REAL ROY OF THE ROVERS STUFF!: ROYS TRUE STORY PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Barrie Tomlinson | 192 pages | 01 Jan 2017 | Pitch Publishing Ltd | 9781785312120 | English | Hove, United Kingdom The Return Of Roy Of The Rovers, English Football's Greatest Hero Tom Tully was happy to involve Roy in harsher things, but there was no conscious decision. I felt we should reflect real life, and if you wanted to reflect real life, you had to take in hooliganism. So, we felt we should try to lead the way and talk to people about how they should behave, hopefully making a contribution. They were skilled, perceptive guys. And, bizarrely, some of the predictions made in the Seventies, Eighties and Nineties came true and even exceeded the fantastical imaginings of those scriptwriters. While Tomlinson was launching the Roy of the Rovers comic, elsewhere in Fleetway House trouble was brewing. Pat Mills, a freelance writer who had recently created the hard- hitting war comic Battle , had been charged with another new, gritty, modern adventure title. Look Out For Lefty featured a lot of on- and off-field fighting, dark plotting and pitch invasions made to look like fun "Hey up! In September , though, in an issue with a cover featuring the kids from Kids Rule OK attacking a terrified policeman, Ange lost it. As the rozzers waded in and a fight broke out on the terraces, a bleeding Jarvis is led away by St John Ambulance men, and Ange pleads innocent. The police arrest the wrong people, Lefty looks on thinking "Good old Ange! What japes! Under the headline "Comic Strip Hooligans", journalist Joe Steeples fumed at the comic "read by , children each week" and accused it "of pandering to violence". Alan Hardaker, the Football League secretary, was invited to condemn it and seized the chance with both hands. On the early evening current affairs show Nationwide , the avuncular presenter Frank Bough tore up the comic live on air. Tomlinson watched the Action story with intrigue. It was worth trying to make the stories gritty and to update them a bit, but it went too far too quickly. Afterwards I always made sure no bottles were featured in the crowd scenes in Roy of the Rovers! But then," he says, "I had a very different idea of how to keep Roy relevant. When the comic launched in , he asked IPC if they could advertise it. Told there was no budget, he began to think about how he could get Roy into the press. He began approaching public figures. Incredibly, he said yes. He thought it was a soap opera, which actually gave me an idea… I explained, and he agreed. Tomlinson then began writing letters to newspapers signing himself 'Roy Race', and the letters got published. After that it struck him that he might get even more space if he made the comic storylines newsworthy, and so he gave Roy a private life. All this was reported in the nationals, and when Penny left Roy in because he thought more of Melchester Rovers than her , it was such a big story that Tomlinson spent 12 hours being interviewed for TV and radio. All this made it easier to involve celebrities. In other storylines, Roy took trips to royal weddings, played during an earthquake and starred in a whodunnit mystery, when he was mysteriously shot. The readers stuck with him through the adventures because he was their best friend, their favourite footballer, and the one they could be close to. But they would have liked to be. With Roy they got to share his adventure. There was no disputing the success of his methods: at its Eighties peak, Roy of the Rovers was shifting , copies a week. What was it about those footballers that made them so popular, while British superheroes never really, um, took off? Maybe those of us who love British comics are less into all-powerful figures than fallible heroes making the best of cock-ups and idiots in a world we recognise. And just as there are lots of variants on the superhero so their fans can find the one that speaks to them, so each position and each type of player could speak to individual readers. The never-say-die keeper. Interview: Brendan McCarthy video -- 2 hours. Interview: Steven Appleby. Interview: Steve MacManus podcast Fanscene 5 is now available to download for free. The Thriller Libraries. War Picture Library Vol. Hit the Dirt! Six of the Best from Battle Picture Library. No Surrender! Six of the Best from War Picture Library. More recommended recent releases Darkie's Mob. Dan Dare Trip to Trouble. Johnny Red. Grandville Mon Amour. Rogue Raiders. Captain Britain: End Game. Hot-Shot Hamish Annual. 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What is interesting to consider is that during the time of the comics popularity, was that many high-profile sports stars and entertainers were happy to be associated with the character. It is inconceivable today that any publication would have the same unfettered access that Tomlinson was able to create. However, there is also a sense of frustration and nostalgia that is evident when Tomlinson talks of the period when he was no longer responsible for the character. This break is dealt with all too briefly under the heading, All Change at Roy of the Rovers! Indeed, to give only a page and a half to the change in direction is something that could leave potential readers of the book frustrated. Bear Alley: Real Roy of the Rovers Stuff Please try again. Real Roy of the Rovers Stuff! About this product. Stock photo. Brand new: Lowest price The lowest-priced, brand-new, unused, unopened, undamaged item in its original packaging where packaging is applicable.