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Post by staffsbulldog on Jun 3, 2015 18:57:42 GMT
Subbuteo fair and tournament sunday 7 june @ clayton community centre, Newcastle under lyme st5 4bn, fair starts at 9am and tournament @ 11am, finishes about 5pm. Lots of subbuteo available from oddments to sets. Everyone welcome, free entry to fair, Five pounds entry fee for tournament. There is also some scalextric for sale.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2015 19:52:46 GMT
You do realise that pretty much all the people who post on this board are over the age of puberty don't you?  |
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Post by Trouserdog on Jun 3, 2015 20:17:26 GMT
You do realise that pretty much all the people who post on this board are over the age of puberty don't you? We're his perfect target audience then...kids today probably don't even know what Subbuteo is! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2015 20:21:07 GMT
You do realise that pretty much all the people who post on this board are over the age of puberty don't you? We're his perfect target audience then...kids today probably don't even know what Subbuteo is! The only way that you would get me playing subbuteo is if Kylie Minogue was suckin my balls as I was flicking for goal. |
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Post by Anto1962 on Jun 3, 2015 22:09:36 GMT
We're his perfect target audience then...kids today probably don't even know what Subbuteo is! The only way that you would get me playing subbuteo is if Kylie Minogue was suckin my balls as I was flicking for goal. I take it it's not going to happen then  |
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Post by NassauDave on Jun 3, 2015 23:26:42 GMT
Stick Stumpy Wilshere on the table and keep flicking the cunts head.
Hes about the right size.
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Post by Trouserdog on Jun 4, 2015 6:29:45 GMT
We're his perfect target audience then...kids today probably don't even know what Subbuteo is! The only way that you would get me playing subbuteo is if Kylie Minogue was suckin my balls as I was flicking for goal. I had the Mexico 86 World Cup set but sold it at a car boot. If only I'd had the Teabagging Kylie Minogue Floodlit Edition I think I'd still be playing it too. |
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Post by lordherefordsknob on Jun 4, 2015 6:38:00 GMT
Have you got the Dukla Prague away kit?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2015 6:39:14 GMT
The only way that you would get me playing subbuteo is if Kylie Minogue was suckin my balls as I was flicking for goal. I had the Mexico 86 World Cup set but sold it at a car boot. If only I'd had the Teabagging Kylie Minogue Floodlit Edition I think I'd still be playing it too. I had the Italia 90' edition. Came with these really stupid goals.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2015 6:39:58 GMT
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Post by Clem Fandango on Jun 4, 2015 7:19:48 GMT
Superb. I had a set for years but didn't know how to play it properly then a number of years later at high school a mate started a subbuteo club and I got addicted (I wasn't popular with the girls). I seem to remember the old under the arches shop in Longton selling teams for a quid.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2015 8:27:37 GMT
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Post by Waggy on Jun 4, 2015 15:58:07 GMT
Oh the old subbuteo. I had a grand set with stands , floodlights and all. Trevor and i played out a full season against one another using all teams in division 2 ( twas 1991, we were in said division) anyhow stoke won the league and vale came bottom. Mother used to bring us oranges at regular intervals it were quite realistic. Took me 43 days to paint all the spectators. Often pretended all the spectators wore clothes from my wardrobe- greenwoods, bhs and c&a would have done a roaring trade if it were real.
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Post by choppyc on Jun 4, 2015 16:39:19 GMT
Created a League with my little brother and Subbuteo playing mates ,but due to some bizarre kit colours we had some unusual participants , The Mighty Potters rubbing shoulders with
A third tier Watford as well as Inter, Bayern , Aye Jax and other obscure Worldies !!
( chosen with thanks to the Subbuteo giant team poster )
To inject a bit of variety we came up with a 'modern' points scoring system and artificial club prize money dependent on League & Cup performance , with extra points scored IF your teams star player scored a brace or more , which somehow also led to a vibrant transfer market ....
Unfortunately we had to call it a day when things got ( even more ) stupid , the final straw being when Kevin Keegans record transfer fee was broken when Crystal Palace paid £3.5m for Hanz Krankle ....
I mean £3.5m !!!.....for a single player ??? How ridiculous
'Other' big name stars to feature as transfer records were a young Argentinian one of us had seen feature on World of Sport 'Dago' Maradonna ( wonder what became of him ) ....Ross Jenkins , Keegan , Krankle & strangely Alan Biley !!!
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Post by Waggy on Jun 4, 2015 17:39:17 GMT
Created a League with my little brother and Subbuteo playing mates ,but due to some bizarre kit colours we had some unusual participants , The Mighty Potters rubbing shoulders with A third tier Watford as well as Inter, Bayern , Aye Jax and other obscure Worldies !! ( chosen with thanks to the Subbuteo giant team poster ) To inject a bit of variety we came up with a 'modern' points scoring system and artificial club prize money dependent on League & Cup performance , with extra points scored IF your teams star player scored a brace or more , which somehow also led to a vibrant transfer market .... Unfortunately we had to call it a day when things got ( even more ) stupid , the final straw being when Kevin Keegans record transfer fee was broken when Crystal Palace paid £3.5m for Hanz Krankle .... I mean £3.5m !!!.....for a single player ??? How ridiculous 'Other' big name stars to feature as transfer records were a young Argentinian one of us had seen feature on World of Sport 'Dago' Maradonna ( wonder what became of him ) ....Ross Jenkins , Keegan , Krankle & strangely Alan Biley !!! My lord. You are on my wave length old boy. I say, did you used to sing football songs whilst playing the game |
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Post by choppyc on Jun 4, 2015 18:05:38 GMT
More likely to be Tubular Bells or Sparks albums IF it was a 'home' fixture Waggy , it was even pre compilation cassette days so vinyl all the way .....well unless it was Sunday evening when the Top 20 was all the rigour |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2015 20:38:05 GMT
More likely to be Tubular Bells or Sparks albums IF it was a 'home' fixture Waggy , it was even pre compilation cassette days so vinyl all the way .....well unless it was Sunday evening when the Top 20 was all the rigour Tubular Bells? Why not ELP's "Fanfare for the Common Man" for heaven's sake? |
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Post by stokemanusa on Jun 4, 2015 20:41:26 GMT
This whole thread brings me back.
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Post by choppyc on Jun 4, 2015 20:55:31 GMT
More likely to be Tubular Bells or Sparks albums IF it was a 'home' fixture Waggy , it was even pre compilation cassette days so vinyl all the way .....well unless it was Sunday evening when the Top 20 was all the rigour Tubular Bells? Why not ELP's "Fanfare for the Common Man" for heaven's sake? In a Stalinist type rewriting of my musical credentials , the Punk I became would NEVER ,ever admit to having any ELP  I was patiently awaiting The Undertones to 'name check' Subbuteto during this period  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2015 21:02:45 GMT
Tubular Bells? Why not ELP's "Fanfare for the Common Man" for heaven's sake? In a Stalinist type rewriting of my musical credentials , the Punk I became would NEVER ,ever admit to having any ELP I was patiently awaiting The Undertones to 'name check' Subbuteto during this period It's just that playing Subbuteo to the theme from "The Excorcist" does seem rather odd.  Oh well, I suppose we all have a few skellingtons in our cupboards. |
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Jun 4, 2015 21:18:49 GMT
Subbuteo, latin for Hobby {the brid} was shite.
I tried it but ended up breaking the blokes and wearing the wanky pitch as a cape.
Striker was where it was at.
One day... one day... when I've re-located them I'll post pictures of my Striker teams from the 70's, hand painted by Bernard from over the road.
Works of art.
Each figure painted in character.
The Stoke team featured TC {who had a broken neck} but as a result could properly put some curve and schwazz on the ball.
I havn't seen them for twenty years or more and I hope they're still in me mum's loft.
It was at the time that Wales and Coventry had those Admiral kits with two thin stripes, Bernard glued wood shavings on one player's head and painted his barnet ginger: Wallace
The mists of time may be playing tricks but the Stoke I think team was..
Banks
Dodd
Conroy
Greenhoff
Crooks
{Sean Hazelgreave was a sub!}
Treasure hunt at the weekend.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2015 6:52:53 GMT
Anybody remember this? Sounded like a jet engine but good fun.  |
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Post by Waggy on Jun 5, 2015 7:11:51 GMT
More likely to be Tubular Bells or Sparks albums IF it was a 'home' fixture Waggy , it was even pre compilation cassette days so vinyl all the way .....well unless it was Sunday evening when the Top 20 was all the rigour I used to sing if i was the home team ' you must have come in a taxi' ., trevor would reply ' you're supposed to be at home'. One day though we had to abandon a match due to floodlight failure ( blinking could not find anymore of the old AA barteries) and Trevors away crowd sang ' what a dump' . This annoyed me at the time and let me tell you i always from that day ( even though I haven't played subbuteo since 1993 ) i have always kept a stock list of batteties in the house. |
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Post by tijuanabrass on Jun 6, 2015 10:31:52 GMT
Subbuteo, latin for Hobby {the brid} was shite. I tried it but ended up breaking the blokes and wearing the wanky pitch as a cape. Striker was where it was at. One day... one day... when I've re-located them I'll post pictures of my Striker teams from the 70's, hand painted by Bernard from over the road. Works of art. Each figure painted in character. The Stoke team featured TC {who had a broken neck} but as a result could properly put some curve and schwazz on the ball. I havn't seen them for twenty years or more and I hope they're still in me mum's loft. It was at the time that Wales and Coventry had those Admiral kits with two thin stripes, Bernard glued wood shavings on one player's head and painted his barnet ginger: Wallace The mists of time may be playing tricks but the Stoke I think team was.. Banks Dodd Conroy Greenhoff Crooks {Sean Hazelgreave was a sub!} Treasure hunt at the weekend. Was Striker the one with the diving goalies? If so, that's what I had. |
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Post by maninasuitcase on Jun 6, 2015 10:36:05 GMT
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