The Women’s FA Cup prize pool has been frozen this year, remaining less than half of what the men are awarded for the equivalent competition.

Days after the victorious Lionesses returned home with the Euro 2025 trophy to jubilant celebrations, the Football Association confirmed the prize pool for the upcoming season.

The women’s winners will receive £430,000, the runners-up £108,000, while the victorious men’s FA Cup side will take home 365 per cent more, £2m, with £1m for second place.

In the women’s earlier rounds, the winners of a First Round Qualifying match will earn £1,800. In the men’s game, the same-round winners will earn £2,250.

The total prize pool for the men’s FA Cup is around £22m, compared to only £6m for the women. Both prize funds have been kept at the same level this

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