Animal noted with raised eyebrows the great Billie Jean King amongst the dignitaries at this mornings world cup final .

Nobody did more for women's tennis than Billie in relation to equal rights and more to the point prize money .

She was instrumental in getting women the same money as men for the Grand Slam events and the other shared gender events on the tour .

Now consider this for one moment will you .

I've very little doubt the Chelsea men's team earn vastly more sums of money than the Chelsea ladies by some distance .

Both represent Chelsea Football Club , wear the same shirt in the business of professional football .

Whilst there are male players who earn more money than others at Chelsea that isn't decided on a count of gender , other factors come in to it .

I'd suggest playing for the same club at professional level as the men do and receiving vastly less pay based on gender isn't going to last for too much longer and if this went to the European Court Of Human Rights the great many clubs who have introduced ladies professional football to their brand may well wish they hadn't done .

One club , one budget , equal rights .

Before posters come back with its not as good as the men's game let's remind ourselves that ladies tennis isn't the same quality as men's either at Grand Slam events but you can't discriminate on gender .