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She Kicks, issue 35, May 2016 pp.4–7

May’s news opens with Chan Yuen-ting becoming the first woman to lead a professional men’s team to a top-flight title, her Eastern side winning the Hong Kong Premier League. Hope Powell joins the PFA as a coach educator and Rehanne Skinner is appointed Wales assistant manager. Izzy Christiansen takes the PFA Players’ Player award and Beth Mead the Young Player’s. The FA licenses 34 new Regional Talent Clubs to replace Centres of Excellence, and Lisa Pearce becomes London FA’s first female chief executive. Brighton sack title-winning manager James Marrs after a disciplinary hearing, and a former Portsmouth treasurer is sentenced for taking 17,000 pounds from the club. Lyon and Wolfsburg reach the Champions League final amid record crowds and scoring feats.

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PlayersAda Hegerberg Alex Greenwood Alex Scott Amandine Henry Becky Sauerbrunn Beth Mead Camille Abily Carli Lloyd Casey Stoney Danielle Carter Gaelle Enganamouit Gemma Davison Hannah Blundell Hedvig Lindahl Izzy Christiansen Ji So-yun Jill Scott Keira Walsh
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Kim Little Lotta Schelin Lucy Bronze Manon Melis Nadine Kessler Niamh Fahey Nikita Parris Precious Dede Simone Magill Steph Houghton Vicky Losada
ClubsArsenal Brighton and Hove Albion Cardiff Met Chelsea Cyncoed Eastern Exeter City Frankfurt King's College Taunton Leicester City Women Manchester City Notts County Olympique Lyonnais Paris Saint-Germain
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Portsmouth South China Sunderland VfL Wolfsburg
CompetitionsBBC Women's Footballer of the Year FA Women's Premier League Hong Kong Premier League PFA Awards Rio 2016 Olympic Games UEFA Women's Champions League UEFA Women's EURO qualifying UEFA Women's U-17 Championship Welsh Premier League World Deaf Football Championship
NationalitiesCameroon England France Germany Great Britain Hong Kong Italy Netherlands Nigeria Norway Scotland Sweden
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Turkey USA Wales
Season2016
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