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204 articles indexed from the She Kicks and Her Goal archive
Run-of-page feature She Kicks, issue 68, August 2021 pp.53–55
The second instalment of the magazine's tactics series takes the 4-3-3, now arguably the most commonly played formation in the game. Lee Burch sets out how it creates natural passing lines and angles and…
Other She Kicks, issue 67, June 2021 pp.8–9
Chelsea took back-to-back titles on 9 May, pushed hard by Manchester City, and the magazine notes that a Lucy Bronze effort in the closing seconds of the top two's 2-2 draw in April could…
Interview She Kicks, issue 67, June 2021 pp.32–35
The reigning Best FIFA Women's Player talks about the one dressing-room job she could not handle. Alex Scott used her as co-DJ with England and, when Scott retired, Lucy Bronze found the pressure too…
Run-of-page feature She Kicks, issue 67, June 2021 pp.59–62
The first instalment of a new series sets out to explain tactics to players, parents and fans who are assumed to understand them already, beginning with the 4-4-2. Alena Moulton covers the fundamentals: what…
News She Kicks, issue 66, April 2021 pp.4–6
The Barclays FA WSL sells its rights separately from the men's game for the first time, in a three-year, multi-million-pound deal with Sky Sports and the BBC from 2021-22, with a quarter of the…
Interview She Kicks, issue 66, April 2021 pp.46–50
Liverpool finished bottom in 2012 and then won the league twice. Matt Beard, their manager, explains how: Birmingham had come close with a core of British players, so Liverpool became the first side to…
Interview She Kicks, issue 65, February 2021 pp.21–23
There is still an American accent in Joe Montemurro's Arsenal squad three seasons after Heather O'Reilly left, and it belongs to a Swiss defender with more than eighty caps. Noelle Maritz's parents are both…
News She Kicks, issue 64, December 2020 pp.4–5
Beverly Priestman leaves the England set-up to become head coach of Canada, where she had previously run the youth programmes, while Tony Gustavsson takes charge of the Matildas until 2024 and Melissa Phillips steps…
Match report She Kicks, issue 64, December 2020 pp.12–13
The fiftieth Women's FA Cup final, delayed by the pandemic and played before an empty Wembley, still produced a contest that took 120 minutes to settle. Sam Mewis rose to head in Alex Greenwood's…
Run-of-page feature She Kicks, issue 63, October 2020 p.9
A short scene-setter for the most extraordinary transfer window the FA Women's Super League had seen. The magazine is careful not to take a side on whether the volume of overseas arrivals is a…
