Roy of the Rovers Roy of the Rovers Roy of the Rovers is a British comic strip about the life and times of a fictional footballer named Roy Race, who played for Melchester Rovers. The strip first appeared in the "Tiger" in 1954, before giving its name to a weekly (and later monthly) comic magazine, published by IPC and Fleetway from 1976 until 1995, in which it was the main feature. The weekly strip ran until 1993, 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
Deniliquin Rovers Football Club had. Deniliquin Rovers Football Club The Deniliquin Rovers Football Club, nicknamed Rovers, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Picola & District Football League. The club is based in the Riverina town of Deniliquin, New South Wales. In 2015, the club could not believe their luck when star forward Christopher McAllister put pen to paper and signed a life time contract to join the Deniliquin Rovers and propelled the club to preliminary finals in the reserve squad. McAllister has always praised former coach and club leading games player Liam (Bones) Fleming as being the greatest coach he has