The Big Interview: Julie Hemsley, former England assistant head coach

Julie Hemsley was assistant to Ted Copeland when England went to a World Cup for the first time in 1995. Now living and working in the USA, she speaks about her memories

Hemsley was the 58th player to play for England before going on to coach the team and sit on the FA Council in the 1990s.

Julie Hemsley became one of the most influential women in the English game during the early 1990s, when the Football Association finally lifted the ban on women playing football and retook control of running the sport from the indepen…