Roy of the Rovers focus switched to Roy's son Rocky, who also played for Melchester. This publication was short-lived, and folded after only 19 issues. The adventures of the Race family were subsequently featured in the monthly "Match of the Day" football magazine, in which father and son were reunited as manager and player respectively. These strips began in 1997 and continued until the magazine's closure in May 2001. Football-themed stories were a staple of British comics for boys from the 1950s onwards, and Roy of the Rovers was the most popular. To keep the strip exciting, Melchester was almost every year either competing
Blackpool Wren Rovers F.C. Blackpool Wren Rovers F.C. Blackpool Wren Rovers Football Club is a football club based in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Bruce Park, which is located on School Road; the ground adjoins the ground of Squires Gate, and is also very close to the ground of AFC Blackpool. Blackpool Wren Rovers are members of the Lancashire Football Association. The club's colours are red shirts and red shorts. The club were formed in 1931 and were originally known as Wren Rovers. They later amended the club name to Blackpool Rovers, before adopting their present name