Lewes FC reimagines Reubens’ famous painting with three different Graces: football team celebrates signing trio with same name

The football club said it got the idea after signing three women called Grace this season.

The photo shows left back Grace Garrad, midfielder Grace Palmer, and right back Grace Riglar.

A club spokesperson said: "In Reubens painting we see the Graces in a countryside idyll, naked, arms entwined, and dreamily enjoying the shade of a tree as Eros watches on. Lewes FC’s Graces are not passive or subject to the male gaze however, and are clothed (of course) in their Lewes FC kit. In their picture, taken up on the nearby Sussex Downs by local photographer Lily Bushnell, the young women have agency and have named their own values.”

Lewes FC is well known for campaigning for gender equality in football and championing female empowerment.

Grace Garrad said: “For me football is about Resilience so that’s what I’m representing.”

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Grace Riglar said: “I feel Freedom when I play football. I don’t have to think about anything else. I love that Freedom. That’s what I want to represent.”