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Here we go here we go here we go here we go this is it

This is top flight time machine. I am Andy hot-bodied or son power power. I'm Sam Nicky

Delaney so what? Welcome along to the Melchust Odyssey once again and I have on my left hand the 5th of May

1984 issue of Roy of the Rovers which is our third attempt at doing something with this one which is astonishing really when you look at it because it's got a massive helicopter on the front.

Yeah, I'm amazed that we got sidetracked twice when we've got such delicious source material in front of us to dive into.

But there you go. I would just have a rake cap across the top of the cover it says free

Panini goal game cards and football badges and we dive into what the

Panini goal game cards were there were the scratch cards which look like loads of fun.

I vaguely remember playing them as a kid but nobody has you know retained the goal game card that originally own this issue.

It is funny, Andy, how many games there were back then to try and recreate the thrill of football.

Like it seems strange, doesn't it?

But because you've got football and you love football so much

that outside of watching games, there was, you know, whether it was Sabutio or blow football or

that one where you pushed their heads down I can't remember what that was called was that called

cut final or went playing or something.

All these different games and then there was dice football, which I was a fan of.

You could get the actual dice that said different things on them like pass to your teammate or throw in or tackle.

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