The British Football Comic Podcast

Tangent tells us about when two stories collided, when Melchester Rovers popped up in "City" in 1988. Bygone covers the Roy of The Rovers story from the 1989 Winter Special and Mute covers part 2 of the Blackie Gray story - when Melchester are in the European Cup Final and Blackie meets the beautiful Suzanne Cerise....

Who is William Gray? When did he first meet Roy? What did he get for his birthday in 1955? Why was he at a circus? Did he set fire to Melchester Stadium?...all these questions and loads more will be answered if you tune into the first part of a five part biopic of this comic colossus....Plus has Hot-Shot Hamish met his nemesis?!! A goalkeeper who can save the famous hot-shot?!! and finally we have some...EXCITING NEWS FOR ALL LISTENERS!

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!