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View kingdowieonthewall's Profile kingdowieonthewall Flag Sussex, ex-Cronx. 20 Oct 16 5.03pm Send a Private Message to kingdowieonthewall Add kingdowieonthewall as a friend

my dad claims to have invented subbuteo.
not a lot of people know that.

 


Kids,tired of being bothered by your pesky parents?
Then leave home, get a job & pay your own bills, while you still know everything.

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Originally posted by Stuk

Duh, so it is. I clicked the wrong link.

Here is the Beetle.
[Link]

Excellent. I don't remember the Beetle as much as I do the Fiat. The Beetle looks much smarter.

 

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Originally posted by kingdowieonthewall

my dad claims to have invented subbuteo.
not a lot of people know that.

Truth or Dad talk?

 

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View richard shaw (og)65's Profile richard shaw (og)65 Flag my minds eye 20 Oct 16 5.46pm Send a Private Message to richard shaw (og)65 Add richard shaw (og)65 as a friend

I play bar football every day at work , cracking game, much easier when you are an adult

 


interviewer " iggy , do you think you influenced anybody?"
iggy pop " I think I wiped out the 60`S "

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View kingdowieonthewall's Profile kingdowieonthewall Flag Sussex, ex-Cronx. 20 Oct 16 6.08pm Send a Private Message to kingdowieonthewall Add kingdowieonthewall as a friend

Originally posted by Direwolf

Truth or Dad talk?

sort of 50-50.
he's 85(ish)
I used to have subbuteo as a boy 60's-70's.
as a throw away comment he said
'oh, my brother Sid & I used to put coloured match sticks in corks and kick a small made up ball into pipe cleaner posts.
we had that years before that was in the shops!


so 50-50.

 


Kids,tired of being bothered by your pesky parents?
Then leave home, get a job & pay your own bills, while you still know everything.

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View sickboy's Profile sickboy Flag Deal or Croydon 20 Oct 16 6.21pm Send a Private Message to sickboy Add sickboy as a friend

Originally posted by Part Time James

If/when I have kids I will be switching off the MCB every Sunday afternoon and telling them it's a power cut so we can all play Subbuteo under candle lit floodlights.


Was it the shopkeeper that told you it was better by candle light?

 

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View steeleye20's Profile steeleye20 Flag Croydon 20 Oct 16 6.28pm Send a Private Message to steeleye20 Add steeleye20 as a friend

For the terminally afflicted you could get a mini-Her Majesty the Queen with FA Cup to present at your subbuteo Cup Final.

Also a 'streaker'!

Subbuteo tried to become an olympic sport so there must be sets in roof space in many countries.

Someone bring it back please...

 

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Originally posted by steeleye20

For the terminally afflicted you could get a mini-Her Majesty the Queen with FA Cup to present at your subbuteo Cup Final.

Also a 'streaker'!

Subbuteo tried to become an olympic sport so there must be sets in roof space in many countries.

Someone bring it back please...

I think Barbie might have streaked at one of my games. I didn't care about whether it was realistic for a woman about 25 times the height of my players legging it across my pitch because I also knew that a woman with such thin legs and enormous bosoms would be too top heavy to run anywhere anyway.

This thread has made me realise though, that I could derive as much pleasure from playing Subbuteo now as I did when I was a lad. And now with the added benefit of having the funds for floodlights.

After building a pretty accurate Selhurst Park in Minecraft, I was recently tempted to build a very large scale model of the Holmesdale out of Lego (with working floodlights and lit walkways) but I knew that if I did that my Mrs would make me throw my weights bench away to make space for it. Still not sure I've made the right choice. I urgently need children to justify my follies.

 




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View richard shaw (og)65's Profile richard shaw (og)65 Flag my minds eye 21 Oct 16 10.24am Send a Private Message to richard shaw (og)65 Add richard shaw (og)65 as a friend

Originally posted by Part Time James

I think Barbie might have streaked at one of my games. I didn't care about whether it was realistic for a woman about 25 times the height of my players legging it across my pitch because I also knew that a woman with such thin legs and enormous bosoms would be too top heavy to run anywhere anyway.

This thread has made me realise though, that I could derive as much pleasure from playing Subbuteo now as I did when I was a lad. And now with the added benefit of having the funds for floodlights.

After building a pretty accurate Selhurst Park in Minecraft, I was recently tempted to build a very large scale model of the Holmesdale out of Lego (with working floodlights and lit walkways) but I knew that if I did that my Mrs would make me throw my weights bench away to make space for it. Still not sure I've made the right choice. I urgently need children to justify my follies.

don't forget the water feature

Edited by richard shaw (og)65 (21 Oct 2016 10.24am)

 


interviewer " iggy , do you think you influenced anybody?"
iggy pop " I think I wiped out the 60`S "

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Originally posted by richard shaw (og)65

don't forget the water feature

Edited by richard shaw (og)65 (21 Oct 2016 10.24am)


I would've also (for accuracy) include:

One lego man legging it from block B towards the tunnel
Several lego men buying pie ten minutes into the second half
A lego eagle perched on the goal
A lego man going up to row 15 in the Upper on hands and knees
A lego Dad in the lower Holmesdale looking grumpy because the roof wasn't protecting him from the rain

 




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Bendy Players?
Better Pitch?
Champion.


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Originally posted by regal_eagle

Bendy Players?
Better Pitch?
Champion.


didn't know david Hopkin did modelling , in his old palace shirt as well

 


interviewer " iggy , do you think you influenced anybody?"
iggy pop " I think I wiped out the 60`S "

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