Today, October 25th, is the fifteenth anniversary of the second and most famous of the three appearances of Brian Potter's senior football career, and this site has very kindly indulged me by allowing me to write a tribute to the great man. You've almost certainly never heard of him, and mention of his name usually makes people think of Peter Kay, but no, it's not that one.

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Will the return of Spandau Ballet inspire a Melchester revival?How do you write a biography of a comic strip character? It's not an everyday question but it is certainly one worth considering before you sit down to write a biography of a comic strip character.From the start it seems a quandary that Mick Collins has been unable to solve in Roy of the Rovers: The Unauthorised Biography. Click to continue reading...

Today's Guardian offered a rare treat: A full copy of the much missed football weekly Roy of the Rovers. I felt quite nostalgic going to the newsagent to buy it. Although, being frightfully middle class, my comics were delivered so I never actually had to go to the shop for real when I was younger.This was not, you understand, a new copy (that would be less fun, what with Roy's leg amputation and Click to continue reading...

Will the return of Spandau Ballet inspire a Melchester revival?How do you write a biography of a comic strip character? It's not an everyday question but it is certainly one worth considering before you sit down to write a biography of a comic strip character.From the start it seems a quandary that Mick Collins has been unable to solve in Roy of the Rovers: The Unauthorised Biography. Click to continue reading...

As with so many of his compatriots, Rafa Benitez likes nothing more than unwinding over a game of 'mus', a traditional Spanish card game devised in the Basque country, which pits teams of two in a battle of tactics, concentration and collaboration. To the uninformed, mus sounds similar to the sedate, cerebral game of 'bridge'. Click to continue reading...