Author: Julie Welch

Julie Welch is a highly regarded sports journalist, author and screenwriter who initially made her name by becoming the first female Fleet Street journalist to report on a game of football, after covering a match between Coventry City and Tottenham Hotspur for the Observer in 1969. Julie is also the author of a number of sports books, including Long Distance Information, the story of the author”s life-changing decision to take up running, and the journey of self-discovery that ensued; 26:2, a book about running the London Marathon, and The Ghost of White Hart Lane –a biography of €˜60s Tottenham Hotspur legend, John White, who died aged 27. She also edited the Long Distance Walkers Association magazine, and has participated in the annual “Hundred” – walking 100 miles non-stop over 48 hours. Her book about her experiences, Out on Your Feet: The Hallucinatory World of Hundred-Mile Walking, which was published by Aurum in 2009.