In Popular Culture
A BBC television documentary screened in January 1995, called The Belles, featured the squad winning and then celebrating their double win the previous Spring. However, the 'work hard, play hard' ethos revealed in the film did not find universal favour and the club was censured by the FA. Team captain Gillian Coultard felt the film led to her being controversially stripped of the England captaincy in the run-up to the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup.
The following year a book entitled I Lost My Heart To The Belles told the story of the club's 1994–95 campaign through the eyes of journalist and author Pete Davies. In April 2000 the Doncaster Rovers Belles squad released the first ever FA Women's Cup final song, entitled "Northern Pride".
In 1998 the BBC television drama series Playing the Field began. Directly inspired by Doncaster Rovers Belles, it was written by Kay Mellor, starred James Nesbitt and Ricky Tomlinson, and ran for five series' until 2002.
In 2008 Doncaster Rovers Belles defender Natasha Hughes embarked on a modelling career.
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