Real Roy of the Rovers Stuff!
Real Roy of the Rovers Stuff!

Author: Barrie Tomlinson

Publisher: eBook Partnership

Published: 2016-10-03

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 1785312669

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Roy Race was Melchester Rovers' super striker, and later manager and chairman; he is known everywhere simply as 'Roy of the Rovers'. Real Roy of the Rovers Stuff is the inside story of his life with Melchester, told by the man who knows him better than anyone: editor Barrie Tomlinson, the man who helped turn him from comic-book hero to a national institution. From the 1950s, millions of children grew up reading about his footballing adventures in Tiger and Roy of the Rovers. Now they can relive all the memorable moments from Roy's illustrious footballing career. From his debut as a fresh-faced teen in the comic Tiger, Roy became the hero of his own football comic; with league titles, cup finals, Wembley wins and much more; how he survived near-death experiences, became the first boys' hero to get married and just why the saying 'Real Roy of the Rovers stuff!' became a stock phrase for football commentators everywhere. Packed with photos from Roy's life, the book tells how he became a top celebrity of his day, how Sir Alf Ramsey was convinced to be Melchester manager, Geoffrey Boycott became chairman and even how the Duke of Edinburgh once came to write for Roy's comic!

A Necessary Fantasy?
A Necessary Fantasy?

Author: Dudley Jones

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-10-28

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1000526070

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This book addresses a variety of issues through the examination of heroic figures in children's popular literature, comics, film, and television.

Bumper Book of Roy of the Rovers
Bumper Book of Roy of the Rovers

Author: Titan Titan Books

Publisher: Titan Books

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781845769581

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Collecting together – for the first time ever – 20 years' worth of the best material from the golden age of British annuals. Featuring classic comic strips, vintage UK soccer features and thrilling short stories all taken from Roy of the Rovers annuals of the 1950s, 60s and 70s.

Roy of the Rovers
Roy of the Rovers

Author: Roy Race

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2014-10-09

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1473506808

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Ten league titles. Eleven FA Cups. Three European Cups. 481 goals across a 38-year playing career. A surprisingly high number of kidnappings. An assassination attempt. Not one, but two narrow escapes from earthquakes. A career-ending helicopter crash. My name is Roy Race. You know me as Roy of the Rovers. This is my story. From the five terrifying kidnappings that threatened to blight his playing career to the stomach-churning murder attempt in 1980, which left Roy in a life-threatening coma; from the sickening car bomb attack that tragically killed eight of Roy's team-mates while on a pre-season tour of Basran to the horrific helicopter crash in 1993 that resulted in the amputation of Roy's legendary left foot: this is the shocking tell-all autobiography of one of England's greatest ever sportsmen. Candid, emotional, optimistic, strangely repetitive, full of crushing lows and dizzying highs, and bearing an inexplicable resemblance to the plot structure of old comic strips, Roy's autobiography shines as brightly as the Melchester Rovers legend himself. Sit down, kick back, and treat yourself to the greatest football fairytale story of all time.* *except for Leicester

The Association Game
The Association Game

Author: Matthew Taylor

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-18

Total Pages: 519

ISBN-13: 1317870077

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The story of British football's journey from public school diversion to mass media entertainment is a remarkable one. The Association Game traces British football from the establishment of the earliest clubs in the nineteenth century to its place as one of the prominent and commercialised leisure industries at the beginning of the twenty first century. It covers supporters and fandom, status and culture, big business, the press and electronic media and development in playing styles, tactics and rules. This is the only up to date book on the history of British football, covering the twentieth century shift from amateur to professional and whole of the British Isles, not just England.

The Language of Sport
The Language of Sport

Author: Adrian Beard

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780415169110

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Looks at sport in its wider social context. Examines the way sport sells itself as an agent of social cohesion and is used to sell products. Explores how sporting texts construct ideas about gender and national identity. Uses examples from events as diverse as Wimbledon tennis, Euro '96 and the World Athletics Championships.

Encyclopedia of British Football
Encyclopedia of British Football

Author: Richard Cox

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-07-24

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 1000144143

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This reference work aims to provide sports enthusiasts, journalists, librarians, students and scholars with an authorative source of information on a comprehensive range of subjects covering the history and organization of football in Britain. Over 250 entries focus on key organisations or individuals, famous clubs, major competitions, events, venues and incidents, institutions and organisations as well as key issues such as gender, racism, commercialization, professionalism and drugs, alcohol and football.

Comic Book Hero
Comic Book Hero

Author: Barrie Tomlinson

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9781785313240

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In the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, children's comics were a massive part of a young person's life. Comic Book Hero tells the inside story of how Barrie Tomlinson built up a successful boys' publishing group at IPC Magazines--now the stuff of legend among nostalgic and modern-day fans of the UK comic scene and its surrounding culture. Barrie started on Tiger comic as a subeditor, went on to be editor, and eventually became head of the Boys' Sport and Adventure Department, in which capacity he launched Roy of the Rovers comic, the new Eagle, Scream, Speed, Wildcat, Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, and Toxic Crusaders. The book tells about the Geoff Boycott, Big Daddy, and Suzie Dando annuals he produced, and the 22 years spent writing the Scorer picture-strip for the Daily Mirror. Barrie also reveals dealings with the top stars as they joined Tiger, to make the title one of the most famous comics in Britain.

Roy of the Rovers
Roy of the Rovers

Author: ROB. WILLSHER WILLIAMS (BEN.)

Publisher:

Published: 2018-09-06

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9781781086520

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The landmark and highly anticipated Roy of the Rovers 21st century rebooted in this thrilling original graphic novel series! A NEW ERA KICKS OFF! Roy Race is sixteen, obsessed with football, and in possession of the best left foot in Melchester. All he has to do now is convince the scout from his beloved Melchester Rovers he was what it takes... But the legendary Rovers aren't what they once were. No money, few fans, and barely any hope, the team is languishing in the lower leagues. Melchester Rovers is a club in need of a saviour, a goal-scorer... a legend. Can Roy overcome intense rivalries, tough training, and the pitfalls of a club on the verge of collapse to become the next football sensation?

Native Realm
Native Realm

Author: Czeslaw Milosz

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2002-06-27

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780374528300

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The autobiography of the Nobel laureate Before he emigrated to the United States, Czeslaw Milosz lived through many of the social upheavals that defined the first half of the twentieth century. Here, in this compelling account of his early life, the author sketches his moral and intellectual history from childhood to the early fifties, providing the reader with a glimpse into a way of life that was radically different from anything an American or even a Western European could know. Using the events of his life as a starting point, Native Realm sets out to explore the consciousness of a writer and a man, examining the possibility of finding glimmers of meaning in the midst of chaos while remaining true to oneself. In this beautifully written and elegantly translated work, Milosz is at his very best.