Friday, November 16, 2007
England women paid £40 a day
England women's footballers have criticised the Football Association after getting just £40 a day for the five weeks at the World Cup in China.
The team reached the quarter-finals but players claim fitness levels are now suffering as they work extra hours to claw back wages lost from their jobs.
"Two months back from China, people are still working to recoup the money,"
said Chelsea striker Eniola Aluko.
An FA spokesman said investment in the women's game had never been higher.
Alex Stone, who represents the FA on women's football, said: "The money that goes into women's football each year from the FA is currently at an all-time high - it's £4.5m.
"The point to make here is that the men's game has had a 100-year start on women's football and we hope in the not-too-distant future that the women's league will be completely different product."
Aluko maintains the women are not asking to be paid the same as the men but to receive similar financial help to their counterparts in the United States and Sweden.
The team reached the quarter-finals but players claim fitness levels are now suffering as they work extra hours to claw back wages lost from their jobs.
"Two months back from China, people are still working to recoup the money,"
said Chelsea striker Eniola Aluko.
An FA spokesman said investment in the women's game had never been higher.
Alex Stone, who represents the FA on women's football, said: "The money that goes into women's football each year from the FA is currently at an all-time high - it's £4.5m.
"The point to make here is that the men's game has had a 100-year start on women's football and we hope in the not-too-distant future that the women's league will be completely different product."
Aluko maintains the women are not asking to be paid the same as the men but to receive similar financial help to their counterparts in the United States and Sweden.
