Subbuteo or Super Striker?

[dribble]

I think mine is still in my loft back in Boro too!

I also bought my brother Super Striker for his 50th birthday, he couldn’t believe I’d managed to get hold of one.

 

[The Ruthsayer]

Remember the original subbuteo where the the players were 2d instead of 3d, also when you broke a man and glued him back to the base he was a little bit shorter than the others.

Fantastic! I’d forgotten to the 2d men. About 1970??

 

[TeessideCleveland]

Subbuteo was great. Apart from having to iron the pitch every time you played it.

And often only finding players that went off the pitch by the crunch under your feet....

 

[GazBoro]

Remember the original subbuteo where the the players were 2d instead of 3d, also when you broke a man and glued him back to the base he was a little bit shorter than the others.

They still make them apparently

CELLULOID TEAM REF 32. ALLOA. DUMBARTON. Mint Condition, No Bases.

AN ORIGINAL SET OF 10 SUBBUTEO FLAT CELLULOID FIGURES PLUS A GOALKEEPER IN MINT CONDITION. THERE ARE NO BASES WITH THIS TEAM.

www.subbuteoworld.co.uk

 

[dribble]

We would even use the gas poker to try and melt the Subbuteo players back on their stands.They were painted that many times some just became a blob.

 

[proctors_perm]

Subbuteo wasn’t about game so much for me, it was the teams, the goals, the stands, the scoreboard etc etc

 

[Ironops]

I loved Subbuteo. I had a team I bought from Romer Parish that was a yellow and black striped tops - I thought they were called Mannschaft, until my brother told me that was the German word for 'team'

never did find out who they were.

 

[Andy_W]

Subbuteo was great. Apart from having to iron the pitch every time you played it.

I eventually got the rolled up Astro pitch

 

[Yearbyred]

Big League for me...

I had forgotten I had this one too!

You could paint the teams - I made an absolute pigs ear of it.

 

[proctors_perm]

Yeah, my fans looked like they were all wearing tie die T-shirts. I remember the scoreboard and having teams like Admira Wacker, Ljubljana and Young Boys. The Astro turf was a game changer, also remember tgetting the Italia 90 nets (so deep the ball took a couple of seconds to kit the back of the net), and also getting the shirt number transfers

 

[GazBoro]

I’ll see if I can dig any pictures out of my collection, over 200 teams at the last count….in the meantime this is a great site.

Team Colours Intro

Have you ever thought about joining that online league I linked in post #31 ?

Looks interesting. Middlesbrough are bottom of Division 7

 

[Richyboro]

Used to have Subbuteo leagues and cups with my brother, had to memorise each players name even after flicking them. Think that is why I have such a good memory now, can still tell you the Ipswich Town 1982 team or the Everton team.

 

[mattiethomp709]

He always beat me at Subbuteo
'Cause he 'flicked to kick'
And I didn't know

Was that kevin

 

[mattiethomp709]

Subbuteo for me, the floodlights resulted in a lot of serious injuries tho

 

[goalscrounger]

My solo playing career reached its zenith in my teen years

What about Subbuteo though?

 

[NorthumberlandBoro]

Was that kevin

Yes, my perfect cousin!

 

[indeedido]

Subbuteo was all about accessories.
Super Striker was much more realistic, faster and skilled.
The move from Striker to Super Striker was good, especially the goalkeeper progression from throwing out version to diving keeper.

 

[goalscrounger]

Subbuteo was all about accessories.
Super Striker was much more realistic, faster and skilled.
The move from Striker to Super Striker was good, especially the goalkeeper progression from throwing out version to diving keeper.

You could place the ball in the diving keeper's arms and make him dive to throw the ball into play on Super Striker (you could also do backheels with outfield players if you knew what you were doing!)

 

[ska66]

Love them both. Picked these up a while back in charity shops

 

[ska66]

Not football but a really cool game, acquired when my Dad worked in Russia in the 70s for ICI