Roy of the Rovers part. In the extreme, Roy would be the only player for Melchester. The game received mixed reactions; the Spectrum version received 7/10 from "Your Sinclair", but only 3/10 from "Sinclair User". A number of official Melchester Rovers Subbuteo teams were produced in the 1980s and 1990s. There was also an officially licensed board game in the 1980s, which saw players take on the role of Roy Race and manage the club. The Old Fashioned Football Shirt Company now makes officially licensed replica shirts. In 1990, "Roy Race" and footballer Gary Lineker released a single, "Europe United", described in the comic
Roy Holdstock Roy Holdstock Roy Gordon Holdstock (26 December 1955) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Hull Kingston Rovers and Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 964), as a , i.e. number 8 or 10. Roy Holdstock was born in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Roy Holdstock won caps for England while at Hull Kingston Rovers in 1980 against Wales and France, in 1981 against Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Hull Kingston Rovers