Subbuteo

[Siang]

anyone still have a set from the yester-years?

 

i still have mine

[NWR]

I had the one where you pressed their heads and the leg shot out and kicked the ball. What was that called?

[Stevie H]

I had the one where you pressed their heads and the leg shot out and kicked the ball. What was that called?

striker. was brilliant.

[Guest petelfc]

I had the one where you pressed their heads and the leg shot out and kicked the ball. What was that called?

 

Striker was the rich kids game.

[NWR]

striker. was brilliant.

 

Yea it was, but it never really took off and when you broke the players heads off it was hard to get replacements. Had hours of fun with my mates, and petelfc, we lived on the council estate.

[Duncan Disorderly]

Striker was the rich kids game.

My ar$e it was, I had it and it was just a shyte version of subutteo.

[slapnuts]

I had the one where you pressed their heads and the leg shot out and kicked the ball. What was that called?

 

it was a corner taker wasnt it?

[Barnesy_10]

I had Subbuteo... had a picture of John Barnes at Watford on the front of the box.

The pitch went out of shape when my mum put it in the wash for some reason...

 

Also had that one where it was like a mini stadium and the players were on tracks and you turned a series of knobs behind the goal to get the player to run up and down the track..

[Michael]

I had Subbuteo... had a picture of John Barnes at Watford on the front of the box.

The pitch went out of shape when my mum put it in the wash for some reason...

 

Also had that one where it was like a mini stadium and the players were on tracks and you turned a series of knobs behind the goal get the player to run up and down the track..

 

 

Sounds just like Newcastle.

[John am Rhein]

when you broke the players heads off

 

Who trained you? Vinny Jones?

[Tosh]

My grandad made me a board and glued my pitch to it. Kept it under the bed when not in use.

 

Always too tempting to drag rather than flick, though.

 

I sold all my stuff years and years back

[John am Rhein]

Still got all mine packed away somewhere. Pitch was pinned onto a chipboard but that's long since been removed for easier storage.

[TheLa]

I had that plastic mat pitch thingy that come rolled up in a tube instead of you're standard piece of cloth pitch.

 

What teams did everyone have? Obviously Liverpool and Liverpool away (A ghastly green effort, maybe even the centenary away kit) and the red and blue teams you got as standard. I had Bilbao, Italy, Argentina, Man City (for one reason or another) and Sampdoria. Think that was it, probably had a few more but I can't remember.

 

Had the European Cup and the FA Cup as well. Didn't have stands, floodlights or any of that s***e.

[Guest petelfc]

I had the cloth pitch that stuck to your carpet. Great it was, really smooth.

 

My mate, the only child, had all the stands, floodlights, et.

[TheLa]

My mate, the only child, had all the stands, floodlights, et.

 

Did he manage to get hold of a Dukla Prague away kit?

 

Sorry, someone had to do it.

[Billy Dane]

Amongst others I had Forfar Athletic, light and dark blue hoops. Organised a subbuteo competition at school. We used to pin the pitches onto the teacher's desk at lunchtime, we even had a few teachers come in to watch the games. Aaah happy days.

[fyds]

I had Subbuteo first, then Striker - I liked Striker better. One mate, Ian had the subbuteo with all the floodlights and stuff. I'm sure I've told this one before, but we were in his house eating his Mum's cheese and pickle butties and playing subbuteo while waiting for his brother to come home so we could all go and play footy on St Joey's School field before tea. His brother came in, dropped his Gola hold-all and came flying into the living room shouting 'Mum! Mum! Guess what? Mr Shankly's picked me for the first team on Saturday!' So started Thommo's Anfield career.

[Siang]

i still have a set of Arsenal with their 80 jerseys, LFC (of course, all red and the legendary (in my view of course), the white / black away set) and Wolves!!!

[Spike]

Sounds just like Newcastle.

 

:lol:

[cymrococh]

I had Subbuteo first, then Striker - I liked Striker better. One mate, Ian had the subbuteo with all the floodlights and stuff. I'm sure I've told this one before, but we were in his house eating his Mum's cheese and pickle butties and playing subbuteo while waiting for his brother to come home so we could all go and play footy on St Joey's School field before tea. His brother came in, dropped his Gola hold-all and came flying into the living room shouting 'Mum! Mum! Guess what? Mr Shankly's picked me for the first team on Saturday!' So started Thommo's Anfield career.

Awesome.

[charlie clown]

I preferred striker an all. Lost that years ago but I've still got my subbuteo set, still boxed up and everything. The original teams I had were Liverpool and Watford no idea which others I've got..