Tunbridge Wells will hold a Heritage Open Day to celebrate Subbuteo as the table top game celebrates its 75th anniversary. The Kent town was the original home of Subbuteo after founder Peter Adolph produced the early sets in his Langton Green home, eventually expanding to larger premises. The town was…
SubbuteoFest 2022 review: What I thought about the two-day table football event
Late July 2022 saw the UK’s biggest celebration of all things Subbuteo and the two-day event was a major hit. SubbuteoFest, organised by Haverhill Subbuteo Club with the support of the English Subbuteo Association, promised to be the biggest table football event of its kind in the UK across Saturday…
SubbuteoFest 2022 nears as UK set to welcome massive Subbuteo fair and tournament
The biggest Subbuteo event of the year is set to arrive in a few days as the doors open to SubbuteoFest 2022. A historic festival of Subbuteo, the event will host the first official Subbuteo tournament in the UK since the 1990s and hundreds of attendees will also be able…
Antonio Conte makes major Spurs summer signing – two Subbuteo tables
Spurs manager Antonio Conte is already splashing the cash this year after guiding the club to the Champions League in his first season in charge of the London club. The Premier League and Serie A winner has received a very special delivery at Tottenham in order to prepare for next…
Subbuteo launches a new box set and it actually looks good
A mystery new Subbuteo set has appeared on the Spanish Amazon website and it looks like an exciting new box set for the brand. Eleven Force, the Spanish importer for the Subbuteo game, has added an image of a ‘Subbuteo Playset Edición Maradona’ in honour of Argentinian legend Diego Maradona….
New Subbuteo Fair is a huge success as fans flock to buy and sell
The UK’s newest Subbuteo Fair of 2022 has been hailed a success as visitors packed out the event on Sunday (29 May). The Subbuteo Collector’s Fair by Subbuteo Passion opened its doors in the picturesque village of Farthinghoe in Northampton and the hall was packed out with visitors for hours…
Subbuteo fan ends 16-year wait for rare set
A Subbuteo fan has finally landed his Holy Grail Subbuteo set 16 years after it was first released. Cameron Murray bagged himself a rare RBS Road to Germany World Cup set which looks like a standard Subbuteo team box but actually features detailed players depicting some of the most famous…
One of football’s most iconic stadium features arrives in Subbuteo
Think of English football stadiums of a certain vintage and one feature will evoke nostalgia like no other. From Goodison Park and Anfield in the Liverpool to Roker Park in Sunderland and the stunning Trinity Stand at Villa Park, stadiums across the country once featured the famous criss-cross patterns of…
The best Subbuteo shop in the world is opening another location
If you are a regular reader of this blog you will know that our love for SubbuteoLab in Italy is a little bit over the top. The world’s only dedicated bricks and mortar Subbuteo shop is a haven for all things Subbuteo, from classic teams and sets to modern trophies,…
Inside England’s Subbuteo World Cup bid including a collector’s fair, live streams and 64 top-of-the-range tables.
The proposed Subbuteo World Cup 2024 in England will feature 64 brand new Subbuteo tables, a giant Subbuteo collector’s fair and four continuous streams of the action. It will also feature a glitzy launch ceremony at a £20 million cultural centre and the opening event could be a Subbuteo World…