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The club was founded as the Belle Vue Belles in 1969, by Sheila Stocks and other women who sold 'Golden Goals' lottery tickets during Doncaster Rovers home games at Belle Vue. After finding success in informal local competition, the club became Doncaster Belles in 1971 [4] and joined the Sheffield League in 1972.
Belle Vue was a football stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, that served as the home ground of Doncaster Rovers from 1922 to 2007. The ground was affectionately known as "Old Belle Vue" (OBV) by fans and at its peak had a total capacity of 40,000.
The new lamps saw duty for the first time in the 2-1 win over Southport in September 1977. After much wrangling with the local council, Rovers finally gained permission to build a social club on the Belle Vue site, a facility that now serves as the club house for Doncaster Town Moor Golf Club.
Established in 1969 - originally under the name Belle Vue Belles - they went on to dominate the game for decades representing not just Doncaster but the entire North of England with all their main rivals based in London.
Dec 10, 2020 · Aerial view of Belle Vue in 1995. In April 1920 Doncaster Rovers FC was revived at a public meeting at the Cleveland Café. Within a matter of weeks the enthusiasts had secured a place in the...
It may have started as a group of young women who met selling draw tickets on the terraces of Belle Vue – the then home of Doncaster Rovers – and formed the Belle Vue Belles in 1969, but it became a pioneer in what is now England’s biggest female participation sport.
They were formed by Rover's lottery ticket saleswomen in 1969 as Belle Vue Belles. They merged with the Official DRFC Women's side in 2003 becoming Doncaster Rovers Belles, though they were still run independently. In 2019 they became part of Club Doncaster. They currently play in the FA Women's National League Division One Midlands.
