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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Suzanne Wrack

FA confirms Women’s FA Cup will get huge prize money increase next season

Manchester City’s Jess Park (left) and Manchester United’s Hannah Blundell vie for the ball during the recent FA Cup fifth-round game.
Manchester City’s Jess Park (left) and Manchester United’s Hannah Blundell vie for the ball during the recent FA Cup fifth-round game. Photograph: Jessica Hornby/The Guardian

The total prize money for the Women’s FA Cup will increase to £3m next season with a “disproportionate” amount going into the early rounds.

As reported in the Guardian on Friday, the competition will have an almost tenfold rise on the £428,915 fund available to the 417 teams competing this season.

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