Subbuteo.

[Telford-Feb-85]

The plastic astro pitches they introduced, improved the game no end. Finding a space to actually play was the hardest thing.

 

[Street end man]

The plastic astro pitches they introduced, improved the game no end. Finding a space to actually play was the hardest thing.

The astro pitches were for fannies and more often used with the big balls that looked like something out of the Prisoner lol lol Original pitch and small balls with 2 sided tape holding the goals down was the preferred route for my ground staff

 

[summerisle]

Loved it back in the 60's and 70's. It was ace when I got the Floodlights and played in the dark at home. Lots of friends played always very popular.

Those floodlights were handy during the power cuts in the three-day week.

 

[EvertonCJ]

Greatest game ever invented. I had loads of different teams, Brazil, Ajax, etc and obviously the mighty Blues.
I used to play against myself a lot and if I needed a last minute goal, I'd bring on my Action Man and lump the ball up to him. Happy days, when the world seemed to be much less complicated.

 

[Street end man]

Anyone ever had a fight when an opponent decides to flick his goalie out when you're building up a good move.......usually wiping half your team out and ending up halfway up the pitch and the ball under the couch........so annoying lol lol lol

 

[rochdaleblue]

Trying to get your snooker table level after putting it on your mum’s dining table and trying to get my subbuteo surface flat were the two biggest challenges as a kid. Oh to have those as your only challenges now. Great times, great memories.

 

[summerisle]

Does anyone remember the cricket game you could get, think it was called 'test match' I always remember a mate having it.

I had to make do with this, ah the sound of metal on floor, halcyon days.

 

[summerisle]

Still have the box set in the attic. It's mint.

One team in blue, one in red

You'll get it down and find four injured players.

 

[Home and Dry]

 

[GRAEME1247]

Christmas of ‘92. Best Christmas ever.
Played it all day. Massive crisis though when my sister stood on Tony Cottee and then my dad managed to Superglue him to his thumb.

 

[witchdoc187]

Dogs on the pitch was literally a matter of life and death to my players

The amount of players I murdered by standing on or kneeling on was nothing short of a massacre. Sometimes deliberate. What a game though

 

[EvertonCJ]

I had to make do with this, ah the sound of metal on floor, halcyon days.

You must have been rich. I could only afford 2 ordinary dice. One for the number of runs scored and the other for the method of dismissal. I would spend hours writing my own teams down and playing test matches.

 

[Street end man]

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Now that's rare!!

 

[Steve Wigan]

I had to make do with this, ah the sound of metal on floor, halcyon days.

Still got this...had it for nearly 70 years! Used to play 5 day test matches.....two rolls with the 'runs' roller and the combination of scores dictated what went into the scorebook(I used a proper MCC score book!) For example two 1s or a 1 and a 2 got you one run.....two 2s got you two runs etc. 6 and 4 got you a four and two rolls for 6 got you a six. That way the timescale was fairly real-life. Great for the long summer holidays. Just realised that the above will mean absolutely nothing to most on here, who will never have played Owzthat !!!

 

[EvertonCJ]

Still got this...had it for nearly 70 years! Used to play 5 day test matches.....two rolls with the 'runs' roller and the combination of scores dictated what went into the scorebook(I used a proper MCC score book!) For example two 1s or a 1 and a 2 got you one run.....two 2s got you two runs etc. 6 and 4 got you a four and two rolls for 6 got you a six. That way the timescale was fairly real-life. Great for the long summer holidays. Just realised that the above will mean absolutely nothing to most on here, who will never have played Owzthat !!!

Can you imagine the kids of today doing this and having to use their own imagination, rather than sitting in front of some games console.