Those Glory Glory Days

Girls growing up in 1960-61 London develop a passion for 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 tracks down players of the '60-'61 Spurs for a documentary.

Cast

Zoë Nathenson

as Julia 'Danny'

Sara Sugarman

as 'Toni'

Cathy Murphy

as 'Tub'

Liz Campion

as 'Jailbird'

Amelia Dipple

as Petrina

Elizabeth Spriggs

as School Mistress

Julia McKenzie

as Mrs Herrick

Peter Tilbury

as Herrick

Julia Goodman

as (Older) Julia - Journalist

Stephan Chase

as Petrina's Dad

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