At the time I was a very low-level semi pro I also played in a works five a side every week, when I was working at a London council.
The teams were made up of dodgy blokes, okay blokes - and three decent male players, myself included. A 20 year old girl called Justine Lawton (or Lorton) also played. She was on Millwall Lioness's books, and an England international. Her ball skills were better than all the blokes bar the three decent players, who also happened to play for Harefield, my semi pro side (they got me down there). She was technically good, but not outstanding, and easily knocked off the ball.
I was okay as a semi pro, and yet there were four leagues above me to the Conference, and a further four to the Premiership. The gap in each is too hard to comprehend - semi pros in the division above me looked like top class players, and we'd get shown up in cup games; and yet these players were still way below the conference.
And yet Justine was a top twenty female player in the land (Not sure where she is these days).
Women are better than men at many things in life, but sport is just a joke - men's bodies are naturally bigger, fitter, quicker and stronger, pretty much everything you need! Women's tennis is likewise a joke. The best woman wouldn't be in the men's top 1000. I am far from sexist, but women just don't have enough attributes to compete with men. It's not even arguable - it's a fact of life.
