A free eight-page football comic

Mankybank
Misfits FC

The Bog Derby & beyond

Fifteen unlikely players. One manager, tea lady and kit woman. A pitch with more lumps than the porridge—and tactics involving tea cups, laundry and the occasional cow.

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The Bog Derby comic cover at Coo Shed Park
Home of the Misfits

Meet the muddy marvels

Different bodies.
Brilliant gifts.

Short-sighted Goggle can hear a shot coming. Tiny Midge is almost impossible to catch. Big Boab is a human wall. Bendy Tam’s mismatched legs bend the ball exactly where he wants it. Together, the Misfits can surprise anybody—even the polished Posh End United.

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Mankybank Misfits FC at muddy Coo Shed Park, introducing Goggle, Midge, Big Boab and Bendy Tam
Page 1 · Meet the Mankybank MisfitsTap the page to open it full size
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The Posh End lead two goals to nil before the Mankybank Misfits use their unusual football gifts to fight back
Page 2 · The comeback beginsTap the page to open it full size
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The Mankybank Misfits score a last-minute equaliser and celebrate a two-all draw with tea and dry socks
Page 3 · A glorious muddy drawTap the page to open it full size
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The Mankybank Misfits train in the mud as Goggle listens for shots, Midge tackles cones and Bendy Tam hits the tea urn
Page 4 · Training night at Coo Shed ParkTap the page to open it full size
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Mrs McStay puts the Mankybank Misfits through a hilarious fitness session with laundry, ropes, a cow and biscuits
Page 5 · Mrs McStay’s fitness planTap the page to open it full size
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Mrs McStay explains her unusual pre-match tactics using a blackboard, tea cups and the simple instruction to pass to somebody in maroon
Page 6 · Pre-match tacticsTap the page to open it full size
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Shrunken kit, ripped shorts, a referee shirt and a tea-soaked tactics sheet cause chaos before the match
Page 7 · The dressing-room disasterTap the page to open it full size
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The Mankybank Misfits face Fancypants at kick-off and combine their strange gifts for a dramatic first shot
Page 8 · Kick-off at Fancypants ParkTap the page to open it full size

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Can the Misfits
shock Fancypants?

They have survived training, Mrs McStay’s tea-cup tactics and a dressing-room disaster. Now Bendy Tam has lined up the first shot…

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