Melchester

It must not be forgotten that Salisbury is the "Melchester" of the Wessex Novels and that Trollope made the city the original of "Barchester."

Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Edric Holmes

Teenage kicksAmong the youngsters hoping to step up from the Elite Development Squad gah: Ivorian Abdul Razak, Swiss defender Freddie Veseli, Israeli Gai Assulin, plus Harry Bunn: a City academy boy since the age of nine, a prolific striker and a lad with a proper Melchester Rovers name.

Manchester City Premier League 2011-12 team guide 2011

Thanks to Roy Race's remarkable form for the team in the 1960s and 70s, Melchester's haul of baubles is even more impressive than that reported by our good friend Wikipedia.

The Knowledge | Who are the most successful fictional team ever? 2012

Wikipedia says Melchester Rovers have won 35 major trophies.

What are the strangest on-pitch protests? | The Knowledge 2012

Wikipedia says Melchester Rovers have won 35 major trophies.

The Knowledge | Who are the most successful fictional team ever? 2012

But even if football's not your cup of tea, there is a happy event two, in fact for Roy and Penny Race off the pitch and you won't miss a thing even if the rules are a mystery thanks to the Greek chorus of Melchester fans who keep up a running commentary each game: Roy's linking with Peak and Gray—their three most experience players!

Archive 2009-06-01 Steve 2009

After a brief soujourn to America, where Roy ends up beating the Yanks at their own version of football, the 1977/78 season began with Roy facing the grim problem of hooliganism in the ranks of Melchester supporters which he tries to deal with in a variety of ways which presumably match Tom Tully's notions of making football more of a family game and the fans more inclusive.

The Best of Roy of the Rovers: The 1970s Steve 2009

After a brief soujourn to America, where Roy ends up beating the Yanks at their own version of football, the 1977/78 season began with Roy facing the grim problem of hooliganism in the ranks of Melchester supporters which he tries to deal with in a variety of ways which presumably match Tom Tully's notions of making football more of a family game and the fans more inclusive.

Archive 2009-06-01 Steve 2009

But even if football's not your cup of tea, there is a happy event two, in fact for Roy and Penny Race off the pitch and you won't miss a thing even if the rules are a mystery thanks to the Greek chorus of Melchester fans who keep up a running commentary each game: Roy's linking with Peak and Gray—their three most experience players!

The Best of Roy of the Rovers: The 1970s Steve 2009

On setting foot in that city he took the cathedral spire as his guide, the place being strange to him; and went on till he reached the archway dividing Melchester sacred from Melchester secular.

Two on a Tower 2006