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Anyone got a Subbuteo set and webcam fancy blogging a weekly game so we can all get our fix?
I can only watch the southern away games mind. 😉
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I used to really like subuteo. When I was in my teens, myself and a few friends formed a league. We named the teams after connections with our names or workplaces. One guy worked at Titans so his team was Titanham Hotspurs! We also picked crazy names for the played such as Beau "Dread" Lox, B A Stard and Hermonogies H Thrukrutes (a character in a Spike Milligan book). It was all totally insane but good fun.
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I still have Grimsby Town.
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This came up on the British Culture Archive yesterday, highly recommend a follow on social media for some great photo's from the past. Quite the extensive set up what with the grandstand and all. Never really got Subbuteo myself, just seemed a bit of a faff although I'm sure I saw it being played on Eurosport a couple of years ago, but they did show absolutely anything they could get the rights for.
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I used to really like subuteo. When I was in my teens, myself and a few friends formed a league. We named the teams after connections with our names or workplaces. One guy worked at Titans so his team was Titanham Hotspurs! We also picked crazy names for the played such as Beau "Dread" Lox, B A Stard and Hermonogies H Thrukrutes (a character in a Spike Milligan book). It was all totally insane but good fun.
Yes I use to love the game as well.Sadly football video games killed it off as Iam sure your aware.
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This came up on the British Culture Archive yesterday, highly recommend a follow on social media for some great photo's from the past. Quite the extensive set up what with the grandstand and all. Never really got Subbuteo myself, just seemed a bit of a faff although I'm sure I saw it being playedon Eurosport a couple of years ago but they did show absolutely anything they could get the rights for.
Thats some picture.Thanks for sharing.
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Here's a piece of useless information! The guy who invented Subuteo, originally wanted to call it The Hobby but that name was already registered. So, being a bit of a a bird watcher, he noticed that the Latin name for the small falcon called the Hobby was Falco Subuteo. So he adopted that name.
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Here's a piece of useless information! The guy who invented Subuteo, originally wanted to call it The Hobby but that name was already registered. So, being a bit of a a bird watcher, he noticed that the Latin name for the small falcon called the Hobby was Falco Subuteo. So he adopted that name.
Thanks for that information I remember another great game that I use to play.Super Cup football [img]https://webimg.secondhandapp.com/w-i-mgl/580cc0a62e4893b13935150e[/img]
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Logacta all day long! Got it through Shoot magazine Complete football season - leagues, cups, Europe...the lot
The dice were loaded so Home Teams had more of a chance of winning There was a form dice as the season progressed - so that team had two dice to roll
Hours of fun - tables, stats the lot (insert Ron Manager..."wasn't it...hmmm")
My younger brother had a real soft spot for Darlington - so when they made it into Europe (he was only about 40 it was like it had happened!)
Anyone else remember Logacta?
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