- Maternity and long-term sickness cover for professionals
- Move for top two divisions hailed as ‘great step forward’
Professional female footballers in England are to benefit from maternity and long-term sickness cover in a landmark change to their contracts.
The move was hailed as a “great step forward” by the Sunderland Central MP, Julie Elliott, after she convened a debate in parliament on women’s experiences of playing football in England. The change has been agreed by the Football Association and Professional Footballers’ Association.
