WOMEN’S football is fighting back...

Lewes FC Women start this year in the FA’s new Championship Tier – the second highest in women’s football.

This comes after a great season’s football and their Equality FC and Unlock the Gate campaigns.

Last year the football club became the first in the world to assign equal playing budgets to its men’s and women’s teams, and women were specifically encouraged to come and support the women’s team in solidarity with the club’s groundbreaking stance on equality in football.

Now they have harnessed the skill of Lewes-based pop artist Chris Arran to illustrate their match day posters for their first season in the FA’s new Championship League.

Chris Arran said: “I am so excited about making posters for a club whose values are so close to my own.

“Doesn’t everyone want men and women to receive the same pay, whether that is in football or anywhere else?

“I am hoping these posters are going to have a significant impact in Lewes and beyond, and draw people to the women’s football matches.”

Lewes FC director Charlie Dobres said: “Chris is an amazing artist and we are so lucky that he has agreed to help us promote the club’s values and our women’s team.

“As a result of our recent promotion, we will be up against some tough opposition this season, such as Spurs and Manchester United so we really need the town to get behind us and support our women.”

Chris, previously course leader of the award-winning BA Illustration degree at Southampton Solent University, will use his colourful, impactful Pop Art to fulfil a creative brief for the team.