Roy of the Rovers (comic) Argentine international of the same name. The 1980s saw a slew of popular strips run in the comic, including The Apprentices (1983–84), a short-lived strip detailing the exploits of Melchester's apprentice professionals (effectively acting as the Melchester Rovers story in the comic as Roy was managing Walford for much of its run)—and Harker's War (1985), a strip that took an unconventional angle by showing a former policeman's one-man war on football hooliganism. The mid-1980s also saw reprints of Nipper, a popular strip originally appearing in "Score 'n' Roar" and "Scorcher and Score", that featured Nipper Lawrence, a plucky working class
Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin. They are affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Hockey Association. The club currently fields six men's teams and five women's teams in the Leinster Hockey leagues. The Club was Ireland's entrant into the 2008 Euro Hockey League getting to the final 16 of the tournament. On Sunday 23 February 2014 in the final of the Irish Senior Cup, Three Rock Rovers beat Pembroke Wanderers on penalty strokes to win the ISC for the first time in 40