The Match of the Day Years - February 1999

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Roy Race A Brief History by Mark Towers

Roy Race soccer star first appeared in Amalgamated Press' new sports and adventure comic, Tiger in September 1954. The first issue showed Roy playing for Milton Youth club in a cup tie. In true storybook fashion the score was 0-0 with only minutes to go, but Roy tireless and still on his toes, pounced on a loose ball and pushed it past a lunging defender and ripped a shot towards goal from the edge of the six yard box, which flew past the visitors' goalkeeper.

Roy Race related forums

The place to talk about anything related to Roy of the Rovers and football comics is general is The Roy Race Talk-In. It used to be the official forum, but now it's run only by us, the fans.

Please visit: http://btheroyracetalkin.runboard.com/
and talk about some serious RotR stuff!!!

And here's another interesting forum to talk about British football (and more!) comics. You can access it here: http://champweareunited.proboards.com/ There's a whole section to talk about Roy and Co.

Keep up the nice work, fellas!

The Match of the Day Years - January 1999

Merry Christmas and a happy new year RotR fans!

Many wishes from the Greek RotR fan club to all the loyal fans around the world! Up the Rovers!!!

Enjoy the Roy of the Rovers Christmas themed covers below:

The Match of the Day Years - December 1998

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