Roy Vernon was one of the more underrated strikers playing top-level English football in the 1960s. The Welsh international quietly played with distinction and no shortage of goals for Blackburn, Everton and Stoke City, yet always seemed to be operating under the radar when compared to some of his attacking contemporaries.

The story of his career from its early days to the later years of the 1960s is told in today’s Star Strip, illustrated as beautifully as ever by Bob Bond.