Subbuteo World has revealed it will be launching three new astroturf pitches in the coming weeks including a winter pitch and a ‘beach soccer’ pitch. The Subbuteo store announced it will release a muddy astropitch by the weekend based on the hugely successful Table Football Monthly cloth muddy pitch, designed…
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Subbuteo’s founder built a rival game to take down his old company
In another delve into the often weird and wacky history of Subbuteo we take a look at the time Subbuteo’s founder Peter Adolph actually plotted to replace Subbuteo with a new game. After selling Subbuteo to toy giant Waddingtons for £250,000 plus share options, Adolph was employed as a consultant…
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The Subbuteo trophies that are rarer than the League Cup
The Subbuteo League Cup is widely regarded as the rarest and most valuable of all of the trophies the brand ever produced. The three-handled trophy is named as the Holy Grail for many collectors and recent eBay items have fetched upwards of £150 in the wake of fierce bidding from…
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Subbuteo launches VAR set for 2021
Subbuteo has launched an official VAR set for 2021. The table football game has launched the first ever VAR set after teasing the launch earlier last year. The new set contains a referee, referee assistants, a fourth official holding a board and a VAR monitor to place at the side…
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The Subbuteo World Cup is set to return for the first time in 26 years
The table football World Cup will include a ‘traditional Subbuteo’ category for the first time since 1994. The table football World Cup, which will take place in Rome in 2021, could include a category using traditional Subbuteo players and accessories. The news was announced by table football governing body FISTF…
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The Subbuteo muddy pitch is now available as an astropitch
The Table Football Monthly muddy pitch is the must-have Subbuteo product of the year and there is a new exciting option on sale this month. Subbuteo World has announced it has used Keith Littler’s popular design to create a Pegasus Astroturf version of the pitch and it will be on…
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The former Subbuteo factory is available to rent
Last week an image of the former Subbuteo factory in Washington, North East England, was doing the rounds in the community. The picture was taken some time around 1982 in Washington, Tyne and Wear. This was the temporary Subbuteo factory set up shortly after Subbuteo started to produce machine-painted players…
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How Subbuteo goal nets nearly downed the company
If you want to find out more about Subbuteo goals, we discuss them in the new episode of Netflicks – The Subbuteo Show. You can watch that here. Subbuteo goals can be tricky. The goals have changed a lot over the years, from the classic NNs with the back bar…
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The best Subbuteo gifts for Christmas 2020
Christmas is coming and for those who are lucky enough to have a Subbuteo lover in their lives it is time to try to find the best Subbuteo present possible. I get a lot of requests from people asking for present ideas so I thought I’d help out by suggesting…
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The Subbuteo stadium that has been standing for 35 years
In 1985 Riccardo Bertone bought a Subbuteo grandstand and a corner terrace. A year a stadium started to take shape. It is probably a familiar story with people who return to the game and suddenly find themselves ordering boxes of accessories and building a Subbuteo stadium in any spare space…