THE recent furore over sexism in football has provided an opportunity for the game to act on the lack of equality in the workplace, claims the chair of the Football Association’s inclusion advisory board Heather Rabbatts.

Despite the lack of action against Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore for sending sexist emails, Rabbatts hopes publicity generated by Rani Abraham, the former temporary personal assistant to Scudamore who leaked the emails, can keep the drive for equality on track.

She said: “Sexism is still we know a major problem across the entirety of the game and this debate has underlined that.

“It is about taking some very real steps that under-

line that it is absolutely  the right of every woman to be respected and treated with dignity in the work place.”