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
Tuffley Rovers F.C. they reached the 2nd round in the FA Vase in the 1994–95 season. In 2013, Tuffley Rovers and Windsor Drive Youth Football Club combined forces as one 'super club' to offer the chance of the U16's and below youth teams to one day play for Tuffley in the Hellenic League. Tuffley Rovers F.C. Tuffley Rovers F.C. are a football club based in Tuffley in Gloucester, England. The club is playing in the , the 9th level of the English football league system. The club is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA. The club operates five Saturday adult sides and a