Champ/We Are United: Recent Episodes
Robert Richard
Guests from the website Champ/We Are United discuss football comics from the past, with a focus on less remembered issues such as We Are United (from Champ), Football Picture Story Monthly, Gary Linekar's Hot Shot, Striker, and many more, as well as Roy of the Rovers. Also includes general football chat.
Join Matt, Simmo and Tangent Paul as they dive back into the world of football comics! In this weeks show Matt re-tells the tale of "The Footballer Who Wouldn't Stay Dead" and Paul begins to review "Striker" volume 26, the end game. Spoiler alert if you haven't read the Striker book yet and want to avoid spoilers then we discuss it from 14 mins - 34 mins....Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/@Champweareunited
Join "Mute Button" Matt Richards and Paul "Tangent" Richardson as they dive back into the niche world of UK football comics! This week Matt tells us about the comic life of Vernon Eliot, that Melchester Rovers favourite..hosted by Tangent - let's see if we can stick to the script (there's never a script).
Join Gull, Bygone Berrigan and Mute Button Matt as they cover Football Picture Story Monthly no.53 "Rags to Riches" a "United" story, and they also replay the "Nipper" and "Bobby of the Blues" stories from the 1977 Scorcher annual.
Another football comic extravaganza! Join Tangent Paul, Simmo, Gull and Matt as we start going through the 1977 "Scorcher" annual, replaying Billy's Boots and Hot-Shot Hamish...and we also cover "Playmaker" and "Striker" from the pages of the short-lived "Hot-Shot"
How many times did we see Roy Race play for England? listen to the boys discuss this...also Bygone Berrigan takes us through "The Brothers" from Football Picture Story Monthly 36 and as the Euros start on 14th June we look ahead to the tournament and assess England's chances...
Timings
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FPSM from 17 mins
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Euro pre-view from 41 mins
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Roy Race plays for England from 67 mins
This weeks episode has Matt telling us about the comic life of that football comic strip legend "Nipper" from the pages of Score and Roar, via Scorcher and eventually Tiger..Gull tells us about the latest "Secret Wars" news and Bygone Berrigan replays another Football Picture Story Monthly story, this one from FPSM 108 "Highland Fling"...ably supported by Voice of Reason Simmo and hosted by Paul "Tangent" Richardson - enjoy!
In this weeks show we have Neil "Bygone" Berrigan rejoin us to review the pretty rare 1989 "Football Picture Story Special", Matt reviews the latest Rocky Race book, "Rocky's Big Move", and Simmo picks his best XI from "United" during the Champ/Victor years...be prepared for a controversial pick!
The team also includes Tangent Paul and the return of Gull!
It's a long show (apologies - we're useless at timings) so here are rough timings if you want to fast forward to a section...
1989 "Football Picture Story Special" - from 17 mins
"Rocky's Big Move" - from 75 mins
"United" XI - from 81 mins
Enjoy!
Join "Tangent" Paul, Simmo and Matt once again for a football comic journey into the past...Simmo replays the "The Goals Of Jimmy Grant" the season when he played for "United" in the pages of "Victor", Paul gives us his comic XI made up from Danefield United and Kingsbay players and Matt covers all the times Roy Race went in goal from 1954/1993...how many times did he do it????
Welcome to another interview special! this time we talk to Roy of the Rovers artist from 1963 - 1965, Paul Trevillion! Roy is just one part of Paul's incredible career as a sports artist, he is also famous for creating "You Are The Ref!" which appeared under various guises in various publications but probably most famous in the pages of "Shoot". He is an incredible character, and so much fun to meet and interview. Enjoy!
He is back for the 3rd time! We are proud to welcome again, creator of "Striker" Pete Nash, book 26 is due out soon and so he popped into Champ Towers to have a chat about that and other bits and pieces...Gull and Tangent Paul do the interview, Matt is joined in the wings by Simmo! yes the voice of reason is back! Enjoy!
G'day! fair dinkum! bonzer! ...(er that's enough - Ed) in this special "Down Under" episode (I told you - Ed) we meet longtime fan of the show Lee Coulson, an Australian UK football comic fan! He tells us how he got into football and football comics and how he experienced comics thousands of miles away from the UK in a country where football is not the national sport...it's a really interesting story. We also cover comic stories over the years which have an Australian connection, and there's a Kangaroo quiz! of course there is! We can confirm no kangaroos were harmed in the making of this podcast.
It's always interesting hearing other football comic fans thoughts and memories of their favourite stories, storylines, characters etc...and on this weeks episode we meet and hear from, podcast listener Neil Berrigan! Neil's first Roy of The Rovers was 28th September 1985..an interesting period in the comic's history, and since then he's read and collected loads more, and also is a huge Football Picture Story Monthly and Champ/We Are United fan - it was great fun speaking with him, expertly interviewed by Tangent Paul, supported by myself Matt and Gull of the many voices...
Here is the "downthetubes" article regarding circulation figures.
https://downthetubes.net/british-comics-reference/the-british-comic-industry-questions-and-answers/british-comics-sales-figures-the-good-old-days/
Here's also the link to the "Whenshortswereshorts" Barrie Tomlinson episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4nbsYXOZSxWeZQYeEIDh4l?si=jra3h8CZT1KkubTpJKEAHw
It's final day on the podcast this week! Danefield United are in the European Cup Final vs Torento - what will happen? How many times will Viktor faint? And Mike Preston's Select team play London United at "Super Wembley" in "The Challenge", will they beat Murdwells stars?.....finally we begin the look back at when Roy Race went in goal for Rovers...how many times? when? did he keep a clean sheet? All this will be revealed....
In this special episode we interview Times journalist, TV and Radio broadcaster, QPR fan and Roy of the Rovers fan, Giles Coren! he talks us through his memories of Roy of the Rovers, how he started reading it, the stories he liked, other comics he read, his love of Queens Park Rangers...and lots of other stuff! Enjoy!
Join the comic guys, Gull, Matt, Ridders and "Tangent" Paul as we travel back once again to the comic past...Paul does part 4 of Danefield Uniteds' European Cup run, it's the quarter final 2nd leg....Ridders does part 2 of "The Challenge" in Football Picture Story Monthly no.10 and "By Manitou!" it's "This is your comic life" for the legendary Johnny Cougar!
The reuniting of two comic industry legends, editor of "Tiger" and creator of the "Roy of The Rovers" comic, Barrie Tomlinson and "Roy of the Rovers" artist from 1975 - 1986, David Sque. What a joy it was to hear them regale us with stories and memories of that glorious 70s/80s comic period. Enjoy!
The comic guys are back - in this show we remember Melchester Rovers Duncan Mckay, Ridders starts a review of "The Challenge" Football Picture Story Monthly book, which covers the creation of a "SuperLeague" in the year 2000, and Paul Tangent is up to part 3 of the Danefield United European cup run...enjoy folks!
In this very special show we interview comic legend Barrie Tomlinson! former editor of "Tiger" and former group editor for Sports and Adventure at IPC where amongst many other things he devised, created and launched "Roy of the Rovers" comic, the most famous football comic in history. Enjoy.
Join the boys for the last episode of the year! Matt takes us back to the 1982 Christmas edition of "Roy of The Rovers", Tangent Paul does part 2 of Danefield United's 1981/82 European Cup run and Ridders finishes his review of Riverton United's Euro Mini-Nations Cup campaign
Join us for another journey back into the world of football comics! Gull introduces us to Charlie "Iron" Barr in the first issue of "Spike"..Ridders does part 2 of when "United" entered the Euro Mini-Nations Cup...and "Tangent" Paul does the first part of Danefield United's 1981/82 European Cup run. And there's other stuff too. It's a cracker!
Join Gull, Matt, Paul and Ridders in another episode of the very professional uk comic podcast. Ridders does part 1 of a review of Riverton United's sojourn into Europe in May 1984, Matt remembers the motor racing comic legend "Skid Solo" and also a lesser known, but familiar character "Hurry of the Hammers" and Paul takes the Masterchamp challenge on the 1982 World Cup - can you beat his score?
Join Gull, Ridders, Paul and Matt as they go back once again to 80's UK football comics...Ridders reviews Football Picture Story Monthly no.5 "The Nearly Man", Matt reviews "Rocky Takes L.A." and Paul finishes his Marks Brothers epic - will they will the UEFA Cup?!!....plus we pay our respects to Sir Bobby Charlton.
Join Gull, Simmo, Paul and Matt as they go back again to the heyday of UK football comics....Matt remembers the great Tubby Morton, arguably Melchester Rovers greatest goalkeeper, Gull introduces us to the "Unitedverse", how it goes back to 1945 and suggests what is alpha and beta canon...and Paul takes through part two of The Marks Brothers 1980/81 UEFA Cup run...will Micky "Flash" Jordan escape from his kidnappers? Tune in to find out....
Join Matt, Ridders and Paul as they once again take us back to the golden days of UK football comics...Ridders reviews "The Winners" Football Picture Story Monthly No.91 featuring "Kline and Powell" and Paul does part 1 of his replay of Kingsbay's UEFA Cup run in 1980/81....and it finishes on a cliffhanger in true Roy of the Rovers style! We are also joined by a very special guest, Ed Taylor, the creator of the superb "Roy of the Rovers comic 40 years on" Facebook site joins us to tell us a bit about how he got into comics, some of his favourite stories/characters and about why he created the site! Enjoy!
Join Matt, Gull and Simmo as they take us back to the glory years of british football comics...Matt relays how the love/hate bromance between Johnny Dexter and Viktor Boskovic began in "When Johnny met Victor", Gull takes the MasterChamp challenge (which band is in the studio to do the theme tune this week?) this episode it's on the cult Twin Peak TV series, questions put to him by "The Voice of Reason" Simmo and we catch up with how are teams are doing early on in the new season!
Theme tune created by Tim Sque
Join Gull, Paul, Simmo, Ridders and Matt as they talk football comics! (and other stuff...) Ridders reviews "The Goalmaker" Football Picture Story Monthly no.76, Paul "The Tangent" manages to keep on topic (well most of the time..) and talks us through his comic storage system and it's the return of the MasterChamp Challenge as Simmo tests Ridders on his knowledge of the Toffees, his beloved Everton Football Club...has he bitten off more than he can chew...? Listen in and find out!
Podcast theme tune created by Tim Sque
Join Gull, Paul and Matt as once again they chat (yes he's STILL talking) with the legendary Roy of the Rovers artist, David Sque! From the early days of his career (where he corrects a few things) to the golden Roy years, and what he's currently up to in the last year...it's a joy to chat with him. We cover speedway, Postman Pat and Anne Summers. Just a typical podcast episode really.
Join Matt and Ridders for the latest episode of our UK football comic podcast where Ridders reviews "The Dream" FPSM 417, and Matt takes us back to the very beginning of the famous "Mighty Mouse" strip in June 1979.....plus we look ahead to the next episode with the return of "Friend of the show" David Sque, the legendary "Roy of the Rovers artist", we also talk about recent comic purchases. Oh and Gull is back. Which is nice.
Welcome to the latest episode of the podcast where Ridders, Simmo and Matt chat away about comic football related comic stuff, again. Ridders reviews the Football Picture Story Monthly book, "On the Cheap" which follows United as they have an up and down season...Matt talks about the recently announced new Rocky Race book and then goes on to talk with the guys about Scoop comic, and review the Scoop 1982 annual - be prepared for lots of Brian Jacks..enjoy!
In this episode join the boys as we focus entirely on the comic and story which the podcast is named after, the "We Are United" story initially found within Champ comic, then Victor and finally Football Picture Story Monthly. Ridders talks about the local rivals to United, Simmo takes on a United Master Champ Challenge, and finally Ridders talks about the database he's creating recording all the appearances, scorers across the history of United....lots to get into
Welcome back to our football comic podcast! In this episode Matt takes us back to the controversial, but also popular storyline of when Roy became Roy of "another" Rovers.....Gull talks us through the merger of Gary Lineker's Hot-Shot and Roy of The Rovers in 1989, we review the new "Best of 80s" volume 2 Roy of The Rovers book just released by Rebellion....and we're joined by Simmo "The Voice of Reason" and Bella the dog, who probably has a bark of reason, though we don't hear much from her...and apparently it's worse than her bite. (it would have been much better if we had a dog called Rover...oh well).
Hello! Welcome to the latest episode of our football comic podcast, this edition is slightly different as Gull and Matt meet and have a chat with Paul Richardson, a big football comic fan, and we hear about his comic reading/collecting story, including discussing his collection of over 4,000 physical comics, there is so much to cover - hence its a slightly longer episode than normal, but it's an interesting listen. Enjoy!
Also here is the link to Paul's website which he mentions on the show...
bushfields.com
Hello there listeners, another football fun packed episode! - Ridders reviews another FPSM title "Fallen Heroes", Matt takes us back to the 1976/77 Melchester Rovers championship winning season, Simmo is the voice of reason, oh and Gull talks Eurovision song contest. Obviously. Yes something for everyone!
The half century! Gull, Simmo and Matt welcome back, for a special 50th episode show, the show legends, Rab and Ridders. Join them all as they talk the controversial Roy of The Rovers retcon in the mid 90's, Ridders reviews the FPSM book "Superstar", when the world famous "Maladonna" joined Riverton United for a season, Rab gives us an update on his groundhopping exploits and all five reminisce about the previous 49 episodes, whilst looking ahead to many more...
What's this? Another episode? but that's 2 weeks in a row?! ....yes we've squeezed another episode out of the excellent 2000 Roy of The Rovers annual, Matt and Gull cover a couple more articles from that, plus Simmo challenges Gull on his knowledge of Duran Duran (I know what's that got to do with UK comics? And you're right, nothing..) - and we have exciting news of special guests for our 50th episode coming soon....enjoy!
We're back again chatting about UK football comics and other random stuff. In this episode Gull and Matt start reviewing the Roy of The Rovers annual from the year 2000, Simmo takes the MasterChamp challenge on Geography and Gull reviews a Champ comic from August 1985, edition 78, keeping us up to date with what was happening with Riverton United that week...
Well hello! welcome to the latest episode! This week Gull reviews the Football Picture Story Monthly - edition 43 "The Rivals" which covers Alex Jones and Terry Evans from "United", Simmo challenges Matt on his knowledge of 70s and 80s football and Matt takes us back to the first time Melchester Rovers won the League Cup...plus the guys talk about the sad news of John Motson and Dickie Davies recent passing to the great TV studio in the sky...
Lock up your comics, the gruesome threesome are back - join Gull, Simmo and Matt as they review the 1967 Roy of The Rovers Annual, test Gull's knowledge of Torquay United and catch up on their football teams latest endeavours, plus look ahead to some future planned features...enjoy!
We're joined this week by a very special guest - Pete Nash, the creator of "Striker". Listen in as Rab (Yep he's back!) and Gull pose listener questions to Pete and we find more about possible new Striker projects...
They're back! (again)...well not all of them, Gull has technical issues so it's Simmo and Matt as your hosts, doing an extremely topical (well not really) World Cup wrap-up, then swiftly moving onto very exciting news about next weeks pod with some very special guests. Then they do a Roy Of The Rovers/Champ comic comparison and Simmo is next in the MasterChamp chair answering questions on Blakes 7....fancy a bit of that? then tune in
World Cup special number 5! Simmo, Matt and Gull discuss England's exit, answer last weeks question, Gull covers who is Melchester Rovers greatest goalkeeper, tells us about some exciting news coming in 2023 and we talk Roadrunner and Depeche Mode...
World Cup special number 4! Join Matt and Simmo as they give their latest views on the 2022 WC, Matt tells us how Roy of The Rovers covered the 1982 World Cup, we give the answer to last weeks question - and set a new one, plus the boys reminisce over their favourite World Cup memories...
Yes they're still going! Simmo, Gull and Matt give their thoughts on the World Cup so far, Matt goes through a classic story from the ROTR vaults when Roy Caretaker-Managed England in 1978! Gull gives us part 3 of his World Cup songs feature - this time covering Scotland and Wales and Simmo takes the 5th MasterChamp challenge, testing his knowledge on James Bond films...how does he do? How would you do?
Join Gull, Simmo and Matt as they review the World Cup so far, review "The Roy of the Rovers World Cup Special", quiz Matt on his knowledge (can he beat Gull and Simmo?) discuss more England World Cup songs, Gull talks about the latest exciting news regarding new Doctor Who comics (and the World Cup link!) and sets a question for Striker fans!
The boys kick off their first World Cup special! Matt tells us about his visit to see Fantasy Football League recorded, there's a World Cup preview (well everyone else has done one!) Gull does a section on England World Cup songs (Pt 1), we test Gull's knowledge of 80s pop - there's a review of ROTR from 20th October 1979 - and Matt tells us when the term "Racey's Rocket" was first used......
Ignoring public opinion the boys are back! Refreshed from a summer hiatus the three amigos/stooges/fun boy three....Gull, Simmo and Matt are back talking rubbish, with a bit on comics, football and other stuff, including Matt's review of the Roy of The Rovers 1982 Summer Special, Gull talks about exciting film news regarding Secret Wars and Simmo eats his dinner. Then takes on the "World Cup Master Champ" challenge - can you beat him?! And news that we'll be moving to a weekly podcast during the World Cup...
He's back! Gull, Matt and Simmo are joined by the legendary Roy of the Rovers artist, David Sque as he talks (and he can talk!) about his career in comics, including, as well as Roy of the Rovers, his time illustrating Scorer. He talks about the latest ROTR book, "The £100 Million Game", how he works, some of the logistics involved in creating his art and we put your questions to him....and much much more over nearly 2 hours....enjoy!
Gull, Simmo and Matt are together again discussing some more comic "related" stuff, with Gull covering the Beano Comic Library, Matt gives some hints (with no spoilers) of the just out Roy of The Rovers £100 Million Game - and they also touch on the Women's Euros, the soon to happen demise of Neighbours, and Gull takes on the first (and possibly last...) Champ MasterMind Challenge on 80's music...
Gull, Simmo and Matt are back discussing more football comic stuff, with a liberal sprinkling of 70's nostalgia and randomness. Including a very special and rare listening of a lost football song from the mists of time...
Join Gull, Simmo and Matt as they review the new Rocky of the Rovers novel, Gull talks about the Subbuteo Facebook group he's a member of, including his recent success, and we take a look back to the Roy of the Rovers annual from 1990. Plus there's the usual selection of dodgy impersonations, dodgy wi-fi connections and general un-professionalism you've come to expect.
Gull is joined by guests Matthew and Jonathan for a deep dive into the long history of our favourite Doctor
Hear Gull recall his first hand memories of how Bryn, the famous Torquay United police dog, saved them from relegation out of the league in 1987, Matt does a couple of reviews from 1974 of the Roy of the Rovers annual, and an "On this day" from the pages of Scorcher and Score plus of course Simmo is the voice of (un?)reason...
In this episode, the legendary ROTR artist, David Sque joins the team to talk about his latest, exciting new projects, including work on ROTR. Matt reviews the 1974 ROTR Tiger/ROTR Annual, and it's Rab's 'farewell' episode. This weeks cover art is a drawing David did of Matt.
In Episode 30, Matt talks about the Roy of the Rovers Annual from 1978, the team give their predictions for the World Cup groups, and then review their teams performance in the season just finished.
After a break, we are back, with a ROTR Special. In this shorter episode, Matt joins us to discuss the 1958 ROTR Annual, Rab, Gull and Matt then talk about recent football news and the World Cup, with a short review of ROTR On this Day from 8th April 1985.
In this Episode Gull and Rab discuss the 45 years of 2000AD, recent comics news, ROTR On this Day from 1990, and also have some current football chat
Gull, Verso, and Rab discuss the classic 70s/80s UK magazine 'Look-In'. They then move on to cover the 'Fighting Fantasy' series of gamebooks. ROTR 'On This Day' comes from 1990.
With a new film of Grange Hill due out, the team discuss their memories of the famous show, with some reference to the 'comic' which played on the titles. Verso talks about 'The Tough Game' strip from Tiger, ROTR on this day is from 1983, and the team also discuss some TV and toy tie ins.
In this special New Year episode, Gull and Rab discuss Marvel UK's Secret Wars, ROTR 'on this day', and then look back at their own highlights and memories of the past year in podcasting, discussing the various guests who have appeared on the show.
In this Christmas Special, Verso takes us through some festive covers from Tiger and ROTR, Gull reviews the Football League Reviews, Rab's ROTR on this day is a Christmas Special. The team also chat Christmas past with music memories and more.
In this episode Gull and Rab discuss groundhopping, and their own tales of it. ROTR on this day goes back to December 7th 1985, with some well known ROTR players, and then we round off with a discussion of the recent Series 13 of Dr Who
In this weeks episode, Verso and Rab discuss Score N'Roar, ROTR on this day (from 1980), and then think back to their Christmas football 'wish list' and presents from back in the day, handheld games, kits, annuals, and more.
In this episode, Verso, Gull and Rab discuss their recent comic acquisitions, Verso's comic review choice of the week is Speed, while Gull talks about Marvel's Secret Wars, and the origins of the Spiderman 'black suit' Rab reviews an issue of ROTR from 'on this day' in 1989.
In this special episode Verso, Rab and Gull chat to legendary ROTR and Scorer artist David Sque about his career in the comics industry.
In this episode, Verso discusses memories of Scorcher, Gull goes Groundhopping at football comic venues. Rab chooses another ROTR issue from 'On This Day', and more.
Gull, Verso, and Rab discuss the latest Roy of the Rovers news, discuss their favourite ROTR stories, chat about Verso's collection, and look back to 'this day; for ROTR in 1984
In this episode, Gull and Rab discuss recent developments in British football comics, with reference to Striker and ROTR, current football season news and DJing.
In this special (11th Birthday) Episode, Gull, Ridders, Rab and Simmo chat about their favourite moments from the last 11 years of the Champ/We Are United Website, and also look back on the Podcast so far
In this episode 'Simmo Selects'..a new feature where Simmo discuses the character and goals of Jimmy Grant, well known British comics footballer. 'Ridders Reviews', an International issue of FPSM featuring Riverton and Italia 90, and the team chat about the Euros and the drama of this week.
In this episode Gull and Rab discuss the Roy of the Rovers Monthly comic, then turn their attention once again to the recent Play-Offs and Euros, before moving onto what they have recently picked up for their own collections.
In this special episode, Gull and Rab, talk to James Bacon of Journey Planet, about War comics. Covering classic titles like Battle, Commando, Victor, Warlord, and many more.
In this episode, Gull and Simmo discuss the recent Play-Offs, then move onto the Euros, and round off with a chat about Gary Lineker's Hot Shot comic from the late 1980s
In this episode, Rab chats to football journalist, Kevin McAllion of the Daily Record and Nutmeg, about his career in the industry. Kevin also talks about his memories of FPSM, Roy of the Rovers, Shoot, Match. There are then some predictions for the Euros.
In this episode, Ridders Reviews some classic characters from FPSM, including Kline and Powell, Jon Stark, and Jimmy Grant. Gull discusses the future programmes, and the team chat about football on film and TV-Gregory's Girl, Jossy's Giants, Dream Team, Escape to Victory, Fantasy Football League and many more.
In this Episode Ridders reviews more United stories from Football Picture Story Monthly, Gull goes Groundhopping, discussing the 92 club, and Rab and Ridders reminisce about classic football video games. Also a shout out with listeners memories of ROTR.
Gull, Rab and Ridders are joined by Matt of the 40 Years of Melchester Rovers Facebook group to chat about all things Roy of the Rovers-strips (inclkuding Hard Man, Tommy's Troubles, Goalkeeper, Might Mouse and more.
In this weeks episode, Ridders reviews another two issues of Football Picture Story Monthly, with a focus on Riverton United. Gull takes us through the Melchesterverse of links between different ROTR characters and stories, and the team then share their memories of Striker.
In this very special episode of Champ/We Are United, Gull and Rab chat to Pete Nash about his career in the comics industry, covering all things Striker from the early days, up to the present, as well as his work on Psycops.
In this episode Gull and Rab discuss their memories of the British comic Scream, with particular fondness for the Thirteenth Floor. They talk about their own comic collections, look back at Billy the Fish from Viz, and also chat about Football and Music.
In this special episode Rab, Gull, and Ridders talk to British comics legend, Barrie Tomlinson, former editor of Tiger, Roy of the Rovers, Scream, Eagle, Scorer, and others. Barrie chats about his 60 year career in the comics industry.
In this very special episode of Champ/We Are United, Gull and Rab chat to Pete Nash about his career in the comics industry, covering all things Striker from the early days, up to the present, as well as his work on Psycops.
In this weeks episode, Ridders reviews another two issues of Football Picture Story Monthly, with a focus on Riverton United. Gull takes us through the Melchesterverse of links between different ROTR characters and stories, and the team then share their memories of Striker.
In this episode Ridders reviews a Riverton story from Football Picture Story Monthly. Ridders, Rab and Gull then go on to discuss Roy of the Rovers, past and present, and consider the question: Why don't we have football comics in the same way now?
In this Episode, Ridders, Gull, and Rab discuss Issue 2 of Football Picture Story Monthly, then move onto talking about Roy of the Rovers, and finally conisder the question 'why don't we have football comics now'?
Rab and Gull introduce themselves and the website We Are United-talking about the story of Riverton United. Also chat about lesser remembered football comics, and general football chat
Rab, Simmo, Gull and Ridders discuss their love of the story 'We Are United' from Champ comic, with a focus on the appearance of We ARE United in Football Picture Story Monthly magazines.