Does anyone remember a comic about a goalkeeper called "Tuffy"??

StevieP · 16 May 2013 at 15:52

We've been talking about old comics and comic strips in the office this morning and I'm sure I used to read an old comic when I was a kid and it starred a young but brilliant goalkeeper called "Tuffy" (or similar or he may have been a secondary character!)

Does anyone remember this as I can't find anything on Google....

Thanks guys...

ZXSpectrum · 16 May 2013 at 16:09

I remember Hufty from the tv show "The Word" is that the same bloke?

MikeTheNative · 16 May 2013 at 16:11

I used to watch Buffy, a TV show about a vampire slaying high school student, is that what you where on about?

Gilly · 16 May 2013 at 16:16

Not "The Safest Hands In Soccer"?

Don't remember Tuffy though.

Mat · 16 May 2013 at 16:18

I remember the Tufty Club... is that anything to do with it?

StevieP · 16 May 2013 at 16:20

ZXSpectrum said:
I remember Hufty from the tv show "The Word" is that the same bloke?

No

MikeTheNative said:
I used to watch Buffy, a TV show about a vampire slaying high school student, is that what you where on about?

Not unless she did a bit of goalkeeping on the side.... and was in a comic!

Gilly said:
Not "The Safest Hands In Soccer"?

Don't remember Tuffy though.

Don't think so!

I'm sure it was either a stand-alone comic book or might have been a comic strip in a newspaper!

He was a young keeper, plucked from Sunday league obscurity by a league team manager and went on to be this stunning keeper that went on to be a star!

*damned memory* :mad:

Zogger · 16 May 2013 at 16:21

I remember Fluffy, a fictional pet elephant belonging to the character Oscar the Grouch on the TV series Sesame Street, is that what you mean?

StevieP · 16 May 2013 at 16:29

Zogger said:
I remember Fluffy, a fictional pet elephant belonging to the character Oscar the Grouch on the TV series Sesame Street, is that what you mean?

Again sadly no!

Just to save a bit of time here, I'm pretty sure that all names rhyming with "Tuffy" are not what I'm after - unless they happen to portray a fictional goalkeeper in a comic, in which case it's possible that I'm remembering the name slightly wrong!

Gilly · 16 May 2013 at 16:31

The only Tuffy I remember is in Tom n Jerry. He's a baby mouse.

StevieP · 16 May 2013 at 16:33

Oh well....

It was worth a try - must be my memory playing tricks on me as I approach 40! :confused:

Gilly · 16 May 2013 at 16:40

The 39 and 43 year olds in my office don't remember it.

realBabelfish · 16 May 2013 at 16:45

StevieP said:
We've been talking about old comics and comic strips in the office this morning and I'm sure I used to read an old comic when I was a kid and it starred a young but brilliant goalkeeper called "Tuffy" (or similar or he may have been a secondary character!)

Does anyone remember this as I can't find anything on Google....

Thanks guys...

maybe it was a 1 off in an annual?

i used to read the victor and hotspur as a kid and they would often have the odd footy strip that wasnt seen of again. i remember one where some asian footy team had big springs in their turbans they used to cheat with. odd how i still remember it as that must be 30 years ago. probably not too PC these days :rolleyes:

ZXSpectrum · 16 May 2013 at 16:46

was it Rufus from Striker?

Rufus Lebonque is the side's first-choice goalkeeper. Nick spotted him in Haiti after his holiday in Barbados went awry, and signed him after a court order forced the club to sign more non-white players. As a result of this, Teflon Davis was transfer-listed and went on a drinking binge that resulted in his death. Rufus' performance was poor until he started wearing Voodoo face paint. The team once had their summer break in Haiti at a hotel owned by Rufus’ uncle, an Elvis impersonator. He has a Jamaican accent, and believes that it may be because his relatives come from there.

StevieP · 16 May 2013 at 17:07

The more I think about it, the more I think it could have been a strip within something like the Beano or Dandy!?!?!? :confused:

Still can't find it tho!

Razor-BladE · 16 May 2013 at 17:14

I only knew the Beano from 2000 to about 2004, but nothing like that as far as I can remember.

Melthebelle · 4 Feb 2018 at 18:00

YES! It was a goalkeeper named Tuffy. He was an orphan or something, but a brilliant goalkeeper.

Brizzles · 4 Feb 2018 at 18:37

'Tubby' Morton ?

Ex Melchester Rovers keeper ( Roy of the Rovers )

EDIT - Lol didn't even notice it was a necro

peterwalkley · 4 Feb 2018 at 18:37

Melthebelle said:
YES! It was a goalkeeper named Tuffy. He was an orphan or something, but a brilliant goalkeeper.

You win the internet today - epic necro.

Melthebelle · 4 Feb 2018 at 19:10

I know, thanks! None responded with seeming to remember, so in order to clear the person as suffering from memory loss, I decided to post. I was looking for Tuffy today - nobody seems to remember apart from Stevie P and I.

Kutter · 4 Feb 2018 at 19:52

Mat said:
I remember the Tufty Club... is that anything to do with it?

I was in the Tufty club

Does the Op mean Billy the fish? he was a top goal keeper.