Julie Welch

Julie Welch is a British sports journalist, author, and screenwriter. She made history in 1973 as Fleet Street's first female football reporter. Welch has written screenplays and scripts for television, as well as both fiction and non-fiction books. Notable works include the 1983 television film 'Those Glory Glory Days,' based on her childhood love of football, and 'The Fleet Street Girls,' a personal account of her experiences as a football reporter. Other books include 'Too Marvellous For Words,' which details her education at an all-girl boarding school, Felixstowe College, and the best-selling 'The Biography of Tottenham Hotspur.' Welch studied philosophy at the University of Bristol and began her career as a secretary at The Observer before becoming a journalist.