• Lewes want equal prize money for men’s and women’s teams• Men’s fund almost £30m bigger and fourth-round gap over £2.8mLewes FC have challenged the
Football Association to redress the huge gap in FA Cup prize money for men’s and women’s teams.
The £2,000 earned by each of the 16 victorious women’s teams in this weekend’s fourth round is dwarfed by the £180,000 each successful men’s team will walk away with at the same stage, a prize money gap of more than £2.8m.