Episodes
In this special episode Matt, Paul and Neil meet Stratos and Nikos from the excellent Greek Unofficial Roy of The Rovers fan club, we talk about how the story reached Greece, when and in what format, how did they first start reading it themselves, we ask about the fan club and also recap some Greek related storylines over the years.
Published 10/27/24
It's February 1983.....Margaret Thatcher is Prime Minister.....Kajagoogoo are number one with "Too Shy"...Liverpool are on their way to another league championship...in Sedgefield a young Tony Blair is attempting to become an MP......and a young Malcolm Dickenson decides to enter a competition in "Roy of The Rovers" to win a 2 week holiday in Disneyworld Florida....listen to what happens next!
Published 10/20/24
Join Gull, Matt, Paul and Neil as they travel once more back to the past world of UK football comics! Bygone Berrigan recalls the tale of when a very young Gordon Stewart met Roy Race...Tangent Paul talks us through the famous signing of superstar striker Kevin Nicklish for United, "Gull has issues" covers Hot-Shot, and Matt tells us about a couple more times Roy Race went in goal...all this and more!
Published 10/06/24
A very different episode! Brett and Karsh talk about one of Brett's "other" hobbies, his creation....The Parkrun 92 Club Challenge! tune in to find out more!
Published 09/25/24
Join Bygone Berrigan, Gull and Mute Button Matt as they recall a couple of stories from the 1985 Roy of The Rovers annual and the FPSM story "Ghost Striker"...plus Gull has a new feature, this time on Scream! Enjoy!
Published 09/22/24
Join Matt, Paul and Neil to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the very first "Tiger" comic, the first time the world ever saw Roy Race, and to do so we talk to comic legends Barrie Tomlinson and David Sque about how previous anniversaries were marked and commemorated within the pages of "Tiger" and "Roy of The Rovers".
Published 09/11/24
Join us and legendary comic book writer, creator and editor, Barrie Tomlinson as we go back to 1954, find out what he was doing, what music, TV, film and other comics were popular, then we page by page go through the first ever Tiger comic, then finally pay homage to the people who created this iconic comic and created Roy Race and Roy of The Rovers
Published 09/07/24
Join Bygone Berrigan, Tangent Richardson and Mute Button Matt as they delve again into the world of football comics! Bygone takes us through a story from the 1985 Victor annual, Matt goes over the conflicting stories of Roy Race’s schooldays, and finally Tangent takes us through the final ever “Striker” volume 26!
Published 08/23/24
Join Matt, Simmo and Tangent Paul as they dive back into the world of football comics! In this weeks show Matt re-tells the tale of "The Footballer Who Wouldn't Stay Dead" and Paul begins to review "Striker" volume 26, the end game. *Spoiler alert* if you haven't read the Striker book yet and want to avoid spoilers then we discuss it from 14 mins - 34 mins....Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/@Champweareunited
Published 08/11/24
Join "Mute Button" Matt Richards and Paul "Tangent" Richardson as they dive back into the niche world of UK football comics! This week Matt tells us about the comic life of Vernon Eliot, that Melchester Rovers favourite..hosted by Tangent - let's see if we can stick to the script (there's never a script).
Published 07/21/24
Join Gull, Bygone Berrigan and Mute Button Matt as they cover Football Picture Story Monthly no.53 "Rags to Riches" a "United" story, and they also replay the "Nipper" and "Bobby of the Blues" stories from the 1977 Scorcher annual.
Published 07/08/24
Another football comic extravaganza! Join Tangent Paul, Simmo, Gull and Matt as we start going through the 1977 "Scorcher" annual, replaying Billy's Boots and Hot-Shot Hamish...and we also cover "Playmaker" and "Striker" from the pages of the short-lived "Hot-Shot"
Published 06/23/24
How many times did we see Roy Race play for England? listen to the boys discuss this...also Bygone Berrigan takes us through "The Brothers" from Football Picture Story Monthly 36 and as the Euros start on 14th June we look ahead to the tournament and assess England's chances... Timings 1. FPSM from 17 mins 2. Euro pre-view from 41 mins 3. Roy Race plays for England from 67 mins
Published 06/09/24
This weeks episode has Matt telling us about the comic life of that football comic strip legend "Nipper" from the pages of Score and Roar, via Scorcher and eventually Tiger..Gull tells us about the latest "Secret Wars" news and Bygone Berrigan replays another Football Picture Story Monthly story, this one from FPSM 108 "Highland Fling"...ably supported by Voice of Reason Simmo and hosted by Paul "Tangent" Richardson - enjoy!
Published 06/02/24
In this weeks show we have Neil "Bygone" Berrigan rejoin us to review the pretty rare 1989 "Football Picture Story Special", Matt reviews the latest Rocky Race book, "Rocky's Big Move", and Simmo picks his best XI from "United" during the Champ/Victor years...be prepared for a controversial pick! The team also includes Tangent Paul and the return of Gull! It's a long show (apologies - we're useless at timings) so here are rough timings if you want to fast forward to a section... 1989...
Published 05/20/24
Join "Tangent" Paul, Simmo and Matt once again for a football comic journey into the past...Simmo replays the "The Goals Of Jimmy Grant" the season when he played for "United" in the pages of "Victor", Paul gives us his comic XI made up from Danefield United and Kingsbay players and Matt covers all the times Roy Race went in goal from 1954/1993...how many times did he do it????
Published 05/06/24
Welcome to another interview special! this time we talk to Roy of the Rovers artist from 1963 - 1965, Paul Trevillion! Roy is just one part of Paul's incredible career as a sports artist, he is also famous for creating "You Are The Ref!" which appeared under various guises in various publications but probably most famous in the pages of "Shoot". He is an incredible character, and so much fun to meet and interview. Enjoy!
Published 04/14/24
He is back for the 3rd time! We are proud to welcome again, creator of "Striker" Pete Nash, book 26 is due out soon and so he popped into Champ Towers to have a chat about that and other bits and pieces...Gull and Tangent Paul do the interview, Matt is joined in the wings by Simmo! yes the voice of reason is back! Enjoy!
Published 04/07/24
G'day! fair dinkum! bonzer! ...(er that's enough - Ed) in this special "Down Under" episode (I told you - Ed) we meet longtime fan of the show Lee Coulson, an Australian UK football comic fan! He tells us how he got into football and football comics and how he experienced comics thousands of miles away from the UK in a country where football is not the national sport...it's a really interesting story. We also cover comic stories over the years which have an Australian connection, and there's...
Published 03/31/24
It's always interesting hearing other football comic fans thoughts and memories of their favourite stories, storylines, characters etc...and on this weeks episode we meet and hear from, podcast listener Neil Berrigan! Neil's first Roy of The Rovers was 28th September 1985..an interesting period in the comic's history, and since then he's read and collected loads more, and also is a huge Football Picture Story Monthly and Champ/We Are United fan - it was great fun speaking with him, expertly...
Published 03/17/24
It's final day on the podcast this week! Danefield United are in the European Cup Final vs Torento - what will happen? How many times will Viktor faint? And Mike Preston's Select team play London United at "Super Wembley" in "The Challenge", will they beat Murdwells stars?.....finally we begin the look back at when Roy Race went in goal for Rovers...how many times? when? did he keep a clean sheet? All this will be revealed....
Published 03/03/24
In this special episode we interview Times journalist, TV and Radio broadcaster, QPR fan and Roy of the Rovers fan, Giles Coren! he talks us through his memories of Roy of the Rovers, how he started reading it, the stories he liked, other comics he read, his love of Queens Park Rangers...and lots of other stuff! Enjoy!
Published 02/22/24
Join the comic guys, Gull, Matt, Ridders and "Tangent" Paul as we travel back once again to the comic past...Paul does part 4 of Danefield Uniteds' European Cup run, it's the quarter final 2nd leg....Ridders does part 2 of "The Challenge" in Football Picture Story Monthly no.10 and "By Manitou!" it's "This is your comic life" for the legendary Johnny Cougar!
Published 02/18/24
The reuniting of two comic industry legends, editor of "Tiger" and creator of the "Roy of The Rovers" comic, Barrie Tomlinson and "Roy of the Rovers" artist from 1975 - 1986, David Sque. What a joy it was to hear them regale us with stories and memories of that glorious 70s/80s comic period. Enjoy!
Published 02/04/24