Original Subbuteo Football Game
£48.50
Product details
- Childhood football nostalgia doesn't come better than the table top game of Subbuteo, which means 'the hobby' in latin
- Subbuteo is a classic finger-flicking football-simulation action game. It is played on a large cloth playing field called a "pitch", with teams of miniature football players mounted on smooth round bases. The football players are made to kick the ball by flicking their bases, which causes them to slide around on the pitch, hitting the ball
- The rules simulate nearly all details of a football game including ball possession and passing, throw-ins, goal kicks and corner kicks. There is even a large section in the rules devoted to fouling
- Comes with 2 generic teams, a pitch, 2 goals, a ball and a set of rules.
- Pitch measurements: 140cm x 121cm
- Playing area measurements: 96cm x 79cm
- Leaves enough room around the pitch to add the fence surround
- SUBBUTEO was created by Peter Adolph in 1946 and the first SUBBUTEO set contained goals made of wire with paper nets, a ball and cardboard playing figures on bases made from buttons weighed down with lead washers. These initial figures were made from flat cardboard, known later to collectors as “flats”. Both Chalk and instructions were included in the set to mark out the pitch
- In 1961 Peter Adolph introduced a three-dimensional hand painted plastic figure and after several design modifications, this figure evolved into the classic “heavyweight” player. In 1980 the new lightweight figure was introduced
