Report and video: Documentary starring Danny Batth premieres in Wolverhampton

Married to the Game follows Batth as he visits the Yuma Academy for impoverished young girls in northern India

Batth's partner Natalie Ann Cutler made, directed, produced and edited the film, which highlights how football and education help the girls away from forced child marriage and human trafficking.

Wolves players Ryan Bennett, Will Norris and Harry Burgoyne attended Wednesday night's premiere at the Ramada Park Hall in Wolverhampton, as well as Batth's former team mate Richard Stearman.

There was a Champagne reception for the 150 guests and then a Q&A with Batth and Cutler after the documentary.

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Batth told the Express & Star: "We just want to shine a light on it and tell those girl's stories – hopefully it will be warmly received by the city of Wolverhampton.

"I went off into Jharkhand in the middle of nowhere, a remote village with no electricity or running water. You get a real feel for how hard life is for these kids.

"It's been said it's one of the worst places for a young girl to grow up in the world. That was definitely apparent.

"They're up at 3am, walking to wells, gathering firewood, cooking for their parents. These girls are usually married by the time they're 12, doing it again for their partner.

"We're hoping to break the cycle a little bit with the Yuwa Academy.

"We got there and showed to our dorms – mosquito net, no fan, no air con, no running water, it was caveman-type living.

"We got used to it and really enjoyed it."

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Yuwa Academy is now an official beneficiary of Foundation DB, the charity which Batth and Cutler set up last year.

The school is raising funds towards building a new school complete with dorms, which is important as it's often too dangerous for some of the girls to go home at night.

Cutler said of the 30-minute documentary: "We had two days to film, I wanted to do something for child marriage as that's related to women's rights.

"It was so inspiring. One of the things that really stood out is that when we were filming with the girls – who love football – they didn't know who David Beckham was. It puts into perspective that they're out in the middle of nowhere. For those girls Danny is more famous than David Beckham!

"It's really interesting because they're really happy and ambitious despite their situation. It was refreshing to see – they have a lot let than we do but they're doing really well.

"I threw him in at the deep end, he had to think on his feet. It's ad hoc, fly-on-wall journalism in the outback, no electricity, no running water. It was a fun few days."

Team mate Norris said of his skipper's work: "Danny's doing a lot of exciting stuff with his charity. He's a credit to himself, his family and his football club.

"It shows what kind of bloke he is and how well respected he is that the boys wanted to give their time."

Former Wolves stalwart Stearman, who now plays for Sheffield United, added: "It's good to be here and support a great cause and see some familiar faces.

"It's incredible what Danny's done, not just this year, he's not one to shy away from a little bit of charity work.

"It looks like this should be a great success.

"It's important to give something back.Not many footballers would give up their summer time but Danny did that, it's amazing for him to give back like that to the community.

"Football's a universal language. It brings people together and keeps them safe."

Click here to view the film and Foundation DB here

The event was sponsored by health cash plans provider Paycare.