Firstly, I’d like to thank
Ryan Lewis, Litherland Remyca, Avro FC and Mossley Hill Ladies for all their
recent support on Twitter.
Avro FC and Ryan Lewis
provided me with crowd numbers for the game on 10th August and Avro FC
corrected my error with regards to the £2 extra charge for seating – I welcome
all updates and corrections.
One aspect I forgot to record
on Saturday was the number of yellow cards on the day, and Avro FC kindly confirmed
that there were 8 bookings in total (7 to Avro and 1 to Litherland) – I told you
that it was a tetchy second half. I welcome this information as I am going to
have a Men’s V Women’s bookings and penalties table, to see if there is any discernible
difference.
The men are well up with 8
– 0 on bookings and 1 - 0 on penalties (however the women haven’t played yet).
The women’s game has relatively
few transfer deals in comparison to the men. Most women move clubs once their contracts have expired. I was interested to know how much a decent female player would
cost, and luckily for me I’ve read the information about Alex Greenwood’s move
from Manchester United to Lyon.
If you don’t know, Alex
Greenwood plays left back, she is an England International, who played in some
of the 2019 World Cup games, and last year she was the caption of Manchester
United – she is 25 years old.
Lyon are the ‘Real Madrid’
of the women’s game as they have money to spend, have the current female ‘Ballon
d Or’ winner, Ada Hegerberg, and have won the Champions League 4 years in a row
(Lyon are the record winners with 6 Champions League victories).
This is a prestigious move
in the women’s club game, to play at the top level of the sport. How
much did it cost?
Lyon paid £36,900 to get their
woman.
Let’s compare this to the men’s
game and another Manchester move. Aaron
Wan-Bissaka plays right back. He’s 21
years old and hasn’t played for the England senior team yet.
Manchester United paid £45
million get to their man.
A difference of £44,963,100
I’m not making any judgements
on the above as I understand that transfer prices are based on market forces, perceived
worth, how much a club is willing to pay, how much a player wants to leave etc.
It’s just interesting to point out how far behind the women’s game is, in terms
of income generation and worth.
Speaking of which I visited
the Football Museum in Manchester to look for specific women’s memorabilia –
there wasn’t much there, but I did buy this book (below) as research for our
blog. It’s written by Tim Tate, cost £7.99 and I’ll let you know if it’s any
good.
I’m aware that this blog isn’t
an original idea as many people have made this journey, however I wasn’t aware
of this book called Journey to Wembley
by Brian James. It was written about his 1976/77 Giant Killing Adventure – I’d
like to thank Affordable Football @AffordableFooty for bringing it to my
attention. I’m also reading it as research, and I’ll let you know how it goes
and maybe give a few comparisons – in 1976 there wasn’t an Extra-Preliminary
Round.
It is 4 sleeps to our next
game on the 18th August 2019 and below is a list of all the women’s
FA cup games being played that day (348 teams fewer than the men’s Extra-Preliminary
Round draw). You’ll also get to meet a brand-new blog guest!
Take your friends and
family to support your local club on this list.
THE
WOMEN’S FA CUP EXTRA PRELIMINARY ROUND SUNDAY 18 AUGUST 2019
1 Washington v Redcar Town
2 Wakefield Trinity v Farsley Celtic
3
Mossley Hill v Burnley Belvedere *GKA Feature*
4 Notts County v Cleethorpes Town
5 Port Vale v Lye Town
6 Corby Town v Bungay Town
7 New London Lionesses v Comets
8 Bishop’s Stortford v Hartham United
9 Ashford Town (Middx) v Denham United
10 Burgess Hill Town v Eastbourne United
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