Roy of the Rovers stuff
noun [ U ] UK uk/ˌrɔɪ əv ðə ˈrəʊ.vəz ˌstʌf/ us/ˌrɔɪ əv ðə ˈroʊ.vɚz ˌstʌf/
(用于体育报道中)没有获胜希望的球队勇敢而激动人心的表现(1950年代漫画《巡游者队的罗伊》中常描写此类球场表现)
used in sports reports to refer to brave and exciting football by a team that has very little chance of being successful, typical of the games in the 1950s comic strip "Roy of the Rovers"