I recall the toy shop in the street where Chapel Market is. It was owned by a old geezer and he had a shelf with loads of teams with the numbers and the identifying wall chart on the wall. I would save enough to get one and spend ages deciding which team it would be. Then I would ask for the number tingling with excitement, A team that springs to mind was York City, a white kit with a claret Y on their shirts. I liked that team. I always wanted Palermo as they had a pink kit which I thought was different, but I never saw one sadly.
Also had a fun variation I played with my brother. Pitch was on a board and we kept the keepers in but couldn't move them. Then we were behind each goal and threw the ball up and headed it trying to get in in the other's goal. The ball bounced because of the board and it was pretty good fun as it wasn't easy.
Yeah I loved Subuteo when I was younger, inherited it from my Dad who played it when he was young too. Had a couple of the official stands and then built the rest of the stadium from shoe boxes!
I got a River Plate team from a boot sale and I remember thinking it was the most exotic thing I’d ever seen.
Yes what a great thread! I spent so much time playing subbuteo in the 70s. Back from the valley with my dad and after my tea I spent a good 2/3 hours playing. I had the stadium and floodlights. I had at least 30 teams. Used to have fighting in the crowd. The Charlton kit was the one with white stripe under the arm and side. Even felt tipped a beard on killer!! God you wouldn't believe how many top teams we beat in my bedroom!! Happy happy days.
Another big Subbuteo nut here, no longer have it but I used to have a pitch pinned to a board, god knows how many teams and a miniature FA Cup we used to play for. The first team I owned was Patrick Thistle as I was taken by the fantastic shirts. I still look for their results today
I absolutely loved Subbuteo. I reckon my dad had to play it with me every day. He also secured it to chipboard. I always won and could never understand why dad was so crap. I also remember him complaining of back ache most nights. It was Subbuteo cricket in the summer. I feel all emotional now. Dad died in 2008.
That reminds me of carrom. Anyone played that? It's good fun. I've got a board that I bought in Greenwich market (shop no longer there). I believe someone on here once said that a member of their family owned it.
Used to be made in Tunbridge Wells, round by the start of The Pantiles. Used to drive past on the way down to visit my grandparents in Eastbourne. Rumours are they modelled the players on Johnny Williams who is from that way !
We (me, @golfaddick and @jimmymelrose) had various kits over the years and had hours of fun playing. We also had a five a side version which I haven’t seen mentioned yet. Kids (and adults) now have things like FIFA on X Box etc but you can’t beat the flick and kick of subbuteo and the need to glue your players back together at the end of a game !!
loved it. Players had tiny numbers,leagues,top scorers etc. in the leagues i had charlton man u celtic rangers wolves derby everton chelsea sheff utd spurs . Must have been more but thats who i remember .
Subbuteo Angling is one of those strange extra games the makers of the table top football game produced in the 1970s.
A sort of hybrid Monopoly fishing game, it was never the most popular in the Subbuteo range but that means box sets are fairly rare.
According to Subbuteo historian Peter Upton: ” It’s Subbuteo’s crack at a more standard board game, and dates from the early 1970s.
” The playing pieces are well designed, with the fishermen being chunky and having separate rods provided (although in some ways it’s a shame they are not OO scale).
“Occasionally, the ball-bearing gets stuck inside the dicer, and I’m not convinced it is as random as using dice would be. The Angling box states “a game of skill. no dice. no magnets” which is a bit of a fib, seeing as the dicer does exactly the same job as a twelve sided dice. “
The game featured on an episode of Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse’s excellent Gone Fishing series and it led to an explosion in interest online.
My brother & I had a football game like Subbuteo, other than the players were on a base that was square with a wedge on the back so you could chip the ball. Can't remember the name.
So he sent his doting mother Up the stairs with the stepladder, To get the Subbuteo, Out of the loft. He had all the accessories, Required for that big-match atmosphere. The crowd and the dugout, And the floodlights, too. And you'd always get palmed off With a headless center-forward, And a goal-kicker with no arms And a face like his.
So he sent his doting mother Up the stairs with the stepladder, To get the Subbuteo, Out of the loft. He had all the accessories, Required for that big-match atmosphere. The crowd and the dugout, And the floodlights, too. And you'd always get palmed off With a headless center-forward, And a goal-kicker with no arms And a face like his.
Another one for the great lyrics thread.
I was thinking of The Undertones, My perfect cousin.
He's gotta a grade in economics Maths - physics and bionics He thinks that I'm a cabbage 'cause I hate university challenge Even at the age of ten Smart boy Kevin was a smart boy then He always beat me at Subbuteo 'cause he flicked the kick And I didn't know
I was a completely subbuteo nerd. A group of friends set up a league and we even did home and away games at each other houses. I also used to paint my own teams, I loved it. Christmas was always an easy time for my folks as it was either subbuteo or scalextrix and pocket money was saved to keep up my fix. I’m pretty sure a lot of the old stuff is still at my Mums and hasn’t been used in about 35 years. of course when the football season finished it was a switch to Subbuteo cricket. I even used to keep averages. Bloody hell I was such a nerdy kid, my wife would probably (definitely) say not much has changed
Striker...yes thanks, my younger twin brothers had it.....didn't last long as they usually ended up in a ruck when one or the other scored and rucked on the small green pitch and broke the players and goals, bit like Bowyer and Dyer.
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I saw that on Ebay recently and was a bit suspicious. The sticker looked too new and was a bit cheap (£25 as opposed to the usual £60-70).
Also had a fun variation I played with my brother. Pitch was on a board and we kept the keepers in but couldn't move them. Then we were behind each goal and threw the ball up and headed it trying to get in in the other's goal. The ball bounced because of the board and it was pretty good fun as it wasn't easy.
I got a River Plate team from a boot sale and I remember thinking it was the most exotic thing I’d ever seen.
I reckon my dad had to play it with me every day.
He also secured it to chipboard.
I always won and could never understand why dad was so crap.
I also remember him complaining of back ache most nights.
It was Subbuteo cricket in the summer.
I feel all emotional now.
Dad died in 2008.
Thanks for posting.
Bit useless really, it’s not as if the players rise like a Salmon and head it on or back.
http://www.compendia.co.uk/about_us.htm
We (me, @golfaddick and @jimmymelrose) had various kits over the years and had hours of fun playing. We also had a five a side version which I haven’t seen mentioned yet. Kids (and adults) now have things like FIFA on X Box etc but you can’t beat the flick and kick of subbuteo and the need to glue your players back together at the end of a game !!
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The paper labels were very fragile as I recall.
If you want to fork out...
http://subbuteo.online/subbuteo-angling-interest-spikes-after-bob-mortimer-plug
Subbuteo Angling is one of those strange extra games the makers of the table top football game produced in the 1970s.
A sort of hybrid Monopoly fishing game, it was never the most popular in the Subbuteo range but that means box sets are fairly rare.
According to Subbuteo historian Peter Upton: ” It’s Subbuteo’s crack at a more standard board game, and dates from the early 1970s.
” The playing pieces are well designed, with the fishermen being chunky and having separate rods provided (although in some ways it’s a shame they are not OO scale).
“Occasionally, the ball-bearing gets stuck inside the dicer, and I’m not convinced it is as random as using dice would be. The Angling box states “a game of skill. no dice. no magnets” which is a bit of a fib, seeing as the dicer does exactly the same job as a twelve sided dice. “
The game featured on an episode of Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse’s excellent Gone Fishing series and it led to an explosion in interest online.
Found it.
still got about 25 teams, AstroTurf pitch, World Cup goals, stands and loads of extras.
my girls had never heard of it and I got it all out when the WC was on in Russia and we had a game at the kitchen table and they loved it.
So he sent his doting mother
Up the stairs with the stepladder,
To get the Subbuteo,
Out of the loft.
He had all the accessories,
Required for that big-match atmosphere.
The crowd and the dugout,
And the floodlights, too.
And you'd always get palmed off
With a headless center-forward,
And a goal-kicker with no arms
And a face like his.
Another one for the great lyrics thread.
Yeah Striker.
He's gotta a grade in economics
Maths - physics and bionics
He thinks that I'm a cabbage
'cause I hate university challenge
Even at the age of ten
Smart boy Kevin was a smart boy then
He always beat me at Subbuteo
'cause he flicked the kick
And I didn't know
of course when the football season finished it was a switch to Subbuteo cricket. I even used to keep averages. Bloody hell I was such a nerdy kid, my wife would probably (definitely) say not much has changed
A friend had a German game called TippKick, which was less aesthetically pleasing but more enjoyable.
Probably got all mine somewhere, including an FA Cup.