Matt Richards

The British Football Comic Podcast

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Join Matt, Gull, Paul, Neil and Ian as they take you back to the classic British football comics, from the 50's to the present time with stories such as of course "Roy of the Rovers", "We Are United" from the pages of "Champ", the "Football Picture Story Monthly" series and stories from "Tiger", "Scorcher", "Victor" such as "Billy's Boots" , "Hot-Shot Hamish" and "Bobby of the Blues" and more recently the on-going "Striker"....including many exclusive interviews with the former editors and creators!

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Matt Richards

Episodes

Champ/We Are United Episode 10: FPSM and Football on Film and TV. 19.05.2021 1:11:49

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.

Champ/We Are United Episode 9:Champ/We Are United: Episode 9: FPSM, Groundhopping+Video Games 12.05.2021 1:04:29

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.

Champ/We Are United Episode 8: Melchester Special - interview with Matt Richards 04.05.2021 55:33

Gull, Rab and Ridders are joined by Matt Richards, member of the "Roy of The Rovers comic 40 years on" Facebook group to chat about all things Roy of the Rovers-strips (including Hard Man, Tommy's Troubles, Goalkeeper, Might Mouse and more).

Champ/We Are United Episode 7: Scream, Billy the Fish, Football Music 28.04.2021 52:53

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.

Champ/We Are United Episode 6: Barrie Tomlinson 20.04.2021 46:21

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.

Champ/We Are United Episode 5: Striker Special with Pete Nash 14.04.2021 1:07:38

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.

Champ/We Are United Episode 4:FPSM and Striker 07.04.2021 53:34

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.

Champ/We Are United Episode 3: Melchester Memories 02.04.2021 1:00:12

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?

Champ/We Are United Episode 2: Football Picture Story Monthly 18.03.2021 57:17

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.

Champ/We Are United Episode 1 12.03.2021 30:15

WARNING: [It was the early days of the show....we were all finding our feet....but stick with it we gradually get slightly more professional. .slightly] This is the first ever episode of this exclusive football comic podcast...in it Gull and Rab take us back to the heyday of the football comic, with a focus on the story 'We are United' from the magazine 'Champ'. Other favourites, i...