Background
Welbourne was born in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.
Welbourne was born in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.
He also played in the North American Soccer League (NASL) for the Boston Minutemen. He began his football career as an apprentice with Scunthorpe United, and made his debut as a 17-year-old in September 1966. In 1969, he and Grimsby Town player Graham Rathbone were sent off for fighting, and each received an eight-week ban, "suspensions of unprecedented severity", according to The Times.
He later became a window-cleaner.
Welbourne"s older brother Duncan was also a professional football player who played more than 450 games for Watford.