PUNDIT Graeme Souness was yesterday slammed by England’s Lionesses for calling football a man’s game — before he stood by his comments.
Souness, 69, sparked a sexism row after Chelsea’s feisty 2-2 draw with Spurs.
After player clashes and both managers being sent off for an altercation at the final whistle, he said: “It’s a man’s game all of a sudden again.”
He added: “Men at it, blow for blow, and the referee letting them get on with it.”
It triggered fury from female players.
Beth England, in the Euros-winning squad, said: “What a disgraceful thing to say after the summer this country’s seen.”
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Eniola Aluko, who played 102 times for England, added: “It’s not OK.”
But ex-Liverpool hardman Souness said he did not regret “a word of it”, adding: “It was men playing men and they got about themselves at times. It was a throwback.”
He later said his remarks were about the two Sunday games he saw and not the sport as a whole.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
