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02-04-2020 08:31 PM #61
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02-04-2020 09:55 PM #62
I had the World Cup edition complete with Jules Rimet trophy, floodlights, scoreboard, fencing and officials. Loved playing it and remember when the hard back Astro pitch came out that rolled up, that was a games changer as it was far better straight on the carpet than the original pitch.
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02-04-2020 10:16 PM #63
So I sent my doting mother up the stairs with the stepladder to get the subbuteo out of the loft 🎶
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03-04-2020 01:48 AM #64This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Thorntons was quite a large store and quite long established.
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03-04-2020 02:51 AM #65This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Don’t think I bought other accessories from there though after getting the original set.
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03-04-2020 06:58 AM #66This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
You rotter!
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03-04-2020 07:11 AM #67This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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03-04-2020 11:51 AM #71This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/1_edin/1...ions_shops.htm
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03-04-2020 12:30 PM #72This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Seeing I've got plenty time on my hands I think I'll have a go at painting one of the teams as Hibs."The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it" - George Bernard Shaw.
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03-04-2020 12:34 PM #73This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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03-04-2020 12:46 PM #74
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Not wanting to be a party pooper so never posted earlier but I never got the whole subbuteo thing. I had more fun with my old magnet football game where you had a rod under the table that you used to move the players around on the board above. Flicking with your fingers seemed such a strange concept and never got a grip of me or my pals. Not overly knocking it as it became very popular and widespread with many competitions and international tournaments but personally I just could not take it seriously.
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03-04-2020 02:46 PM #75
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I got my Subbuteo stuff from a toy shop at St John's Road, Corstorphine. I think the shop may have been called "Gartons"?? If you walk along St John's Road now it's nothing but betting shops, takeaways and charity shops!!
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03-04-2020 04:21 PM #76This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I was at Jenners that day as well. I unearthed my certificate. Remember the day well and my 5 minute battering
His Glasgow visit was on Reporting Scotland the night before so I practised all night with one of my mates. Pointless really!
He hammered me 4-0 in about 5 minutes and was playing a completely different game to me. Polishing the players bases and all that stuff.
Having said that, I almost got a shot in against him...almost!
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03-04-2020 04:52 PM #77This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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03-04-2020 05:29 PM #78This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
That's OK, each to their own.
If you prefer fiddling with wee magnets and rods under the table, then who am I to complain.
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03-04-2020 09:33 PM #79This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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04-04-2020 12:02 AM #83
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My old boss represented scotland at subbuteo and trust me he told me he really took it serious he said they had different weights in the bases and could get heated at times though he is proud of his Scotland caps.
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04-04-2020 09:41 AM #86This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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04-04-2020 09:53 AM #87
Does anyone remember the C4 coverage of the 1990 Subbuteo World Cup, with the Scottish geezer (McGiffen) bringing the game into disrepute?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7yJ...7BRSrNFbKe8r8Q
The grudge match is about 19-20 minutes in - cringeworthy.
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04-04-2020 10:38 AM #88
We used to play Subbuteo on a carpet in the living room whose pattern was uncannily similar to the markings of a football pitch.
This was in the days before fancy painted figures. The players were flat celluloid and you punched them out of a card when they were new. I have to say a big attraction was the leaflet which detailed the colours of all the clubs, or nearly all - green for Hibs, Plymouth Argyle and both Irelands!
Unfortunately, the men often got stepped on and snapped so you'd end up with a team of Jimmy Johnstones. Also, you had to keep the cat out of the room because he would get after them and cuff them under the sideboard, telly etc.
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04-04-2020 10:55 AM #89
I shared a bedroom with my older brother and the space on the floor between our beds was just big enough to unfurl the pitch and still have room for sitting at the sides to play the game.
One of my mates, that lived in Macbeth Moir Rd in Musselburgh, used to have a table big enough for the pitch and the rest of us were quite jealous of him, cos you could stand up while playing.
He didn't have a brother sharing his room, though, which made me kinda wish I was an only child, like him
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04-04-2020 11:14 AM #90
Went from layng the pitch on a carpet to the dizzy heights of my Dad getting a piece of that sort of thin plyboard (usually at the back of DIY bookcases). It had a 'rough' side that meant the pitch stuck brilliantly. Had to invest in the fence surround though.
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