"Champ/We Are United" - UK football comics

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"Champ/We Are United" - UK football comics

Join Gull, Matt, Ridders, "Tangent" Paul, Simmo and Neil as they discuss classic UK football comics and stories from the past such as "Roy of the Rovers", "We Are United" from "Champ", the classic Football Picture Story Monthlies, Tiger, Scorcher, Victor, Striker and much much more. There are exclusive interviews and we'll also dive into other comic genres whenever we feel like it :)

  1. Champ/We Are United Episode 92: "Tommy's Troubles" - the creation of Barnes United!

    6 DAYS AGO

    Champ/We Are United Episode 92: "Tommy's Troubles" - the creation of Barnes United!

    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 recall the famous story from Roy of The Rovers, "Tommy's Troubles" and how Tommy Barnes and his mates first formed Barnes United. Enjoy!

    1h 39m
  2. Champ/We Are United Episode 91: From the "Unofficial Greek Roy of The Rovers fan club" - we meet Stratos and Nikos!

    27 OCT

    Champ/We Are United Episode 91: From the "Unofficial Greek Roy of The Rovers fan club" - we meet Stratos and Nikos!

    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 the story reached Greece, when and in what format, how did they first start reading it themselves, we ask about the fan club and also recap some Greek related storylines over the years.

    1h 39m
  3. Champ/We Are United Episode 90: We meet the 1983 "Roy of The Rovers" competition winner Mal Dickenson!

    20 OCT

    Champ/We Are United Episode 90: We meet the 1983 "Roy of The Rovers" competition winner Mal Dickenson!

    It's February 1983.....Margaret Thatcher is Prime Minister.....Kajagoogoo are number one with "Too Shy"...Liverpool are on their way to another league championship...in Sedgefield a young Tony Blair is attempting to become an MP......and a young Malcolm Dickenson decides to enter a competition in "Roy of The Rovers" to win a 2 week holiday in Disneyworld Florida....listen to what happens next!

    1h 39m
  4. Champ/We Are United Episode 89: "Gordon Stewart meets Roy Race", "Kevin Nicklish signs for United"

    6 OCT

    Champ/We Are United Episode 89: "Gordon Stewart meets Roy Race", "Kevin Nicklish signs for United"

    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 young Gordon Stewart met Roy Race...Tangent Paul talks us through the famous signing of superstar striker Kevin Nicklish for United, "Gull has issues" covers Hot-Shot, and Matt tells us about a couple more times Roy Race went in goal...all this and more!

    1h 43m
  5. Champ/We Are United Episode: 88 The GroundHopping and Parkrun challenge!!

    25 SEPT

    Champ/We Are United Episode: 88 The GroundHopping and Parkrun challenge!!

    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 out more!

    1h 6m
  6. Champ/We Are United Episode 87: The 1985 Roy of The Rovers annual "Mike's Mini-Men" and "Ghost Striker" FPSM

    22 SEPT

    Champ/We Are United Episode 87: The 1985 Roy of The Rovers annual "Mike's Mini-Men" and "Ghost Striker" FPSM

    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 Striker"...plus Gull has a new feature, this time on Scream! Enjoy!

    1h 51m
  7. Champ/We Are United Episode 86: A “Tiger” 70th Anniversary show: with Barrie Tomlinson and David Sque!

    11 SEPT

    Champ/We Are United Episode 86: A “Tiger” 70th Anniversary show: with Barrie Tomlinson and David Sque!

    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 we talk to comic legends Barrie Tomlinson and David Sque about how previous anniversaries were marked and commemorated within the pages of "Tiger" and "Roy of The Rovers".

    1h 44m
  8. Champ/We Are United Episode 85: A special Tiger 70th Anniversary show with Barrie Tomlinson! "The 1954 show"

    7 SEPT

    Champ/We Are United Episode 85: A special Tiger 70th Anniversary show with Barrie Tomlinson! "The 1954 show"

    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

    1h 21m
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Join Gull, Matt, Ridders, "Tangent" Paul, Simmo and Neil as they discuss classic UK football comics and stories from the past such as "Roy of the Rovers", "We Are United" from "Champ", the classic Football Picture Story Monthlies, Tiger, Scorcher, Victor, Striker and much much more. There are exclusive interviews and we'll also dive into other comic genres whenever we feel like it :)

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