Roy of the Rovers on new signings who were unable to settle easily in the Melchester team, either because they refused to change their style of play and expected the Rovers to play around them, such as the uncomprisingly tough defender Duncan McKay, or had personal characteristics that made it difficult for the other players to accept them, such as ex-circus ball juggler Sammy Spangler. As the average reader probably stayed with the comic for only three or four years, many storylines were recycled. For instance, during the first ten years of his playing career Roy was kidnapped at least five times. When playing
Englefield Green Rovers F.C. Englefield Green Rovers F.C. Englefield Green Rovers F.C. was a football club based in Englefield Green, near Egham, England. They were members of the Surrey FA. Englefield Green Rovers were founded in 1927. They won the Windsor, Slough & District League Division 3 in the 1984–85 season, and joined the Chiltonian League Division One in 1996, becoming members of Hellenic Football League Division One East when the two leagues merged in 2000. They left the Hellenic League in 2009, and did not play in the 2009–10 season. The club played at Coopers Hill Lane in Englefield Green., until their lease