The British Football Comic Podcast

Join us and legendary comic book writer, creator and editor, Barrie Tomlinson as we go back to 1954, find out what he was doing, what music, TV, film and other comics were popular, then we page by page go through the first ever Tiger comic, then finally pay homage to the people who created this iconic comic and created Roy Race and Roy of The Rovers

Join Bygone Berrigan, Tangent Richardson and Mute Button Matt as they delve again into the world of football comics! Bygone takes us through a story from the 1985 Victor annual, Matt goes over the conflicting stories of Roy Race’s schooldays, and finally Tangent takes us through the final ever “Striker” volume 26!

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/@Champw...

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 1. FPSM from 17 mins 2. Euro pre-view from 41 mins 3. 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 "...

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 useles...

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 me...

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...

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...

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...

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 Jo...

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 - c...

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&...