Roy Race as manager of Rovers just in time to save the Rovers from relegation to Division Two. The 1997-98 saw Race bring in his graduate daughter Melinda to help generate funds and keep Race's financial backers the Vinter brothers off his back. Melchester Rovers finish the season fourth in Division One but win the Wembley play off final to gain promotion back to the Premiership. 1999 saw Rovers beat a Castlemere team managed by Johnny Dexter to win the FA Cup following extra time. In 2018, the Roy Race name was re-booted by Rebellion Publishing with the Roy of the Rovers
Welton Rovers F.C. Former Manager, Stuart Minall, continued in his place for the rest of the season. 2012–2013: A hard season with Welton finishing sixteenth. 2014–2015: The club regains Premier Division status. Welton Rovers F.C. Welton Rovers Football Club is an English, Somerset County FA non-league football club in the Western Football League Division One. They are currently members of the and play at West Clewes. Founded in 1887, Welton Rovers provided the opportunity for the mining community of Midsomer Norton and Radstock to play and watch football. One of a number of long-established clubs in the North Somerset coalfield, their ground is