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Emma Byrne

36 articles indexed from the She Kicks and Her Goal archive

For Kicks & Giggles: Cups & Mugs and Spot the Difference

Other She Kicks, issue 47, May 2018 pp.48–49

The puzzle page doubles as a small piece of Women's FA Cup history, dug out because the issue is the magazine's cup final edition. Cups & Mugs shows twelve trophy photographs and asks readers…

She Kicks Back: Tony Leighton

Interview She Kicks, issue 45, January 2018 p.56

A two-page She Kicks Back conversation in which editor Jen O'Neill marks Tony Leighton's retirement at the end of 2017 after two decades covering women's football. Leighton reveals he has reported on about 180…

Better Byrne to Bow Out? (Emma Byrne retires)

Run-of-page feature She Kicks, issue 43, September 2017 pp.44–45

Emma Byrne retires as a Brighton player after 23 years and a record 134 caps for the Republic of Ireland, and 17 years and 29 trophies at Arsenal. She was central to the 2007…

Making Positive Steps (2006-2010 retrospective)

Other She Kicks Special Edition, October 2016 p.38

The third era section of the retrospective, covering 2006 to 2010, described as a happy spell of positive steps as talent from the FA's Talent Development Plan broke through and players won part-time funding…

The A Team (Arsenal’s Quadruple 2007)

Other She Kicks Special Edition, October 2016 p.42

A team retrospective on the Arsenal squad of 2007, who won the Premier League, FA Women's Cup and League Cup and added the UEFA Women's Cup, a feat yet to be repeated. It traces…

Simply the Best (Kelly Smith)

Interview She Kicks Special Edition, October 2016 p.47

A career interview with the player the magazine rates the best England has had in twenty years, who retired from international football in February 2015 aged 36 with 117 caps and 46 goals. Smith…

2011-2016 retrospective

Other She Kicks Special Edition, October 2016 p.52

The final era section of the retrospective, covering 2011 to 2016, opening with the arrival of the WSL and the levelling of the playing field. The year pages log Japan's fairytale World Cup win…

Meet the Gunners (Arsenal squad guide by Alex Scott)

Other She Kicks, issue 35, May 2016 pp.12–14

Arsenal captain Alex Scott runs through her squad ahead of a fourteenth FA Cup final, giving each player a squad number, a nickname and a character sketch. Emma Byrne is a club legend she…

Jill Joins The 100 Club (Jill Scott interview)

Interview She Kicks, issue 32, January 2016 pp.12–15

Jill Scott, England's ninth centurion after her 100th appearance against Australia in China, admits a degree of disbelief at being named alongside the calibre of players in the hundred club, especially thinking back to…

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