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She Kicks, issue 71, February 2022 pp.4–7
The magazine’s four-page news round-up for February and March 2022. Alexia Putellas won the Ballon d’Or ahead of Jennifer Hermoso and Sam Kerr, while Vivianne Miedema took the BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year award and Emma Hayes was voted The Best FIFA Women’s Coach, Hayes also receiving an OBE and first England captain Sheila Parker an MBE. Barclays committed more than 30 million pounds to women’s and girls’ football to 2025 and became the first title sponsor of the Championship. Rebecca Welch refereed an Emirates FA Cup third-round tie, the first woman to do so. Other items cover Jess Fishlock as NWSL Most Valuable Player, Jessica Foy signing the first professional contract in the Danske Bank Premiership, Celtic’s League Cup win, the January transfer list, the FIFPRO World11 and Northern Ireland’s seven-month training camp.