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Tag: Roy Race

Posts filed under this tag across the Verso Media archive.

Cover of Roy of the Rovers issue 1, 25 September 1976

25 Sep 2026

Roy of the Rovers: 50 Years Ago Today

On 25 September 1976, Roy of the Rovers finally got a comic of his own. Fifty years later, I went back to issue one to see what readers got for their 7p.

Roy of the Rovers comic dated 11 November 1978

11 Nov 2025

Roy of the Rovers – Nov 11th 1978

Revisiting Roy of the Rovers from 11 November 1978—a nine-pence Saturday packed with football, mud, morals, mayhem and Peter Shilton.