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| Hereford FC Women Pictured At Edgar Street Last October |
Lewis FC have sent a letter to the FA this week asking for an increase in the prize money for the Women's FA Cup.
Currently the Women's prize fund is reported to be just over £250,000 whereas the Men's is £30,250,000.
As an illustration Lewis FC made the following point:
“To distribute more money to the grassroots, the FA introduced payments
to the losing teams in the first two rounds of the men’s FA Cup, as well
as to the winners. So now, this season, in the FA Cup Preliminary
round, the losers of the men’s matches receive nearly three times as
much prize money as the winners of the women’s matches at the same stage
of the competition.
"The total “prize” money paid to the losing men’s teams in the first two
rounds of the FA Cup (the Extra Preliminary Round and the Preliminary
Round) [£291,600] is more than the total prize money paid to all of the
winning teams in the women’s FA Cup, in the whole competition up to and
including the final [£252,350].”
Hereford FC launched a Women's team at the start of this season.