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
Roy Holdstock 1986, and he played his last match for Wakefield Trinity during the 1985–86 season. Roy Holdstock's Testimonial match at Hull Kingston Rovers took place in 1984. Roy Holdstock Roy Gordon Holdstock (26 December 1955) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Hull Kingston Rovers and Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 964), as a , i.e. number 8 or 10. Roy Holdstock was born in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Roy Holdstock won caps for England