Being the son of a librarian, my childhood was full of reading – mainly as much sports fiction as possible. That’s how I discovered the book “The Table Football League”…
James Gordon
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The Subbuteo brand and imagery is still iconic – and for that reason, it does appear in various forms in the ever-popular novelty gifts market, particularly in the run-up to…
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Subbuteo Rugby first appeared on the market in the mid 1950’s. It was available for about four years when due to very poor sales it was deleted. This first version…
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Subbuteo goes beyond football, and it was the discovery of the rugby version that rekindled my interest in Subbuteo more than a decade ago. Subbuteo Rugby was a game of…
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How close Sky Sports got to showing live Subbuteo action
by James Gordonby James GordonIt arrived in 2016 with an ambitious dream – to get Subbuteo live on Sky Sports. But the Pro Table Soccer Association barely lasted another 18 months, its exciting and…
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When Mario Balotelli set up a Subbuteo league at Liverpool
by James Gordonby James GordonFamed perhaps more for his antics off the pitch than on them, Subbuteo perhaps wouldn’t be an activity you’d associate with former Premier League winner and Italy international Mario Balotelli.…
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The English Subbuteo Association is calling for help to support it organise and run Subbuteo in England. In a passionate plea on the association’s official Facebook page, chairman Dave Pawsey…
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Has the internet spoiled the beauty of collecting Subbuteo?
by James Gordonby James GordonThe days where you could walk in to a shop and uncover a previously unseen Subbuteo team are long gone. That is of course unless you stumble across a previously…
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That was a question I was asked by a BBC journalist some eight years ago. If anything, Subbuteo presence has improved since then. Back then, we didn’t have any real…
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For all collectors of Subbuteo, there are pros and cons of the modern age. eBay can be a fantastic outlet to find those old teams, but is also plagued by…