Football mags when you were younger

[Freestyler]

I used to get Shoot!

 

[Bilston Blue]

These will be from different eras possibly but here goes, off the top of my head:

Goalkeepers: Tubby Morton, Charlie 'The Cat' Carter, Andy 'Streaky' Styles, and, ahem... Bob Wilson

then...

Noel Baxter (RB)
Duncan McKenzie (LB)
Vic Guthrie (CB)
Johnny Dexter (The Hard Man, ex-Danefield Utd) CB
ahem... Emlyn Hughes (CB)
Neville Jones (Att.Mid)
Blackie Gray (Att.Mid)
Kenny Logan (LM)
Rob Richards (RM)
Nat 'Grandad' Gosden (??)
Olaf 'Olly' Olsen (LM)
Pak Soon (from Vietnam) (RM I think)
Andy McLaren (British record transfer fee at the time IIRC-around 3.5 mill) (CF)
Paco Diaz (RM) Spanish international
Lofty Peak (rings a bell but not certain)
Jimmy 'SnapShot' Slade (Mid. think Jimmy Case or Graeme Souness)

and then some I checked up on

Vernon Elliot
Carl Hunt (signed from Carford City - dodgy scouse perm and moustache)
Jumbo Trudgeon (goalie from 70s I think)

and don't forget Steve Norman and Martin Kemp from Spandau Ballet were signed during the mid-80s.
Geoff Boycott had a spell as a director
Ben Galloway was General Manager
and of course don't forget Roy.

This should bring back some sad memories:
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.royoftherovers.com/whoswho/melchester_rovers/rip_1986.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.royoftherovers.com/whoswho/m ... _1986.aspx</a>

It's all flooding back now....Johnny Dexter...Nat Gosden...Pak Soon...and all the rest of Roy Race's red and yellow army.

Wonder what they're all up to these days. I have a sinking feeling that Johnny Dexter is a morbidly obese alcoholic drawing benefits in Tyneside. And I reckon Vic Guthrie's coaching the reserves at Airdrie, a fully paid up member of the bitter and twisted 'football's not like it was in my day' brigade...

Thanks for the research, BB, you've made my day :)

Vic Guthrie's dead - check the link above - died in the basran atrocity. RIP.

 

[Phuk Tifano]

Vic? Dead? I cannae believe it. You must let me know where he was laid to rest. The least I can do is pay my respects to a football legend.

 

[Bilston Blue]

Vic? Dead? I cannae believe it. You must let me know where he was laid to rest. The least I can do is pay my respects to a football legend.

He's in Melchester cemetry. Let me know if you find it.

 

[Why Always Ste]

I was spolit, had both Match and Shoot...

Would have all the players posters on my wall, was a sticker junkie aswell... had craploads of stickers.

World Soccer i occasionally bought

 

[LongsightM13]

Anyone remember Top Soccer from the 80s? Tied to be a sort of hybrid of Roy Of The Rovers and Shoot, really liked it when it came out but didn't last long.
Gets a mention here, along with some other top stuff
http://bearalley.blogspot.com/2008/03/roy-of-rovers-archive.html