The Champions League is back and that means sponsors fans will be eagerly waiting for the group stages. At Subbuteo.Online we love a bit of Champions League action, not least because it allows us to see a lot of the more obscure Subbuteo teams in action on Europe’s biggest stage….
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The best modern day Subbuteo video advert?
This absolute beauty of a video has been released by Eleven Force in Spain to promote their official licenses. With Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Betis, Real Sociedad, Sevilla and Espanyol all having officially licensed Subbuteo products, the Spanish collection is the envy of all Subbuteo fans. The video highlights…
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The Subbuteo fans who support weird and wonderful real life teams
Football is all about emotion. Away from the Twitter spats, the red-faced radio phone in wind-up merchants and the endless transfer tittle-tattle it can be easy to forget that the real joy to be found in the beautiful game is that match-day experience. There isn’t a football fan alive who…
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Subbutegoals: Leeds vs Aston Villa and Bamford’s controversial dive
Leeds vs Aston Villa was a clash of two teams who may think they belong in the Premier League. With huge fanbases, rich history and some excellent players it is hard to argue – and a Championship clash between the two was always likely to be a fiesty affair. To…
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Listen to the Official Subbuteo song
An official Subbuteo song has been launched in Italy It will be played at all promotions and events around Italy and is sang by Tino Simonetti, a 54-year-old singer from Naples. You can listen to the song in full below. It has already captured the attention of Subbuteo players in…
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The story of the Adidas Tango orange ball and Subbuteo
Search for pictures of the orange Adidas Tango ball on Google and take a look at the results. There, ahead of a beautiful Liverpool FC programme cover featuring Ian Rush at a snowy Anfield, the vivid ball at his feet looking almost photoshopped against the drab, white background of a…
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Could individual collectable Subbuteo players reinvent the game?
The owners of Subbuteo have tried a few things to get people interested in the game again. Subbuteo Starz was an unpopular card game released in the late 1990s, while five-a-side versions, the much-maligned Dream Team Stadium and even a computer game. However, as Panini reaches one billion Euros in…
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Subbuteo Premier League adverts from the 90s including naked players and one big mistake
When Hasbro took over the Subbuteo brand in the mid-1990s it was already under pressure. It was a number of years since the game’s heydey in the 1970s and 1980s, where millions of players competed worldwide. Instead, console gaming was becoming popular and Subbuteo sales were down. According to one…
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How Subbuteo is trying to capture the youth of today
We all have our own ideas as to how Subbuteo should look, but its use as a tool is driving its popularity amongst the new generations. The high profile use of Subbuteo as a tactical and training aid in England’s recent Under 17 World Cup win is a small insight…
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Nearly every Bayern Munich Subbuteo team is officially the wrong colour – this is why
Bayern Munich are one of the world’s best football teams and they have dominated the German Bundesliga for decades. But if you have a Bayern Munich Subbuteo team there is a very big chance it is now completely out of date and its all because of an announcement made today….