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Subbuteo Collections

The beauty and eye-watering prices of Subbuteo’s African teams

Stephen Hurrell, January 5, 2022January 5, 2022

The African Cup of Nations 2022 is an international football competition full of eye-catching kits in unusual combinations. From Cameroon’s famous green shirts to Nigeria’s often crazy kit designs, the continent is no stranger to bright and outlandish shirts and the tournaments are usually a riot of colour. Fans of…

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Subbuteo Collections

Beautiful Subbuteo display uses an old pitch and hundreds of players

Stephen Hurrell, March 11, 2020March 11, 2020

When Subbuteo collector Carl Nelson shared a video of his collection on Facebook there was one thing that stood out straight away. Usually we would be left drooling over the box sets featured in his collection but as the camera panned round we only had eyes for a stunning Subbuteo…

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Subbuteo Collections

Subbuteo fan goes into attic and finds an incredible treasure trove of teams

Stephen Hurrell, June 18, 2019September 12, 2019

Most people go up to the attic and find a couple of dead spiders, some water-damaged boxes of books and plenty of dust. A Subbuteo fan has had a bit more luck when they headed up to the attic and found a treasure trove of incredibly rare and staggeringly-good condition…

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Subbuteo Prices

The best and worst lightweight Subbuteo teams on eBay

Stephen Hurrell, June 10, 2019September 12, 2019

Subbuteo is back. We’re hearing from a lot more people who are dusting off the old collection and new fans who are hoping to build their own. If you are new to Subbuteo it can be difficult to work out how much you should be buying and selling teams. With…

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Subbuteo Collections

The Subbuteo teams whose prices have increased by nearly 50% in just six months

Stephen Hurrell, April 25, 2019September 12, 2019

Motherwell’s bright colours, interesting kit designs and relative rarity make them a team that has always fetched a higher than average price in Subbuteo sales. However, when a late 1980s version of the team in a tatty box was listed on eBay I don’t think many would expect a bidding…

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The tiny feature that could add a lot of value to your Italian Subbuteo teams

Stephen Hurrell, October 17, 2018December 4, 2023

If you have an Italian Subbuteo lightweight team from 1981 onwards you may want to take a closer look. A fun quirk of the Subbuteo range for over 20 years means not all Italian teams are equal. In fact, some rare teams will have a tiny detail that makes them…

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Subbuteo Prices

We told Maltese table-toppers Gzira United about their very own Subbuteo team

Stephen Hurrell, October 8, 2018September 12, 2019

This is a new series of articles by Subbuteo.Online in which we explore the reference numbers of the lightweight Subbuteo days from around 1980 to 1996. We hope by showcasing and following new teams fans can learn a bit more about the wider world of football and its links to…

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