Lewes FC becomes first to pay men and women the same

Sussex club hands equal budget to both sexes and same coaching and training facilities

Lewes FC
Lewes FC is the first football club to offer financial equality to its men's and women's teams
(Image credit: Equality FC/Vimeo)

A non-league football club from Sussex claims to have become the first professional or semi-professional outfit to pay its women's team the same as its men’s team.

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