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204 articles indexed from the She Kicks and Her Goal archive
Run-of-page feature She Kicks, issue 39, January 2017 pp.8–10
The FA Women's Football Awards returned to Wembley on 18 November 2016. Jordan Nobbs took the Vauxhall England Women's Player of the Year, admitting she was gobsmacked and had to spit out her chewing…
Poster She Kicks, issue 39, January 2017 p.11
A full-page pull-out poster of Manchester City and England defender Lucy Bronze, credited to FA via Getty Images and carrying only her name and club. It follows the awards feature in which she took…
Interview She Kicks, issue 39, January 2017 pp.38–39
On 4 December 2016 Ashleigh Plumptre became only the second British woman to win the NCAA Women's College Cup, after Lucy Bronze in 2009, as the University of Southern California beat top-ranked West Virginia…
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…
Run-of-page feature She Kicks, issue 38, November 2016 pp.12–13
Manchester City won their first FA WSL title on 25 September, beating second-placed Chelsea two-nil before a league record 4,096 at the Academy Stadium. Captain Steph Houghton, at the club since day one, notes…
Interview She Kicks, issue 38, November 2016 pp.16–18
Liverpool's Dutch winger Shanice van de Sanden explains the lipstick that has caught the eye across the WSL: she started wearing it two years ago after cutting her hair very short, and now paints…
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…
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…
Interview She Kicks Special Edition, October 2016 p.57
An interview with the defender whose goal against Brazil for Team GB before a record Wembley crowd turned her into a household name. Houghton describes London 2012 as a whirlwind that changed her life,…
Other She Kicks Special Edition, October 2016 p.68
A retrospective on England's 2015 World Cup in Canada, told largely through the players' own words and images as first published in the magazine's tournament issue. Mark Sampson's squad set out to inspire a…
