The Women’s World Cup finals this summer delivered some amazing moments for fans and those of us supporting the Lionesses enjoyed the positive and upbeat attitude in the England camp. The welcome exposure for women’s sport also brought a more serious issue to the fore: the gender pay gap. To kick off the new weekly Clubnets blog, we would like to give some space to this issue with this contributed article:
Sport is known worldwide for bringing people together – regardless of age, gender, race, or background. If a good game is on, people will gather together to watch it. People will travel thousands of miles across the globe to come together in the name of sport. It is regarded as the most unifying and inspiring development peace tools in the world. And for good reason.
Take the World Cup, for instance. It is one of the most popular global competitions on the planet and saw around 3.5 billion people tune in to watch it last year. That’s more than half of the global population aged four and over!
However, you don’t have to dig very deep to realise that the world of sport is not all about unity and equality as we idealise it to be. In fact, there seems to be a surfacing theme of disparity between genders and races in sport. It is becoming extremely apparent that there is a significant gap between genders when it comes to participation, prize money, and popularity.
Read the full article here: Women vs Men in Sport: The Difference
Are you a business looking to support women’s football in the South Devon region?
Clubnets are proud to look after the website of Buckland Athletic Ladies F.C. Based in Newton Abbot, the Bucks have punched above their weight by not only gaining promotion to the fourth tier of the women’s game – the F.A. National Women’s League – but also by finishing third in their first ever season at that level.
As ever, money is the biggest challenge for a club of Buckland’s size so any sponsorship from local businesses is critical. Buckland are one of the top 100 ladies’ sides in the country and frankly deserve more financial support than they have been able to secure.
To put things into perspective, some of the teams competing at the same level as Buckland last season were AFC Wimbledon, Barnsley, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Burton Albion, Cambridge United, Cheltenham Town, Crewe Alexandra, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Leyton Orient, Luton Town, Morecambe, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Southampton, Swindon Town, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
To support Buckland for their second WNL season, please get in touch with the club by emailing Vanessa on bucklandladiesfc@gmail.com