She Kicks Back Over 2018

A four-page review of the women’s football year, in which She Kicks asked contributors and friends of the magazine for their favourite moment of 2018, their most depressing, and one wish for 2019. Journalists Glenn Moore, Alan Campbell, Rich Laverty and Sophie Lawson, broadcaster Robyn Cowen, assistant editor Chris Brookes and the Girls on the Ball team contribute, picking out Fran Kirby’s Football Writers’ Association award, Scotland’s qualification in Albania, Georgia Stanway’s emergence and Pitea’s Damallsvenskan title, while lamenting the Ballon d’Or presenter’s treatment of Ada Hegerberg, the abuse of players in Afghanistan, Boston Breakers folding and clubs lost to the WSL restructure. Columnists Helen Ward and Kerys Harrop reflect on Wales’ win over Russia and Birmingham’s development, and three photographers choose their favourite images of the year.