"Champ/We Are United" - British football comics
Episodes
WILL "UNITED" GO UP? | Ep 121
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's week 13 of the "We Are United" story in the pages of "Champ" comic and we've followed all their ups and downs. It'...
A Christmas Special with Barrie Tomlinson! | Champ/We Are United Ep 120
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He's back! Legendary IPC Comic Group Editor and of course editor of "Tiger" and editor and creator of the "Roy of The Rovers" ...
The 1988 Roy of The Rovers "Winter Special" | Champ/We Are United Ep 119
23 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Snow is falling, all around me, children playing having fun"...yes in the immortal words of Shakey we're moving into the Christmas season so what bet...
A Pete Nash "Striker" special! | Champ/We Are United Ep 118
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Creator of "Striker" and of course friend of the show, Pete Nash is back! He is here talking about his incredible new venture, utilising AI to produce...
The Roy of The Rovers comic - season 1979/80 & the "We Are United" story wk 11 | Champ/We Are United Ep 117
25 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yes it's season four of our Time Traveller Ian Golden's reviews of the Roy of The Rovers comic...1979/1980....what memories will this bring ba...
"Billy's Boots" - the stats! | Champ/We Are United Ep 116
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How many goals did Billy Dane score? How many teams did he play for? And more importantly......how many times did he actually lose those bloomin' boot...
The David Hunt Special! | Champ/We Are United Ep 115
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Hunt worked on Tiger in the early 60's then edited the very first football-only comic the famous "Scorcher", which of course brought us the famo...
The Roy of the Rovers comic - season 1978/79 & the 1991 Victor Summer Special | Champ/We Are United Ep 114
14 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
More UK football comic nostalgia from men who have nothing better to do. Ian "Golden Boy" Golden takes us through season 3 of the Roy of the Rovers co...
The Roy of The Rovers comic season 1977/78 & the 1980 Tiger Holiday Special | Champ/We Are United Ep 113
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
More football comic book fun! Ian Golden is back to take us through the 1977/78 season of the "Roy of The Rovers" comic...and Bygone covers the 1980 T...
The Roy of The Rovers comic - season 1976-77 | Champ/We Are United Ep 112
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join the gang as we are joined by regular contributor, Ian Golden, who has started to read from cover to cover all the "Roy of The Rovers" editions fr...
Barrie Tomlinson is back! talking about Holiday Specials! | Champ/We Are United Ep 111
27 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
School's out for Summer! Yes it's school holiday time and what was better than picking up a special issue of your favourite comic to take away with yo...
Billy Dane first plays cricket & the "We Are United" story wk 8 | Champ/We Are United Ep 110
12 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When did Billy Dane first swap his Dead-Shot Keen football boots for Dead-Shot Keen's cricket boots??.... what is happening in the "We Are United" sto...
A DC Thomson special with editors Bill Graham and Martin Lindsay! | Champ/We Are United Ep 109
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Wow this is a VERY special episode. Today we met and chatted with two of the creators of the "We Are United" story in Champ...who also just happened t...
The 1981 Roy of The Rovers Summer Special | Champ/We Are United Ep 108
08 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join the "boys" for some more nostalgic football comic fun....Tangent, Bygone and Mute-Button recall and review the 1981 "Roy of The Rovers" Summer Sp...
The Safest Hands In Soccer & Football in Doctor Who comics | Champ/We Are United Ep 107
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A show with a difference this week! friend of the show Ian Golden is back to talk us through the times that football storylines appeared in Doctor Who...
Football Family Robinson, Hot-Shot Hamish & the "We Are United" story wk 7 | Champ/We Are United Ep 106
11 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Tangent, Bygone and Mute as they cover more 70's and 80's football comic stories....Tangent updates us on the "We Are United" story in "Champ", B...
Billy's Boots, the "We Are United" story wk 6 & Rocky Goes for Goal | Champ/We Are United Ep 105
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Gull, Tangent, Bygone and Mute as they go back to the golden days of football comics...Tangent takes us through week 6 of "We Are United" from th...
A Mervyn Wallace special! | Champ/We Are United Ep 104
06 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join the Tangential One, Mute-Button, Gull (and Dot) as they recall the comic life of Melchester Rovers star Mervyn Wallace....how did he join Rovers?...
A "We Are United" timeline | Champ/We Are United Ep 103
23 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A special show today, with a special guest! We are joined by show listener, friend of the show, Ian Golden! He has created a timeline for the "United"...
Roy Race shot! Pt 2 & Billy's Boots | Champ/We Are United Ep 102
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Race has been shot! but who dunnit!? Arnie Meckiff? Arthur Logan? Elton Blake? Vic Guthrie or is it Trevor Brinsden....join Tangent Paul, Mute-But...
Roy Race Shot! Pt 1 & the "We Are United" story wk 5 | Champ/We Are United Ep 101
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
They're back! still recovering from the after show party from the 100th show, Gull, Matt, Simmo and Neil take the show into it's second 100 shows! Thi...
A celebration of the "Number 1 football comic podcast!" | Champ/We Are United Ep 100
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
100?!!.....yes 100....join Mute-button Matt, Gull, Tangent Paul, Bygone Berrigan, Simmo and Ridders (yes he's back!) as we celebrate reaching our 100t...
The Iron Man (Kline and Powell), Sammy Spangler, & the "We Are United" story wk 4 | Champ/We Are United Ep 99
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 99!!! join Gull, Simmo, Bygone, Mute and the Tangential One as they cover "The Iron Man" FPSM, continuing the adventures of Kline and Powell, ...
Jack & Jimmy, "Divided City" & the "We Are United" story wk 3 | Champ/We Are United Ep 98
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
98!! Yes those football comic guys are back, for another 2 hours of chatting about stuff which was published over 50 years ago, this is where you come...
Melchester Rovers; the 1985 Cup Winners Cup final | Champ/We Are United Ep 97
05 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join the podcast gang as Tangent Paul finishes his review of the 1984/85 Melchester season as Rovers play in the Cup Winners Cup final, and listen out...
The "We Are United" story - the beginning! plus Melchester Rovers 1984/85 CWC action | Champ/We Are United Ep 96
26 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join the team for another journey back to football comic world...Tangent does part 3 of Rovers 84/85 Cup Winners Cup campaign, Bygone talks to us abou...
A Christmas Special with Barrie Tomlinson | Champ/We Are United Ep 95
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join the team and legendary comic editor Barrie Tomlinson ( or is it Santa?) as they look back at the famous Christmas editions of "Tiger" and "Roy of...
Melchester's 1984/85 Cup Winners Cup run Pt 2 | Champ/We Are United Ep 94
01 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
More classic British football comic fun! Tangent Paul does part two of Melchester Rovers legendary 1984/85 season...Bygone Berrigan tells us about the...
Melchester's 1984/85 Cup Winners Cup run Pt 1 | Champ/We Are United Ep 93
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Paul, Neil and Matt on the "Number one football comic podcast"....this week we begin charting Melchester Rovers 1984/85 Cup Winners Cup campaign,...
Tommy's Troubles - the creation of Barnes United | Champ/We Are United Ep 92
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Gull, Tangent Paul and Mute Button Matt as they do another "Collector's Corner" covering some strange missing copies of Tiger...and then they rec...
From the Unofficial Greek Roy of The Rovers fan club - we meet Stratos and Nikos | Champ/We Are United Ep 91
27 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode Matt, Paul and Neil meet Stratos and Nikos from the excellent Greek Unofficial Roy of The Rovers fan club, we talk about how t...
Mal Dickenson, the 1983 "Roy of The Rovers" competition winner! | Champ/We Are United Ep 90
20 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's February 1983.....Margaret Thatcher is Prime Minister.....Kajagoogoo are number one with "Too Shy"...Liverpool are on their way to another league...
Gordon Stewart meets Roy Race & Kevin Nicklish signs for "United" | Champ/We Are United Ep 89
06 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Gull, Matt, Paul and Neil as they travel once more back to the past world of UK football comics! Bygone Berrigan recalls the tale of when a very ...
The GroundHopping and Parkrun challenge! | Champ/We Are United Ep 88
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A very different episode! Brett and Karsh talk about one of Brett's "other" hobbies, his creation....The Parkrun 92 Club Challenge! tune in to find ou...
The 1985 Roy of The Rovers annual Mike's Mini-Men & Ghost Striker | Champ/We Are United Ep 87
22 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Bygone Berrigan, Gull and Mute Button Matt as they recall a couple of stories from the 1985 Roy of The Rovers annual and the FPSM story "Ghost St...
A Tiger 70th Anniversary show with Barrie Tomlinson & David Sque | Champ/We Are United Ep 86
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Matt, Paul and Neil to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the very first "Tiger" comic, the first time the world ever saw Roy Race, and to do so...
A Tiger 70th Anniversary show, the 1954 show, with Barrie Tomlinson | Champ/We Are United Ep 85
07 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Roy Races early years & Striker volume 26 pt 2 | Champ/We Are United Ep 84
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 f...
The Footballer Who Wouldn't Stay Dead & Striker volume 26 (pt 1) | Champ/We Are United Ep 83
11 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 Wh...
A Vernon Eliot special | Champ/We Are United Ep 82
21 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 a...
Nipper, Bobby of The Blues & Rags to Riches| Champ/We Are United Ep 81
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 re...
Scorcher Annual 1977 (Pt 1), Playmaker & Striker from Hot-Shot | Champ/We Are United Ep 80
23 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Another football comic extravaganza! Join Tangent Paul, Simmo, Gull and Matt as we start going through the 1977 "Scorcher" annual, replaying Billy's B...
When Roy Race played for England & The Brothers FPSM 36 | Champ/We Are United Ep 79
09 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 Footb...
The life story of "Nipper", Highland Fling & Secret Wars | Champ/We Are United Ep 78
02 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 Scorche...
The 1989 Football Picture Story Special & "Rocky's Big Move" | Champ/We Are United Ep 77
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 R...
Roy Race goes in goal & The Goals of Jimmy Grant | Champ/We Are United Ep 76
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 wh...
An audience with Paul Trevillion! | Champ/We Are United Ep 75
14 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Pete Nash, creator of "Striker" special | Champ/We Are United Ep 74
07 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Champ/We Are United Episode 73: Australian UK football comic fan - Lee Coulson!
31 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
G'day! fair dinkum! bonzer! ...(er that's enough - Ed) in this special "Down Under" episode (I told you - Ed) we meet longtime fan o...
Champ/We Are United Episode 72: Interview with football comic fan - Neil Berrigan
17 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's always interesting hearing other football comic fans thoughts and memories of their favourite stories, storylines, characters etc...and on th...
Champ/We Are United Episode 71: "The Hardman" "Roy Race goes in goal" & "The Challenge pt 3""
03 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Interview with Giles Coren | Champ/We Are United Ep 70
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 h...
Champ/We Are United Episode 69: "Johnny Cougar" "The Hardman" & "The Challenge" FPSM 10
18 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 U...
Barrie Tomlinson and David Sque - reunited! | Champ/We Are United Ep 68
04 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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" ...
Champ/We Are United Episode 67: "Duncan McKay" "The Challenge" & "The Hard Man"
21 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The comic guys are back - in this show we remember Melchester Rovers Duncan Mckay, Ridders starts a review of "The Challenge" Football Pictu...
Champ/We Are United Episode 66: Barrie Tomlinson interview special!
07 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this very special show we interview comic legend Barrie Tomlinson! former editor of "Tiger" and former group editor for Sports and Advent...
Champ/We Are United Episode 65: "Roy of The Rovers 1982 Christmas issue" "The Hard Man" "United"
10 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 p...
Champ/We Are United Episode 64: "Iron Barr" "The Hard Man" & "United"
26 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for another journey back into the world of football comics! Gull introduces us to Charlie "Iron" Barr in the first issue of "Sp...
Champ/We Are United Episode 63: "United" play in Europe, "Skid Solo" and "Hurry of the Hammers"
12 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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'...
Champ/We Are United Episode 62: "The Marks Brothers Pt 3", "The Nearly Man" & "Rocky Takes L.A."
29 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 &qu...
Champ/We Are United Episode 61: "Tubby Morton & The Marks Brothers Pt 2"
08 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 Melcheste...
Champ/We Are United Episode 60: "The Marks Brothers" & "Kline and Powell"
01 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Matt, Ridders and Paul as they once again take us back to the golden days of UK football comics...Ridders reviews "The Winners" Footbal...
Champ/We Are United Episode 59: "When Johnny met Viktor"
17 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 D...
Champ/We Are United Episode 58: "The Goalmaker" Football Picture Story Monthly no.76
03 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Gull, Paul, Simmo, Ridders and Matt as they talk football comics! (and other stuff...) Ridders reviews "The Goalmaker" Football Picture...
Champ/We Are United Episode 57: The Return of Sque!
20 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
"Mighty Mouse - the beginning" "The Dream" FPSM 417 | Champ/We Are United Ep 56
06 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
The 1982 "Scoop" annual & "On The Cheap" FPSM | Champ/We Are United Ep 55
16 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the latest episode of the podcast where Ridders, Simmo and Matt chat away about comic football related comic stuff, again. Ridders reviews ...
A "United" special! | Champ/We Are United Ep 54
25 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
A Melchester Rovers Special! | Champ/We Are United Ep 53
11 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Champ/We Are United Episode 52: Meeting football comic fan - Paul Richardson!
28 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Champ/We Are United Episode 51: FPSM "Fallen Heroes", Roy of the Rovers 1976/77 season.
14 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hello there listeners, another football fun packed episode! - Ridders reviews another FPSM title "Fallen Heroes", Matt takes us back to the ...
Champ/We Are United Episode 50: Roy of the Rovers Retcon, "Superstar" FPSM
16 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
Champ/We Are United Episode 49: Roy of The Rovers annual 2000 pt.2
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 Ro...
Champ/We Are United Episode 48: The 2000 Roy of The Rovers annual
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ann...
Champ/We Are United Episode 47: Melchester win the League Cup! & "The Rivals"
26 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Well hello! welcome to the latest episode! This week Gull reviews the Football Picture Story Monthly - edition 43 "The Rivals" which covers Alex Jones...
Champ/We Are United Episode 46: featuring the 1967 Roy of The Rovers Annual
19 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 knowled...
Champ/We Are United Episode 45: a Pete Nash/"Striker" special!
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 questio...
Champ/We Are United Episode 44: A "Roy of the Rovers"/"We Are United" comparison.
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 rea...
Champ/We Are United Episode 43: Melchester's greatest goalkeeper & World Cup special no.5
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
World Cup special number 5! Simmo, Matt and Gull discuss England's exit, answer last weeks question, Gull covers who is Melchester Rovers greatest goa...
Champ/We Are United Episode 42: World Cup special No.4!
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 W...
Champ/We Are United Episode 41: Roy Race manages England! World Cup special No.3
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Champ/We Are United Episode 40: "The Roy of the Rovers World Cup Special"
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 be...
Champ/We Are United Episode 39: World Cup special No.1!
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 (w...
Champ/We Are United Episode 38: The 1982 Roy of the Rovers Summer special
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 talk...
Champ/We Are United: Episode 37: the 3rd David Sque Special!
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 co...
Champ/We Are United Episode 36: Beano Comic Library, Roy of The Rovers "The £100 Million Game"
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gull, Simmo and Matt are together again discussing some more comic "related" stuff, with Gull covering the Beano Comic Library, Matt gives some hints ...
Champ/We Are United Episode 35: Iron Barr and his giant thumb
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gull, Simmo and Matt are back discussing more football comic stuff, with a liberal sprinkling of 70's nostalgia and randomness. Including a very speci...
Champ/We Are United Episode 34: Rocky of the Rovers: Game Changer....and other stuff
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 h...
Champ/We Are United Episode 33: "Bring Me Knitting" Doctor Who: An Eighth Doctor Special
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gull is joined by guests Matthew and Jonathan for a deep dive into the long history of our favourite Doctor
Champ/We Are United Episode 32: Bryn the Torquay United police dog, ROTR & Scorcher 1974....
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Champ/We Are United Episode 31: David Sque Special
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 re...
The 1978 Roy of the Rovers annual | Champ/We Are United Ep 30
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 thei...
The 1958 Roy of the Rovers annual | Champ/We Are United Ep: 29
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Champ/We Are United Episode 28: 2000AD, Comic News, and Football Chat
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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
Champ/We Are United Episode 27: Look-In and Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 'O...
Champ/We Are United: Episode 26: Grange Hill and The Tough Game
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 tit...
Champ/We Are United:Episode 25: Secret Wars,ROTR and New Year Special
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 mem...
Champ/We Are United:Episode 24: Christmas and Football League Review
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 thi...
Champ/We Are United Episode 23: Groundhopping and...Dr Who
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 R...
Champ/We Are United: Episode 22 Score N' Roar and Christmas Past
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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' a...