Roy of the Rovers

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Although Roy and Melchester Rovers had been going since the 50's or 60's, I started reading in the 80's and looked forward to other stories such as Billy's Boots, Goalkeeper and Hot shot Hamish and Mighty Mouse. Major story lines for Roy in the 80's were a crash which wiped out half the team, the disappearance of Roy Jnr and the 'earthquake' at their home ground which forced them to play their home games at Wembley! Although things turned bad in the 90's for Roy with the helicopter crash leading to the amputation of his famous left foot and the eventual closure of the comic itself. The 70's and 80's were the golden time for Roy Race. Forever Roy of the Rovers.

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[philinleeds]

Re: Roy of the Rovers

Great comic which I started collecting from issue 1 in 1976 until the mid 80s, I lost lots of issues but searching through ebay ect ive now got the full lot with a lot of spare issues

[George 1978]

He always used to drink bitter lemon when he was in there?

Sorry, wrong Roy, and wrong Rovers...