July 2017

[Sweder]

This is a great step forward, and I hate to knock it or be a party pooper, but we should remember that the men play in tier 7 and the women play in tier 3 (and thus are among the top 44 clubs in the country). Therefore it's a bit of a stretch to say that the men's and women's teams do the same job.

Still, a great step in the right direction.

I hate to correct a stats man, and a teacher to boot, but the Lewes Men play in the 8th tier of men's football. Their playing budget last season was 70k, the women's was less than 1/10th that.

Rather than compare merits, or get into spurious arguments about crowd sizes or revenues, or even banging on about how the FA shafted women so badly in 1921 that they are still light years behind the men, I prefer to look at it like this.

Lewes Football club is a parent with two children. Until now it has chosen to give all its care and support to just one, even though it claims to love both equally. Last week that changed. 

Personally, I feel your rate of pay should not be determined by where you store your gonads.