Issue
May 2019 13 articles indexed
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Column / Opinion p.3
Jen O'Neill introduces a free, smaller special issue built around the SSE Women's FA Cup final, and explains the tradition behind its centrepiece: for well over a decade She Kicks has run slightly alternative…
News pp.4–5
Two pages of news from April 2019, opening on England leapfrogging France into third in the FIFA world ranking after the SheBelieves Cup, with the number of ranked teams reaching a record 155. Alfie…
Other p.6
The first of two puzzle pages in the special takes a celebration photograph from Chelsea's 2018 SSE Women's FA Cup final win, the second half of a league-and-cup double, and doctors it in eleven…
Other pp.7–9
Alongside honouring the two cup finalists, She Kicks prints a full honours list of who won what across England and Wales in 2018-19, complete up to 16 April. It runs from the FA Women's…
Match report pp.10–11
West Ham United reached a first FA Women's Cup final in a nervy shootout at Adams Park, Cho So-hyun striking the winner after both sides had missed two spot-kicks. Rachel Furness had headed Reading…
Interview pp.12–14
Matt Beard was ten and standing behind the goal at Wembley when Lawrie Sanchez headed Wimbledon past Liverpool in 1988, and he draws the obvious parallel before taking West Ham there as underdogs. His…
Interview pp.15–17
Five trophies in, Nick Cushing says his appetite is at an all-time high, with a Continental Cup already won, the WSL title slipping towards Arsenal and a last-32 Champions League exit still smarting. He…
Other pp.18–19
Two pages of Opta data set the finalists side by side on their WSL form going into Wembley, and the gap is stark. Manchester City had played eighteen, won thirteen, drawn five and lost…
Other pp.20–23
Continuing a She Kicks tradition, Manchester City's squad is introduced by one of its own. Georgia Stanway, described in the 2017 version of this feature by Karen Bardsley as a future top talent, works…
Interview pp.24–26
Ten years after leaving Celtic for Arsenal, Jennifer Beattie has settled into a centre-back partnership with Steph Houghton that has anchored Manchester City's unbeaten domestic season. She says City's willingness to build from the…
Interview pp.27–29
Gilly Flaherty will lead West Ham out for a fourth Wembley FA Cup final in five years, but insists it is nothing like routine. A seven-time winner with Arsenal and Chelsea, and holder of…
Other pp.30–33
West Ham's squad, assembled in six weeks for a first professional season, is introduced by two of its left-footers. Claire Rafferty and Rosie Kmita insist every player is lovely, then get specific. Becky Spencer…
Other p.34
The special's second puzzle page hides eight faces behind bananas and asks readers to name the winners. The answer key doubles as a fourteen-year roll of Women's FA Cup final celebrations: Ramona Bachmann with…
