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Fran Kirby

130 articles indexed from the She Kicks and Her Goal archive

England Player Profiles: The #Lionesses World Cup 2019 Squad

Other She Kicks Special Edition, October 2026 p.8

The full England squad for France 2019, listed by position with squad numbers and clubs. Three goalkeepers: Karen Bardsley of Manchester City, Mary Earps at Wolfsburg and Carly Telford at Chelsea. Eight defenders, among…

Little Kicks – Born Kicking

Interview She Kicks, issue 51, January 2019 pp.50–51

The Born Kicking slot introduces two nine-year-olds, both of whom want to play in red and hope Santa brings them Nike boots. Ellie Rose Jackson, known as Jacko, comes from High Bentham near the…

‘Stan’ By Me

Interview She Kicks, issue 50, November 2018 pp.16–19

A four-page interview with Lucy Staniforth, who made her senior England debut and scored in Kazakhstan ten years after reaching the last four of the U-17 World Cup in New Zealand. Having captained Sunderland…

Born Kicking: Amelie Birchley and Daisy Elizabeth Rose Birds

Other She Kicks, issue 49, September 2018 pp.68–69

Two young players share the Born Kicking slot. Ten-year-old Amelie Birchley of Gloucester City plays right wing, supports nobody in particular, would meet Messi and would play alongside Fran Kirby on the grounds that…

2018 SSE Women’s FA Cup Final: Arsenal 1-3 Chelsea

Match report She Kicks, issue 48, July 2018 pp.12–13

Over forty thousand people came to Wembley in the evening sunshine and saw Chelsea, the best side in England that season, beat Arsenal 3-1 to complete the double. Ramona Bachmann scored twice in the…

Opta Stats: WSL Stat Attack, 2017/18 Season

Other She Kicks, issue 48, July 2018 pp.26–28

The last WSL season before the pyramid was rebuilt is set out in full by Opta across three pages: both divisions' final tables, ten team leaderboards and fourteen player ones. Chelsea took WSL 1…

She Kicks Back with Sue Smith: From the Field to the Mic

Interview She Kicks, issue 48, July 2018 pp.62–64

Sue Smith won ninety-three England caps and has never formally retired from anything - neither club nor international football - because she could not face the tribute videos and the guard of honour, and…

News

News She Kicks, issue 47, May 2018 pp.4–6

Germany turn to Martina Voss-Tecklenburg after sacking Steffi Jones, and Fran Kirby becomes the first winner of the Football Writers' Association's Women's Footballer of the Year, taking more than half a panel vote and…

Women’s FA Cup Semi-Final: Chelsea 2-0 Manchester City

Match report She Kicks, issue 47, May 2018 p.13

Two individual finishes by Fran Kirby were the difference at a drizzly Kingsmeadow, sending Chelsea past their league title rivals Manchester City and into an all-London final. On five minutes and again on seventy-four…

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