtures diary that runs from April's Finalissima to the…
Run-of-page feature p.7
In March 2023 Durham became the first senior women's side to take a workshop from the North East charity If U Care Share, which has worked in schools, colleges and the Premier League since…
Run-of-page feature pp.8–9
Some of the game's biggest names gathered in Paris at the end of February for FIFA's The Best awards, and the Lionesses took two of the main accolades. Alexia Putellas won The Best FIFA…
Match report pp.10–11
Arsenal recovered from the fastest of starts against them to beat Chelsea 3-1 at Selhurst Park and win a sixth League Cup, in front of a competition-record crowd of 19,010. Sam Kerr headed the…
Cover feature pp.12–17
Manchester City's number ten talks about a third new country, a new position and a fame that arrived when she was fourteen. Deyna Castellanos describes crying on her couch after a fortnight without sunlight,…
Other pp.18–19
Nine pictures from six weeks of Barclays Women's Super League football, running from early February to the middle of March 2023 and captioned in full on the second page. Aston Villa's Rachel Daly, Alisha…
Interview pp.20–21
Nobody is enjoying Liverpool's return to the WSL more than Missy Bo Kearns, a lifelong Red who joined the club at eight and once had her boots tied by Vicky Jepson, later her first-team…
Interview pp.22–26
Three years after leaving Liverpool and the only club she knew, Niamh Charles reflects on a move that reshaped her. She has grown up, lived away from home for the first time, and been…
Column / Opinion p.27
Writing from the wrong end of the table, Tottenham's Kerys Harrop takes stock of a season nobody at the club expected. Fifth last time out, Spurs are now fighting relegation, and while she is…
Interview pp.28–31
A first senior England call-up in September, then an injury that forced her to withdraw and left her heartbroken: Lucy Parker calls her two seasons at West Ham a rollercoaster. Drafted by Kansas City…
Interview pp.32–35
Nineteen and on loan at Bristol City from Manchester United, Grace Clinton is enjoying herself. She talks through the initiation songs, Smelly Cat at Everton on Megan Finnigan's insistence and Stand By Me alongside…
Poster pp.36–37
A double-page poster of England's squad the moment the Arnold Clark Cup was theirs for a second year, arms raised under falling ticker tape with the trophy held up at the centre of the…
Interview pp.38–39
February's international break brought Kiera Skeels her first England goal, headed home for the Under-23s in a 4-1 win over Belgium at Prenton Park. Back at Charlton Athletic for a second season after coming…
Match report pp.40–41
Holders Cardiff Met beat their capital rivals Cardiff City for a second successive season to retain the Genero Adran Trophy at the SDM Glass Stadium in Bridgend. City arrived unbeaten in the Adran Premier…
Interview pp.42–44
Wales' record goalscorer, 44 goals in 105 caps, announced her international retirement in March and will hang up her boots at the end of a 22nd season. Helen Ward knows how fortunate she is…
Interview p.45
Ten quick-fire questions close Helen Ward's She Kicks Back farewell. She describes herself now as a traditional number nine and a fox in the box rather than the quick-off-the-shoulder forward of a decade ago.…
Column / Opinion p.46
Hibernian's club captain writes from the first SWPL season to be split into a top and bottom six, with Hibs squeezing into the top half in fifth alongside Glasgow City, Rangers, Celtic, Hearts and…
Interview pp.47–49
Lauren Davidson reached fifty goals for Glasgow City this season and is in the hunt to finish the SWPL's top scorer, which for a winger would mean a lot. She describes herself as athletic…
Interview pp.50–51
By mid-March, Montrose led SWPL 2 by nine points, and a large part of that was the scoring form of Scotland Under-20 striker London Pollard. Born in Antwerp and already carrying a long list…
Tournament feature pp.52–53
England retained the Arnold Clark Cup on home soil with three wins from three, beating Korea Republic 4-0, Italy 2-1 and Belgium 6-1 across Milton Keynes, Coventry and Bristol. Sarina Wiegman rotated freely, handing…
Other pp.54–55
A picture round-up of February's FIFA window, from the Cup of Nations to the SheBelieves Cup and the Tournoi de France, taken as programmes built towards the summer's World Cup. The last three places…
Interview pp.56–59
Twenty years after her World Cup debut, Nigeria's captain is chasing a sixth, a total only Christine Sinclair, Marta and Cristiane can also reach. Onome Ebi is already Africa's only footballer of either sex…
Interview pp.60–61
Northern Ireland's number one started all three EURO 2022 group games and has followed that with a first season competing for the number-one shirt at Reading. Jackie Burns picks a penalty save against Kim…
Interview pp.62–63
Taken at number two in January's NWSL Draft by Kansas City Current after forgoing two years of college eligibility, Michelle Cooper had days earlier won the MAC Hermann Trophy, college soccer's biggest individual prize.…
Interview p.64
Everton's longest-serving player, just short of turning 25 and an eight-year veteran of the club since her 2015 debut, takes the wheel for the Car Quiz. Chloe Kelly once told She Kicks that Megan…
Interview p.65
Brighton's Greek attacker took an unconventional route to the WSL, via university study and fourth-tier football, and here she is asked whether the secret is in what she eats. Veatriki Sarri cannot stand tomatoes…
Interview p.66
Part of Rangers' first SWPL 1 title-winning squad and back in the matchday party for December's 2-0 Sky Sports Cup win over Hibernian, seven months after an injury, Megan Bell submits to the Kit…
Interview p.67
She Kicks introduces Pet Corner, and the first player through the door is London City Lionesses defender Carly Girasoli with Paddy, a West Lhasa Apso named for the St Patrick's Day he was born…
Other pp.68–69
The Little Kicks pages hand the questionnaire to three young readers. Layla Rae Thomson, eight, from Weston Turville, plays for Aylesbury Vale Dynamos, supports Tottenham, likes defending because she likes tackling, and would most…
Other p.70
The issue's puzzle page is built on a photograph of Arsenal celebrating their 3-1 Continental Cup final win over Chelsea, their first silverware in three years, doctored in ten places for readers to find.…
