Roy Race

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Roy Race
Personal information
Full name Roy Race
Date of birth Unknown
Place of birth    Melchester, England
Height 6ft 2in
Playing position Manager
Club information
Current club Melchester Rovers
Youth clubs
1954 Melchester Rovers
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1955-1983
1983
1983-1993		 Melchester Rovers
Walford Rovers
Melchester Rovers		  ?(?)
?(?)
?(436)   
National team
1963-1987 England  ?(?)
Teams managed
1975-1983
1978
1983
1983-1993
1992-Present
1994-1996
1996-Present		 Melchester Rovers
England (Caretaker)
Walford Rovers
Melchester Rovers
England 'B'
AC Monza
Melchester Rovers

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Roy Race is a fictional character from the British comic strip Roy of the Rovers. He played for and managed team Melchester Rovers in the First Division and the Premier League.

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[edit] Personal life

Roy has three children, twins Roy "Rocky" and Melinda "Mel" (born 1978) and Diana (born 1982). He was married to Penny, but she was killed in a car crash in 1995.

In his spare time Roy enjoys fishing.

[edit] Rocky

Roy "Rocky" Chester Race was born on 15th May 1977. He played for Mel Lane football team until he was eleven, before playing for Melchester, his dad's team, as an emergency replacement. He moved up to the first team in 1993.

[edit] Honours

Note that all records are fictional, and only date as far as 2000, the last completed season of the comic strip.

[edit] Domestic

[edit] League

[edit] Cups

[edit] European

[edit] International

These are honours won by Roy Race in his career as a player and a manager.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Up until 1992, the top division of English football was the Football League First Division; since then, it has been the Premier League.
  2. ^ The Second Division became the First Division upon the formation of the Premier League, and is now known as the Football League Championship.