Hi Anal I knew it wasn't allowed, it just really wound him up - He used to get really upset which was great entertainment (this of course was back in the days when we had to make our own) I had a team in Saints colours, until my older brother broke off all their heads
Loved it but could never bloody win...my brother had Manure Utd and I had to suffer with Villa, Newcastle Random teams I know ... however could never beat him, so I day I "accidently" stood on Eric Cantona Never played me again
Amazing website - I remember playing my cousin wekend after weekend as a boy; loved it. Had quite a few teams as I recall. Saints Alive; great post - many thanks for bringing back happy memories!
Am afraid I left it at home when I moved out some 20-odd years ago and strongly suspect it got thrown out... that won't stop me asking my dad this weekend if it's still in the attic!
Think I'm going to have to do the same Romsey, I'm sure mine will still be up in my parent's attic somewhere. I was an avid collector of Roy of the Rovers comics when I was a kid and I remember one year they had a promotion where you could order a specially commisioned Melchester Rovers Subbuteo team. When it came through all of the players were identical except for one, Roy Race, who had blonde hair. Quality.
The Melchester Rovers team mwas ace. My cousin had it and then only a few years back when nI asked him for it, he informed me he ditched it. The stuff isn't really worth much (the odd really mint rare team can fetch a few quid) but for geeks like me it's fab. My 10 year old son has a pitch on a board across his snooker table in the middle of his bedroom. I believe he is the only one of his freinds that has one, but when the others are round to play they all love it.... ... playstation....dismaystation...get with the old toys kids! As this is a football forum, I won't mention my scalextric stuff which is actually in a cupboard in the dining room and still makes an appearance for Easter and Xmas hols!!! For 41, see me as going on 11
Super Soccer was better. The ones where you put the ball under the foot and hit the players head to kick it. Although the long term injury list for players was atrocious.
You could be right about the name. I think Super Soccer might have been a bit like the ice hockey games where the players were controlled by sticks and could spin round?
I have got loads of it up in the loft, rescued it from my mums loft a few years ago.I had loads of international teams, plus most of Division 1(not Pompey of course). A few of us actually had a Subbuteo league back in the mid seventies.Subbuteo and Scalextrix were a bit part of my childhood. Great memories.
my old man glued my subbuteo pitch to a piece of thin board, which was great, apart from the fact he clearly got a bit bored doing it and the pitch was more of lopp-sided oblong than a rectangle.
I feel a Saints fans tournament coming on! Perhaps filmed by Saints Player in one of the suits on the morning of a home game! All in aid of the Saints Foundation!!
I didn't want to steal your thunder. We have the original of this subbuteo team. Greatest game in the world.
