The British Football Comic Podcast

Matt covers part 4 of the Blackie Gray story this week when he Roy and their girlfriends have a summer trip to Spain...what could possibly go wrong?.... Paul "Tangent" Richardson re-tells the story of week 22 of the "We Are United" story...and there are two special announcements this week, Ian Golden, our Welsh time-traveller gives us details of his book "ROTR @50" recounting and reviewing every year of the "Roy of The Rovers" weekly comic and we have exciting details of the event marking the 50 years since the "Roy of The Rovers" comic launch! Tickets are on sale soon!

You've of course heard of the famous "Tiger" comic where "Roy of The Rovers" began and and "Billy's Boots", "Nipper" and "Hot-Shot Hamish" all graced the pages of.... but did you read or hear about the Tiger Sports Library? Bygone tells us about it this week...and what is happening in "We Are United" this week? Tangent gives us an update and finally Mute takes us through the Blackie Gray story Pt 3 where Blackie again scores in a European Cup final..but who for?!...enjoy!

Big 1984 vibes this week...what were you doing then? listening to Frankie Goes to Hollywood? Prince? or maybe you were a miner on strike....anyway our Golden Time Traveller takes us back to the 1983/84 season in "Roy of The Rovers" when Roy came back from Walford...then Tangent takes us back to "We Are United" in 1984....or is it 1984? more time travelling but this time no Tardis or De Lorean is involved.....plus a Collectors Corner where Bygone has been busy....(don't tell Mrs Bygone) ...

Another boring season in the "Roy of The Rovers" comic?...no definitely not! Ian takes us through the season when Roy joined another Rovers....Bygone has a look back at the very first Football Picture Story Monthly, the 2nd story in that edition "The Reject" and also from the pages of "Scorcher" Mute covers "Royal's Rangers" and the amazing story of Fred Atkins!

He's back! Our Golden Time-Traveller Ian Golden is back from Australia and his Gola sponsored Tardis has landed in the 1981/82 season. What are his favourite strips in this momentous season in the comics' history?......We also discuss Mute-Button Matt's recent visit to the brilliant Barrie Mitchell exhibition and we also have a Collectors Corner to see what recent purchases the boys have obtained. Enjoy!