Belles beaten as Arsenal move to brink of first title Wheelchair-bound boxer Michael Watson on the Highbury turf, surrounded by chart-toppers Aswad Classic match report: nouveau riche Gunners edge out Belles before record Highbury crowd December’s bumper 3,256 crowd at Brighton’s AMEX Stadium left women’s soccer stattos scratching their noggins. Was itContinue reading “Match: Arsenal 2–1 Doncaster Belles, 28 March 1993, Highbury Stadium”
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Report: #SHEKICKSBACK 2, Doncaster, 23 November 2015
Walker, Smith and Coultard meet their public at Doncaster roadshow On a rainy Monday night in November, the #SHEKICKSBACK roadshow rolled into Doncaster. Following an earlier event in London organisers chose Doncaster Belles territory for the second edition, in honour of the South Yorkshire giants’ proud history. A joint venture between women’s soccerContinue reading “Report: #SHEKICKSBACK 2, Doncaster, 23 November 2015”
Mundialito Femminile ’84 – The Little World Cup
Martin Reagan’s beaten Euro 84 finalists square off against Belgium, West Germany and Italy in Jesolo and Caorle In the days before the FIFA Women’s World Cup there was the Mundialito… An invitational tourney along the lines of the latter day Cyprus or Algarve Cups, it was a much bigger deal thanContinue reading “Mundialito Femminile ’84 – The Little World Cup”
Baseball Ground, Derby 28 April 1990 – Doncaster Belles 1–0 Friends of Fulham
Gillian Coultard hits winner as Belles reclaim Cup Classic match report: North beats South as Doncaster Belles avenge 1985 final defeat by Fulham Twenty-five years ago Gillian Coultard’s 60th-minute goal condemned Friends of Fulham to their second successive WFA Cup final defeat, before 3,000 fans at Derby’s Baseball Ground. It was theContinue reading “Baseball Ground, Derby 28 April 1990 – Doncaster Belles 1–0 Friends of Fulham”