It's week 13 of the "We Are United" story in the pages of "Champ" comic and we've followed all their ups and downs. It's now the final game of the season against Cardsea City...will they do it? Tune in to find out! Plus Bygone shows us a special personalised copy of Roy of The Rovers and there's another Collectors Corner with a very interesting purchase by the Melvster himself!
He's back! Legendary IPC Comic Group Editor and of course editor of "Tiger" and editor and creator of the "Roy of The Rovers" comic, Barrie Tomlinson for this years Christmas Special! in this we go through the 1981 Tiger Xmas edition and the first ever Xmas Roy of The Rovers from 1976....enjoy!
"Snow is falling, all around me, children playing having fun"...yes in the immortal words of Shakey we're moving into the Christmas season so what better to do than sit down with a Roy of the Rovers "Winter Special"? in this weeks episode Bygone takes us through the first one produced back in 1988...Golden Boy Time Traveller Ian reviews the exciting 1980/81 season in the "Roy of The Rovers" comic and in the pages of "Champ" "United" are 3 games away from possible promotion back to the top flight..can they do it?? Tune in for more Tangential commentary!
Creator of "Striker" and of course friend of the show, Pete Nash is back! He is here talking about his incredible new venture, utilising AI to produce new "Striker" content! it's an exciting, and perhaps controversial move, and here he is to tell us all about it and answer questions which some "Striker" followers might have...enjoy!
Yes it's season four of our Time Traveller Ian Golden's reviews of the Roy of The Rovers comic...1979/1980....what memories will this bring back for you? Tangent Paul carries on telling us the story of "We Are United" from the pages of Champ - and we have another Collectors Corner! Tune in!
How many goals did Billy Dane score? How many teams did he play for? And more importantly......how many times did he actually lose those bloomin' boots!!....find out all this and more as "Friend of the Show" Hamish Whitta (He's on Twitter - now X) has done a deep-dive analysis into this ....plus more We Are United and the 1980 Scorcher Summer Special!
David Hunt worked on Tiger in the early 60's then edited the very first football-only comic the famous "Scorcher", which of course brought us the famous stories "Billy's Boots" and "Hot-Shot Hamish" as well as many others, he then went on to edit the iconic war themed "Battle", "Speed", the re-launched "Eagle", "Hot-Shot" and then the last few years of the weekly "Roy of The Rovers"...a huge fantastic career in the comic industry and it was a joy to meet and chat with him - join us!
More UK football comic nostalgia from men who have nothing better to do. Ian "Golden Boy" Golden takes us through season 3 of the Roy of the Rovers comic giving his view on the stories and Bygone Berrigan takes us through "The Goals of Jimmy Grant" from the pages of the 1991 Victor Summer Special - plus a Collectors Corner - what have we been wastin....I mean spending our money on recently - tune in to find out!
More football comic book fun! Ian Golden is back to take us through the 1977/78 season of the "Roy of The Rovers" comic...and Bygone covers the 1980 Tiger Holiday Special, including Billy's Boots, King of the Track and Hot-Shot Hamish.....enjoy!...there were a few technical video problems in this show - but it shouldn't spoil your audio enjoyment!
Join the gang as we are joined by regular contributor, Ian Golden, who has started to read from cover to cover all the "Roy of The Rovers" editions from number one in September 1976. onwards. This is his first review of that first season in the new self-titled comic. Plus we get an update on "We Are United" from Tangent and we have a Collectors Corner as the guys share some of their latest purchases...enjoy!
School's out for Summer! Yes it's school holiday time and what was better than picking up a special issue of your favourite comic to take away with you! Comic legend Barrie Tomlinson is back and in this episiode we reminisce about these specials and flick through a few, the 1976 Tiger Olympic Special, the 1979 Tiger Holiday Special and the 1980 Roy of The Rovers Holiday Special!
When did Billy Dane first swap his Dead-Shot Keen football boots for Dead-Shot Keen's cricket boots??.... what is happening in the "We Are United" story? .....and what have the guys recently bought to add to their collections?...tune in and find out!
Wow this is a VERY special episode. Today we met and chatted with two of the creators of the "We Are United" story in Champ...who also just happened to create the "Football Picture Story Monthlies". Both Bill and Martin worked for DC Thomson for over 40 years, on many many comics and it was a privilege to get the chance to chat with them. We are sure any football comic fans will enjoy this episode. Enjoy!
Join the "boys" for some more nostalgic football comic fun....Tangent, Bygone and Mute-Button recall and review the 1981 "Roy of The Rovers" Summer Special and we have a Collectors Corner when we talk about our recent purchases......there's also a special appearance towards the end of the show...
A show with a difference this week! friend of the show Ian Golden is back to talk us through the times that football storylines appeared in Doctor Who comics.....plus we cover a "Safest Hands in Soccer" story from the 1979 Roy of The Rovers annual, and there's another Collectors Corner with some recent purchases from the Melvster himself!
Join Tangent, Bygone and Mute as they cover more 70's and 80's football comic stories....Tangent updates us on the "We Are United" story in "Champ", Bygone re-tells the Hot-Shot Hamish story from the 1984 Tiger Holiday Special and Mute covers the iconic "Football Family Robinson" which first appeared in "Jag" , then "Tiger" and eventually "Roy of The Rovers"...plus another Collectors Corner - enjoy!
Join Gull, Tangent, Bygone and Mute as they go back to the golden days of football comics...Tangent takes us through week 6 of "We Are United" from the pages of "Champ", Bygone re-tells a "Billy's Boots" story from the 1984 Tiger Holiday Special, and Mute reviews "Rocky Goes for Goal" the latest "Soccer Diaries" book. Hosted by Gull - enjoy!
Join the Tangential One, Mute-Button, Gull (and Dot) as they recall the comic life of Melchester Rovers star Mervyn Wallace....how did he join Rovers? Did he win the 1976/77 Goal-Rush competition? Was he English? Was he Welsh? Was he coach? Did he end up as Rovers Manager?......listen/Watch and find out! Plus some more Collectors Corner stuff...enjoy!
A special show today, with a special guest! We are joined by show listener, friend of the show, Ian Golden! He has created a timeline for the "United" story and in this show he presents it back to us, and you the listener (or viewer!). Listening in and watching are Gull, Ridders, Simmo, Bygone and Mute-Button....enjoy!
Roy Race has been shot! but who dunnit!? Arnie Meckiff? Arthur Logan? Elton Blake? Vic Guthrie or is it Trevor Brinsden....join Tangent Paul, Mute-Button Matt, Ridders, Bygone Berrigan and Simmo as they find out...plus hear about Ridders own fan-fiction project with new "United" stories and there's also a "Billy's Boots" story from the 1985 Tiger Holiday special - enjoy!
Here is the link to Ridders "We Are United" fan-fiction "We are back"
https://www.wattpad.com/story/390484980-fpsm-419-we-are-back-a-united-story