Subbuteo

I used to love Subbuteo. I never knew anyone who played it properly though. We always used to enjoy flicking the hell out of all our players until they’d vanished off the pitch while the ball travelled the grand total of two inches. But we’d be brilliant at goal kicks. Rather than using the dedicated goal kick figure (sold separately); we’d flick the green tail end of the keeper which would cause even more fouls and injured players. Naturally, this didn’t do our figures or fingernails any good; and we’d constantly be saving up our pocket money to buy a replacement team that wasn’t standing at a 45-degree angle. And this got us interested in the many accessories involved. I remember buying new goals with patterned nets, a plastic scoreboard with a billion team names that you cut out and fed into its slots, and the important silver Subbuteo F.A cup which was twice as tall as players. I’ve since read that (thankfully) the new pitch is a lot less itchy. Perhaps you don’t have to iron it as much.