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She Kicks, issue 32, January 2016 pp.4–5
Lucy Bronze becomes the first female footballer shortlisted for BBC Sports Personality of the Year, and Mark Sampson makes the FIFA World Coach of the Year shortlist alongside Jill Ellis and Norio Sasaki. Bristol Academy are given FA permission to become Bristol City for 2016, remaining independently run and still playing at Stoke Gifford as the Vixens. Scott Rogers succeeds Matt Beard at Liverpool and the NWSL expands to ten teams with Orlando Pride, managed by Tom Sermanni. Gwennan Harries retires on medical grounds after 56 Wales caps. Wexford win the FAI Cup final on penalties, Coventry United post a 35-0 county cup win, and Fortuna Dusseldorf’s Kerem Demirbay is suspended for five matches and made to referee a girls’ match after telling a female official that women have no place in men’s football.