Quote Originally Posted by Psychotic
The main Roy story in my annual was where the Rovers faced a nasty Italian team, in one of those new-fangled European thingamajiggies, who wore the same kit as the national side. After the Rovers go ahead, the Italians target their goalkeeper with dirty tricks, until he is forced to go off injured, and Roy dons the green jersey. In the last minute, the Italians get a penalty, and their star striker steps up to take it. Roy eyeballs him, and in a way that oddly foreshadows Roberto Baggio in the '94 World Cup final (He even has a ponytail, I think), the guy skies it, and then weeps.
Those pesky foreigners! I remember a story from a more recent annual where the Rovers went into a penalty shoot-out with a French goalkeeper who could hypnotise his opponents. Of course, it was all dirty cheating mindgames, and Roy proved it by overcoming intimidation and scoring the winning penalty with good old-fashioned British grit!

P.S. This is totally my sig/avatar after the elections.