In episode three, Corey and Mayowa speak with Maggie Murphy – General Manager of Lewes FC – to find out more about the amazing work the football club is doing to champion equality at every level of its organisation. The club is famous for being the world’s only semi-pro or professional side to pay its men’s and women’s teams the same wage, but that is only one of the ways Lewes FC is showing the biggest clubs in the world how to use football as a force for good. The club splits all revenue equally between male and female teams, it has put a ban in place on working with gambling brands, it’s planning to create an academy that gives young players a proper education outside of football, and it wants to surpass Barcelona as the world’s “most owned” club. Maggie Murphy joined ‘The Future of Football’ on International Women’s Day to speak about the trailblazing work Lewes FC is doing for gender equality, and what makes the club so innovative.

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