Roy of the Rovers Roy of the Rovers Roy of the Rovers is a British comic strip about the life and times of a fictional footballer named Roy Race, who played for Melchester Rovers. The strip first appeared in the "Tiger" in 1954, before giving its name to a weekly (and later monthly) comic magazine, published by IPC and Fleetway from 1976 until 1995, in which it was the main feature. The weekly strip ran until 1993, following Roy's playing career until its conclusion after he lost his left foot in a helicopter crash. When the monthly comic was launched later that year the
Rovers Football Club WAFA. After several competitive seasons, Rovers won the premiership in 1891, but the establishment of electorate football was the beginning of the end, as the club finished second last in 1892 and 1898, and won four wooden spoons between 1893 and 1897, including a winless 1893. After losing the first eight games of 1899, Rovers dropped out of the competition and folded, being replaced by First Rate Junior Association side Perth; many players transferred to the new club. Rovers Football Club The Rovers Football Club was an Australian rules football club that competed in the Western Australian Football Association (WAFA)