Scrabster Six
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didnt they used to have Charles Buchans book of football dont know who he was .remember Goal hen Shoot after that but was more of a Bash Street Kids fan meself
ifiwasarichfan said:I touched on this on Saturday with that business of MCFC Bob's thread about the mole at the Cup Final - with a reference to " You are the Ref". I cant remember now if this was from " Tiger and Scorcher" or from " Shoot".
I can remember in the late sixties and early Seventies going to the paper shop with my pocket money and buying these. " Scorcher" had amazing characters like " Hot Shot Hamish" and " Lags Eleven" about a team of Footballers in prison but by far the best was "Billys Boots". For younger posters; Billy Dane found an ancient pair of Boots that belonged previously to a Former Footballer based I presume on Stan Mathews or Tom Finney. When Billy - an orphan who lived with his Gran wore these Boots they magically transformed him into a young Messi and led him into all the right Goalscoring positions; taking him as far as England Schoolboy trials. Only problem being every other episode his Gran would buy him a new pair of Adidas or Puma and chuck his Magical Boots in the Bin just as the Bin men call on their Weekly rounds. As a Kid I couldn't get enough of this stuff.
Happy days.
Scrabster Six said:didnt they used to have Charles Buchans book of football dont know who he was .remember Goal hen Shoot after that but was more of a Bash Street Kids fan meself
Bilston Blue said:Roy of the Rovers was quality.
The Hard Man
Mighty Mouse
Billy's Boots
Hot Shot Hamish
Tommy's Troubles
Mike's Mini Men (a story about a subbuteo league, only they couldn't use the word 'subbuteo' for copyright reasons so called it table football.)
I'm still struggling to come to terms with the terrorist attack on the Rovers' team bus in Basran.
Some of the team names, Everpool, Tottenford, Carford; blatantly conjured up by using two real place names and joining them together. Great invention.
Free league ladders and chocolate bars on the front like Curly Wurly.
And Melchester Rovers signed Steve Norman and Martin Kemp from Spandau Ballet.
Oh, gone are those days forever. I'm just off up the loft to read 'em all again.
Phuk Tifano said:Ah, happy memories. Trying to recall a few Melchester Rovers players and can only come up with Vic Guthrie (stereotypical Scots hard bastard) and Paco Diaz (stereotypical fiery Latino).
Phuk Tifano said:Bilston Blue said:Roy of the Rovers was quality.
The Hard Man
Mighty Mouse
Billy's Boots
Hot Shot Hamish
Tommy's Troubles
Mike's Mini Men (a story about a subbuteo league, only they couldn't use the word 'subbuteo' for copyright reasons so called it table football.)
I'm still struggling to come to terms with the terrorist attack on the Rovers' team bus in Basran.
Some of the team names, Everpool, Tottenford, Carford; blatantly conjured up by using two real place names and joining them together. Great invention.
Free league ladders and chocolate bars on the front like Curly Wurly.
And Melchester Rovers signed Steve Norman and Martin Kemp from Spandau Ballet.
Oh, gone are those days forever. I'm just off up the loft to read 'em all again.
Ah, happy memories. Trying to recall a few Melchester Rovers players and can only come up with Vic Guthrie (stereotypical Scots hard bastard) and Paco Diaz (stereotypical fiery Latino).
Bilston Blue said:Phuk Tifano said:Ah, happy memories. Trying to recall a few Melchester Rovers players and can only come up with Vic Guthrie (stereotypical Scots hard bastard) and Paco Diaz (stereotypical fiery Latino).
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>