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Roy of the rovers biography of donald

          This is the shocking tell-all autobiography of one of England's greatest ever sportsmen..

          First Issue: 25th September 1976
          Last Issue: 20th March 1993
          Copyright: Egmont UK Limited

          Some twenty years after joining Melchester Rovers, at a time when most football careers are coming to an end, Roy Race became player manager of Melchester Rovers in 1974.

          A heartwarming footballing memoir by Roy Race and Giles Smith that has it all – kidnaps, helicopter crashes, gun-toting referees.

        1. Roy Of The Rovers: The Official Autobiography Of Rove ; Condition.
        2. This is the shocking tell-all autobiography of one of England's greatest ever sportsmen.
        3. Roy of the Rovers: The Playing Years, published in , isn't an autobiography but it does offer a complete chronological overview of Melchester Rovers'.
        4. This feature tries to work out who would make an all-time Melchester Rovers dream team.

          5. The 1970’s were a significant time for Roy who married Penny Laine and had two children Melinda and Roy Junior also known as Rocky. The 1970’s also saw another arrival with the appearance of Roy’s own comic. Tiger comic had been going strong for over thirty years with the aid of their front cover hero, Roy Race.

          It was time for the Roy of the Rovers strip to get its own comic called unsurprisingly Roy of the Rovers.

          Roy of the Rovers, like Scorcher before it was a mixture of football stories, picture and quizzes. Some of the notable stories in the comic were, Mike’s Mini Men which told the story of a Subuteo football league and Tommy’s Troubles.

          There were  lots of stories including Johnny Dexter as ‘The Hard Man̵