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The Best of Roy of the Rovers: 1980's
Britain’s most famous fictional soccer star — Roy Race — makes his long-awaited return in this first bumper volume, collecting the very best of Roy’s thrilling escapades!
Featuring the best of Roy’s matches and adventures from the ’80s, this incredible collection is a must-have for soccer fans of all ages! Thrill once more to the roar of the crowd, as Roy and his team, Melchester Rovers, face trials and tribulations on and off the pitch, as they face relegation, Roy’s marriage is in trouble, and an assassin strikes!
With a foreword by former soccer star turned BBC legend Gary Lineker, these are the tales that endeared Roy of the Rovers to British fans of all ages, and provide the ultimate introduction to the best soccer comic ever created!
Featuring the best of Roy’s matches and adventures from the ’80s, this incredible collection is a must-have for soccer fans of all ages! Thrill once more to the roar of the crowd, as Roy and his team, Melchester Rovers, face trials and tribulations on and off the pitch, as they face relegation, Roy’s marriage is in trouble, and an assassin strikes!
With a foreword by former soccer star turned BBC legend Gary Lineker, these are the tales that endeared Roy of the Rovers to British fans of all ages, and provide the ultimate introduction to the best soccer comic ever created!
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208 pages, Paperback
First published January 13, 2008
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May 18, 2024
Vintage comics from a pre-Premier League era when professional footballers were called Nat and had combovers.
An occasional dose of realism injected into the superhero antics of England's greatest ever footballer, with Melchester Rovers at an uncustomary low ebb.
Throw in a "Who Shot Roy Race?" serial piggybacking on the Dallas plot line from a couple of years earlier, and this collection is a soccer soap opera that pre-dates Sky's Dream Team by two decades and Ted Lasso by four.
Great nostalgia for those of us who were fans at the time.
An occasional dose of realism injected into the superhero antics of England's greatest ever footballer, with Melchester Rovers at an uncustomary low ebb.
Throw in a "Who Shot Roy Race?" serial piggybacking on the Dallas plot line from a couple of years earlier, and this collection is a soccer soap opera that pre-dates Sky's Dream Team by two decades and Ted Lasso by four.
Great nostalgia for those of us who were fans at the time.
May 6, 2021
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February 18, 2015
Magnificent week-by-week reprinting of Roy Race's 1980-82 halycon days. Looks beautiful and rekindled childhood days.
Would like to see an 80s volume II which sees shock, horror Roy leave Melchester; and the pathetic introduction of the Kemp brothers?
Would like to see an 80s volume II which sees shock, horror Roy leave Melchester; and the pathetic introduction of the Kemp brothers?
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews