Goals in women's football should be tailored towards the average build of women, says Joey BartonJoey Barton says women's football will remain an "inferior product" unless changes are made to the size of goals, balls and pitches in the game. Earlier this year, Chelsea Women's manager Emma Hayes sparked a debate when she suggested the difference in average height between men and women would support a reduction in the size of goals in the women's game. "It's a different sport though really, in essence - women's football should be adjusted for women, physiologically, biologically," the Fleetwood Town boss told the Football, Feminism & Everything in Between podcast. Barton amassed 269 Premier League appearances during his 15-year playing career"If you tailor it, women's football could take a lot of strides tactically and technically - way beyond its current limitations. The size of a football for men's a size five, say we moved the size of a women's football down to a size four, would anybody really notice the difference?

Source: Sky sports December 12, 2019 09:11 UTC