Roy of the Rovers Hughes were brought out of retirement to play for Melchester in 1985, along with longtime fans of the strip Martin Kemp and Steve Norman, of the pop group Spandau Ballet. Geoff Boycott served for several years as Melchester's chairman, and Sir Alf Ramsey had briefly taken over as manager of Melchester in 1982, while Roy lay in his coma. Players such as Malcolm Macdonald and Trevor Francis would sometimes line up alongside Roy in England matches, despite the fact that the clubs they played for in real life were never featured in the strip. The concept of TV pundits and
Deniliquin Rovers Football Club 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 ever