[6] With Doncaster Belles Chipchase won the Women's FA Cup in her first season, 1990, and played in five consecutive finals, winning in 1992 and 1994 but losing in 1991 and 1993.
[8] The next two seasons saw third-placed finishes for the Belles, while 1999–00 resulted in another Women's FA Cup final appearance when holders Arsenal were beaten in the semi-final.
[12] The 2000–01 National Premier Division campaign saw the Belles return to top form, maintaining a 100% record until April, when a 1–0 home defeat by Arsenal handed the initiative to their southern rivals.
[13] Arsenal consigned the Belles to another runners-up finish in the League and also knocked Chipchase's team out of both cup competitions on their way to a domestic "treble".
[15] In the Premier League Cup Chipchase's charges suffered a shock semi-final defeat by Birmingham City, collapsing from 3–1 ahead to lose 4–3 to the Northern Division leaders.
[16] The Belles knocked holders Arsenal out of the Women's FA Cup in the quarter-finals, ending a run of six successive defeats—stretching back almost two years—against their old rivals.
In the 2002 FA Women's Cup Final Chipchase's Doncaster Belles lost 2–1 to full-time professional Fulham before a crowd of 10,000 at Selhurst Park and a live television audience of two and a half million.
[18] In June 2003 Chipchase accepted an approach from Leeds United Ladies and left Doncaster Belles to manage their Yorkshire rivals.
[21] Chipchase placed a strong emphasis on youth development at Leeds, promoting young players including Sophie Walton, Natalie Haigh and Jessica Clarke into the first team ahead of the 2005–06 season.
[22] Chipchase guided Leeds United to the FA Women's Cup final for the first time in 2006,[23] but they were beaten 5–0 by a dominant Arsenal team.
[24] She was disappointed by the concession of an early own-goal and admitted her tactical error of giving Nicole Emmanuel a marking job on Kelly Smith.
[4] A minute's applause for Chipchase preceded every fixture in the next round of FA WSL games,[3] while FIFA made a statement praising her "passion and knowledge".
[44] On 8 August 2021, Leeds United Women defeated Doncaster Rovers Belles 2–0 in the first annual Julie Chipchase Memorial Match, staged at Tadcaster Albion.