Champ/We Are United Episode 108: The 1981 "Roy of The Rovers" Summer Special

David Hunt worked on Tiger in the early 60's then edited the very first football-only comic the famous "Scorcher", which of course brought us the famous stories "Billy's Boots" and "Hot-Shot Hamish" as well as many others, he then went on to edit the iconic war themed "Battle", "Speed", the re-launched "Eagle", "Hot-Shot" and then the last few years of the weekly "Roy of The Rovers"...a huge fantastic career in the comic industry and it was a joy to meet and chat with him - join us!

More UK football comic nostalgia from men who have nothing better to do. Ian "Golden Boy" Golden takes us through season 3 of the Roy of the Rovers comic giving his view on the stories and Bygone Berrigan takes us through "The Goals of Jimmy Grant" from the pages of the 1991 Victor Summer Special - plus a Collectors Corner - what have we been wastin....I mean spending our money on recently - tune in to find out!

More football comic book fun! Ian Golden is back to take us through the 1977/78 season of the "Roy of The Rovers" comic...and Bygone covers the 1980 Tiger Holiday Special, including Billy's Boots, King of the Track and Hot-Shot Hamish.....enjoy!...there were a few technical video problems in this show - but it shouldn't spoil your audio enjoyment!

Join the gang as we are joined by regular contributor, Ian Golden, who has started to read from cover to cover all the "Roy of The Rovers" editions from number one in September 1976. onwards. This is his first review of that first season in the new self-titled comic. Plus we get an update on "We Are United" from Tangent and we have a Collectors Corner as the guys share some of their latest purchases...enjoy!

School's out for Summer! Yes it's school holiday time and what was better than picking up a special issue of your favourite comic to take away with you! Comic legend Barrie Tomlinson is back and in this episiode we reminisce about these specials and flick through a few, the 1976 Tiger Olympic Special, the 1979 Tiger Holiday Special and the 1980 Roy of The Rovers Holiday Special!

When did Billy Dane first swap his Dead-Shot Keen football boots for Dead-Shot Keen's cricket boots??.... what is happening in the "We Are United" story? .....and what have the guys recently bought to add to their collections?...tune in and find out!

Wow this is a VERY special episode. Today we met and chatted with two of the creators of the "We Are United" story in Champ...who also just happened to create the "Football Picture Story Monthlies". Both Bill and Martin worked for DC Thomson for over 40 years, on many many comics and it was a privilege to get the chance to chat with them. We are sure any football comic fans will enjoy this episode. Enjoy!

Join the "boys" for some more nostalgic football comic fun....Tangent, Bygone and Mute-Button recall and review the 1981 "Roy of The Rovers" Summer Special and we have a Collectors Corner when we talk about our recent purchases......there's also a special appearance towards the end of the show...

A show with a difference this week! friend of the show Ian Golden is back to talk us through the times that football storylines appeared in Doctor Who comics.....plus we cover a "Safest Hands in Soccer" story from the 1979 Roy of The Rovers annual, and there's another Collectors Corner with some recent purchases from the Melvster himself!

Join Tangent, Bygone and Mute as they cover more 70's and 80's football comic stories....Tangent updates us on the "We Are United" story in "Champ", Bygone re-tells the Hot-Shot Hamish story from the 1984 Tiger Holiday Special and Mute covers the iconic "Football Family Robinson" which first appeared in "Jag" , then "Tiger" and eventually "Roy of The Rovers"...plus another Collectors Corner - enjoy!