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Kelly Smith

145 articles indexed from the She Kicks and Her Goal archive

Bronze on Bronze (Lucy Bronze interview)

Interview She Kicks, issue 29, August 2015 pp.30–33

Lucy Bronze, voted England's player of the tournament by She Kicks readers, says she genuinely did not expect a breakthrough World Cup: with Alex Scott ahead of her and returning from knee surgery, she…

FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015: Factoids

Other She Kicks, issue 28, June 2015 p.28

A set of tournament facts compiled ahead of Canada 2015. It will be the first Women's World Cup with 24 teams, double the number at the first tournament in China 24 years earlier. Germany,…

Keep Kicking (Editor’s Letter: a tribute to Kelly Smith)

Column / Opinion She Kicks, issue 27, April 2015 p.3

Jen O'Neill marks Kelly Smith's international retirement with an unusually personal editorial. There will be no Kelly Smith-shaped cavalry to answer England's call in future, she writes: whether rushed back too soon, patched up…

News

News She Kicks, issue 27, April 2015 pp.4–6

The FA Women's Cup final will be staged at Wembley for the first time, following the record crowd for England v Germany. Kelly Smith retires from international football after a twenty-year career and 46…

Legend Ends England Career (Kelly Smith interview)

Interview She Kicks, issue 27, April 2015 pp.15–17

Kelly Smith closes an England career that began at seventeen against Italy at Roker Park, almost two decades and 117 caps later. She expected to go away quietly and was surprised to be inundated…

Rachel Not So Retiring (Rachel Brown-Finnis interview)

Interview She Kicks, issue 26, February 2015 pp.10–13

Rachel Brown-Finnis reflects on retiring after some twenty years in the game, describing the reaction as like attending her own funeral and having the eulogy read out. She explains that a group of senior…

She Kicks a Beat with Rachel Yankey

Interview She Kicks, issue 26, February 2015 pp.42–43

England and Arsenal forward Rachel Yankey, awarded an MBE in 2006 and an OBE in 2014, turns to a subject rarely explored in her story: music. In the gym she prefers meaningful words and…

What Was Your WSL Highlight?

Other She Kicks, issue 24, November 2014 pp.30–32

Players and coaches from across both divisions name the moments that defined their 2014. Kelly Smith picks winning the FA Cup; Leah Williamson chooses her first league goal, a twenty-yard chip against Chelsea in…

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