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21 articles indexed from the She Kicks and Her Goal archive
Interview She Kicks, issue 83, March 2024 pp.54–55
Leicester City captain Aileen Whelan takes on Captain's Chat, discussing leadership on and off the pitch as she and wife Fern Whelan - herself a former WSL and England defender - prepare to welcome…
Run-of-page feature She Kicks, issue 73, May 2022 p.61
The junior club slot, in which Liverpool Feds' Under-11s are quizzed by their own vice-chair and coach. The answers about school are the ones that land. Lexi plays with boys and girls from her…
Interview She Kicks, issue 66, April 2021 pp.40–43
Sophie Walton was in the WSL from its first season and played a whole Wembley FA Cup final for Notts County in 2015. This year she is back up in the Championship with Sheffield…
Interview She Kicks, issue 64, December 2020 pp.56–59
Fern Whelan's playing career was shaped by injury, but the heights she reached cannot be taken away: cup wins, England caps, individual honours and, she suggests, the bonds that mattered most. She was named…
Run-of-page feature She Kicks, issue 62, August 2020 pp.22–26
Glenn Moore starts with two team photographs - England's men before the 2018 World Cup semi-final and England's women before the 2019 one - and the count that follows them: eleven Black players in…
Interview She Kicks, issue 60, May 2020 pp.48–50
Chris Brookes interviews Melbourne Victory's captain, a free agent as they speak with her two-year contract expired and the pandemic freezing the market. Dowie reflects on six years of back-to-back seasons across America, Sweden,…
Interview She Kicks, issue 47, May 2018 p.43
Brighton's defender - who is also a physiotherapist, an England international and a Champions League veteran - submits to the car questions and answers them with more enthusiasm than the format usually earns. Her…
Interview She Kicks, issue 45, January 2018 p.26
A three-page interview with Brighton and Northern Ireland defender Laura Rafferty, conducted croaky-voiced as she recovered from a virus that had seen her banished from the house she shares with Jenna Legg, Ini Umotong,…
Other She Kicks, issue 38, November 2016 pp.20–21
A two-page Opta survey of the completed 2016 FA WSL 1 season. Chelsea scored most with 36 to Manchester City's 35, but City conceded just three goals all season against Doncaster's 46. Arsenal led…
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…
