The journalist Julie Pritchard, who has died aged 59 of bowel cancer, was the founder of the Nottingham Forest fanzine Brian (aka The Almighty Brian).
Julie’s life was led by her dual passions for music and football. She grew up in Bristol and her journey into journalism began at 15 when she launched Dreams of Children, a fanzine for the Jam.
In her 20s she discovered football and, alongside her then partner Darryl Hunt (the bass player of the Pogues), she launched Balls, a football magazine aimed at women. In a 1988 Guardian interview, Lucy O’Brien hailed Julie as one of “an increasing number of female fans taking aim at male myths about women and the game”.
