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When the comic was first introduced, the club played in plain red shirts with yellow sleeves, and navy blue shorts.

This strip persisted for many years, until a dramatic new look was introduced in 1973.

This involved an all-red strip, with a yellow vertical stripe running down one side of the shirt, one on the other side of the shorts, and a yellow " T "- shape on the socks.

In addition, the shirts uniquely featured the players ' numbers on one sleeve.

This kit was worn until 1981, when Rovers were relegated to the Second Division, and switched back to a more conventional, symmetrical design.

This shirt featured yellow bands across the chest, waist and sleeves, and would remain until 1986, when following the drastic rebuilding of the team a fresh new kit was introduced, this time all-red with a narrow yellow stripe running down each side.

Then in 1991, a competition was held for Roy of the Rovers readers to design a new kit for the team.

The winning entry was a simple and classic combination of yellow and red stripes with red shorts.

Variations on this kit ( sometimes using more yellow than red ) would continue to be used until the end of the weekly comic, and for the duration of the subsequent monthly one.

However, when ROTR strips returned in Match of the Day Magazine in 1997, a new kit had been introduced.

Unusually, this kit was predominantly yellow, with a large red star motif across the chest and back.

This strip did not last long, however, as the following season another strip appeared.

This was again all-red, with yellow trim, and a predominant yellow " V " shape across the front and back of the shirt.

This was the last kit that Melchester have been seen to play in.