Lewes - Femenino
Wikipedia - Lewes F.C. Women
Lewes Football Club Women is a women's football club affiliated with Lewes F.C. The club compete in the FA Women's National League South and play at The Dripping Pan. The team's highest ever league finish was 5th place in the second-tier FA Women's Championship in 2020–21.
History
Lewes Ladies FC was established in 2002 as the women's affiliate of Lewes FC, a not-for-profit club helping pioneer 100% fan and community ownership. The team started playing in the South East Counties football league and within a ten-year period climbed through the pyramid, winning promotion to the fourth-tier FA Women's Premier League in 2012 following an unbeaten season.
In 2017, Lewes became the first professional or semi-professional football club to pay its women's team the same as its men's team as part of their Equality FC initiative.
In 2018, the team was awarded a place in the FA Women's Championship. In September 2019 club director Barry Collins resigned, frustrated at the board's preoccupation with equality campaigning: "I joined a football club and feel like I'm leaving a political party".
El Lewes FC Femenino ha ganado la FA Women's National League Cup en dos ocasiones, en 2011 y 2012. También ha ganado la FA Women's Super League en una ocasión, en 2013. El club ha representado a Inglaterra en la Liga de Campeones Femenina de la UEFA en dos ocasiones, en 2012 y 2013.
El Lewes FC Femenino es conocido por su compromiso con la igualdad de género. El club paga a sus jugadoras los mismos salarios que a sus jugadores masculinos y ofrece igualdad de oportunidades en todos los niveles del club. El Lewes FC Femenino también ha sido elogiado por su trabajo en la comunidad, incluido su programa "Kick It Out", que aborda el racismo y la discriminación en el fútbol.
El Lewes FC Femenino es un club de fútbol exitoso y progresista que está comprometido con la igualdad de género y el trabajo comunitario. El club es un modelo para otros clubes de fútbol femeninos en Inglaterra y en todo el mundo.