Roy of the Rovers accident had resulted in the amputation of his famous left foot, ending his playing career and resulting in his move to Italy as the manager of Serie A side AC Monza (a fictional top-level Italian club, rather than the real club of the same name). Reconciling the continuity of the monthly strip with the stories that preceded and followed it presented difficulties, forcing the story's writers to alter its history in a number of ways, a technique known as retroactive continuity. Significantly, the strip rewrote various parts of Melchester's history, and shortened Roy Sr.'s recorded playing career to a more
Peebles Rovers F.C. Peebles Rovers F.C. Peebles Rovers Football Club is a Scottish football club based in Peebles, Scottish Borders. Founded in 1893, they play their home matches at Whitestone Park. The club are members of the East of Scotland Football League (EoSFL), in the sixth tier of the Scottish football league system. They were briefly members of the Scottish Football League, between 1923 and 1926. In 2006, Peebles Rovers merged with local youth teams to form a new community club. The new Peebles F.C. took over Rovers' EoSFL place until 2010, when Rovers demerged re-established themselves as a separate senior club. Peebles