Monk Posted 26 December, 2011 Share Posted 26 December, 2011 If anyone had any subbuteo they want rid of, I'll happily take! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY Saint Posted 26 December, 2011 Share Posted 26 December, 2011 I think mine is at parents place still - 1970s box, old square and new school goals and Southampton and Dundee United teams from what I can remember. Will ask when I call home this week. Hours of timewasting fun! Mine also fitted on my snooker table made it much more fun. Testmatch was great and was a bugger to play if the pitch wasn't ironed first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints67 Posted 27 December, 2011 Share Posted 27 December, 2011 As with a lot of things my parents never quite got me the right thing eg Raleigh Commando instead of a Grifter, sensible coat instead of a snorkel one and so it was with Subbuteo. I got Striker (iirc) instead where you pressed the players head down to make him kick the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettuce Posted 27 December, 2011 Share Posted 27 December, 2011 Anyone remember this one? Great game... Tomy Electronic football, or something like that? Superb fun, although I remember that the footballs were tiny, so much time was spent looking for the football under furniture after a wayward long-range shot :-( Also had Test Match Cricket (with the bowler who used a piece of gutter to bowl the ball!) and Cup Final (3-a-side football with a spring-kicking action, goalies who could throw the ball and a football made up of black and white hexagons) Good times, good times... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 29 December, 2011 Share Posted 29 December, 2011 Took the plunge and bought a second hand 1984 kit Saints side. Box is a bit tatty but not too bothered. If its yours, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintbag Posted 29 December, 2011 Share Posted 29 December, 2011 Loved it as a kid, was in a league playing Saturday mornings round friends houses. Can still name my side with Bruce Oakes at centre back and Dave Handley at no 10 scored loads he did. The only problem being Greenstone winning the league every year and me coming 2nd......Jonny Harris wot a player! Great memories, we all made up names for our players and took it in turns to host matches with awards given for best facilities and best refreshments, our mate Derek won that one as his Mum would make us a burger. We had a hardcore of five players in the league with an additional two joining us for the last season. Greenstone are up in the loft now but by coincidence I bought my nipper a Saints team for Christmas. Fancy getting the league going again ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_saint Posted 29 December, 2011 Share Posted 29 December, 2011 I used to spend hours on it until I discovered football manager on the zx spectrum 48k! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 29 December, 2011 Share Posted 29 December, 2011 I forgot the major hazard at my home matches. A large ginger moggy that had better close control than Lalanna. LOL .... Pitch invasion of Godzilla proportions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huffton Posted 29 December, 2011 Share Posted 29 December, 2011 Still got a set now that me and the kids play with regulalry. Looking for a Test Match set but no luck yet I used to spend hours on it until I discovered football manager on the zx spectrum 48k! http://www.zxspectrum.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzel Posted 29 December, 2011 Share Posted 29 December, 2011 Got to be the best boy's toy ever. Did I say toy? Far too serious to be called a toy. I remember my dismay when Mum bought a new dining table. It was oval, which meant the corners of the pitch fell of the edge and corners had to be taken from where the penalty box joins the goal line. Every team had an "Allan Ball"type short arse who had suffered multiple fractures and ended up glued to the base by his knees. Cricket was decent enough game as well once you got the hang of it , perfect for when rain stopped play in the real game going on in the garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly Smunt Posted 29 December, 2011 Share Posted 29 December, 2011 Used to play all the time but the pitch used to really annoy me so went upmarket and got the Astro pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Fan CaM Posted 29 December, 2011 Share Posted 29 December, 2011 Played this in the early 70's when at Glen Eyre secondary. There was a proper league set-up with two divisions of about 10 teams (if I remember rightly). Fixture lists were drawn up. Most of us had our pitches stuck down onto a sheet of hardboard - I had to carry mine what seemed like miles from the hardware shop in Swaythling all the way home which was a real effort for a small nipper! I've still got the pitch and some teams - I think the goals might be a bit broken now. I also remember having a linked fence around the perimeter, four battery driven floodlights and a scoreboard. Good memories. My sons have not shown any interest in it. However, a bad memory that springs to mind was playing games at the home of one of the lads in the lower division. He lived with his Dad in a run-down council house. Games were played in the living room on a carpet that had been soiled many times by a pet cat (and possibly other things) and it stank to high heavens! Nice lad from a very poor family, but we didn't let on and suffered in silence to make sure he was able to take part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westmidlandsaint Posted 29 December, 2011 Share Posted 29 December, 2011 I too remember going to Beatties in Southampton as a kid and buying different teams, I had a couple of stands too with the fans that you had to bluetack on coz they fell over at the slightest breeze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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