Talk:Melchester Rovers

Bulking out the article

Bit by bit, I'm going to build up a history of the club as told by the various Roy of the Rovers comic strips. I plan to divide the history section into "Early Years" (including the pre-war years and the first years of the strip), "1960s", "1970s", "1980s", "1990s" and "2000s". If anyone would like to contribute to this, then please feel free. I'm currently writing a section on the club's various kits and colours, so there's no need to do that; but there'll also be sections on notable players, notable managers, honours won (with a note that they're all fictional!) and so on, so any contributions are welcome as it will take a while to get it all up and ready.

Since the article should really, as a whole, be about the "original" Melchester, I would suggest moving mention of the real clubs that have taken the name to a separate section at the end of the article. Seb Patrick 08:27, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

That sounds brilliant Seb, I'll see if I can chip in anywhere, altho my ROTR comics all went for a burton in a house move years back, so I only have "the book"..... ChrisTheDude 08:45, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Well, "the book" is probably all that's needed, to be honest. It's pretty much all I've currently got access to, aside from a handful of annuals... Seb Patrick 08:57, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks to Braxiatel for the work on the '80s and '90s sections! Seb Patrick 13:04, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

What was the name of the guy who took over as manager for a few months in 1993? Ralph....someone..... ChrisTheDude 11:20, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

I can't remember... I wanted to add him in, but I don't have the book to hand and he's not mentioned on the website. I'll check and add it tonight. Seb Patrick 11:55, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Found it! Ralph "Flash" Gordon.... ChrisTheDude 12:24, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi, great stuff here. Just amended the 80s section to correct the common misconception that it was an earthquake. They definitely revealed later that it was subsidence. Also, the 1974 League Cup win got lost in the honours section, and how could you forget former stars Tubby and Jumbo? --Gusssss (talk) 11:14, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

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Monthlies

A clear distinction should be made between the original weeklies and the new monthlies. Any objections? Otherwise I'll just do it. Storky Knight talk 10:15 9 June 2013 (UTC)

History

Using my own research I can add comprehensive season by season guides like in the real world. I'm not sure if this meets the Wiki standards of relevance to the real world or readership. I don't want to do it just to have it removed. Please advise me! Storky Knight talk 10:15 9 June 2013 (UTC)

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