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Roy of the Rovers
British comic strip
This article is about the comic strip. For the comic of the same name, see Roy of the Rovers (comic).
Roy of the Rovers is a British comic strip about the life and times of a fictional footballer and later manager named Roy Race, who played for Melchester Rovers.
The strip first appeared in the Tiger in , before giving its name to a weekly (and later monthly) comic, published by IPC and Fleetway from until , in which it was the main feature.
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The weekly strip ran until , following Roy's playing career until its conclusion after he lost his left foot in a helicopter crash. When the monthly comic was launched later that year the focus switched to Roy's son Rocky, who also played for Melchester.
This publication was short-lived, and folded after only 19 issues. The adventures of the Race family were subsequently featured in the monthly Match of the Day football magazine, in which father and son were reunited as manager and player resp