In 1961 a group of girls growing up in London develop a passion for the Tottenham Hotspur Football Club the first British team in the 20th century to win the English league and FA Cup ""double"". Twenty years later one of the girls Julia Herrick (Goodman) is a successful sports journalist. She finds herself sharing a car with her former hero Danny Blanchflower!
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Low-key comedy drama from the early years of Channel 4. Set in the early 1980s, the story follows successful sports journalist Julia Herrick (Julia Goodman), who, finding herself sharing a car with ex-Spurs hero Danny Blanchflower (appearing as himself), tells of her long-held obsession with the double-winning team of 1961. Flashbacks take the viewer back to those heady days, as a young Julia experiences an emotional awakening within the male-dominated environs of White Heart Lane.
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. When Julia Herrick was a schoolgirl her first love was football – and now she’s the football correspondent for a national Sunday paper. At the end of her first day of match reporting at Tottenham Hotspur, she’s amazed when she’s offered a lift by none other than her childhood hero, Spurs’ then captain, Danny Blanchflower… It’s 1961, and Spurs are enjoying an unprecedented run of success in the first division, captained by the great Danny Blanchflower. Spurs’ greatest fans are four scruffy schoolgirls, Julia, Toni, Jailbird and Tub. Their ultimate dream is to watch their idols win the Cup, but they’ll have to come up with a crafty plan to get hold of the tickets.
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