A Christmas Special with Barrie Tomlinson! | Champ/We Are United Ep 120
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!
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The 1988 Roy of The Rovers "Winter Special" | Champ/We Are United Ep 119
"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!
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A Pete Nash "Striker" special! | Champ/We Are United Ep 118
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!
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The Roy of The Rovers comic - season 1979/80 & the "We Are United" story wk 11 | Champ/We Are United Ep 117
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!
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"Billy's Boots" - the stats! | Champ/We Are United Ep 116
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!
About "Champ/We Are United" - British football comics
Join Matt, Gull, Paul, Neil and Ian as they take you back to the classic British football comics, from the 50's to the present time with stories such as of course "Roy of the Rovers", "We Are United" from the pages of "Champ", the "Football Picture Story Monthly" series and stories from "Tiger", "Scorcher", "Victor" such as "Billy's Boots" , "Hot-Shot Hamish" and "Bobby of the Blues" and more recently the on-going "Striker"....including many exclusive interviews with the former editors and creators!
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