FLICK TO KICK (Subbuteo)

Member Name: paulyvous

Product:	Subbuteo
Date:	29/07/09 (22 review reads)
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Advantages: KEPT ME OFF THE STREETS

Disadvantages: i WAS A BIT FREAKY

Subbuteo is a table football game were you have to flick the players to shoot, pass and tackle. If you flick a player and you hit an opponent without hitting the ball then it's a foul.Simple as that! My attention to detail was second to none, from the ironing of the pitch- The only time I got behind an ironing board as a kid! I had grandstands which covered the whole perimeter of the pitch. I must of had hundreds of tiny spectators. I wasn't that obsessed with having lots of different teams, but the ones I had were looked after and cared for with love and kindness.

Some people couldn't understand how a tiny little player would be flicked around the football pitch kicking a ball that was comically bigger than the player. The game was definitely about skill and basically how well you control your players by flicking with your fingertips. When I played as a kid, if I thought anyone was flicking it wrongly, well I used to go berserk! Anyone who knocked anything out of place, it was a definite yellow card.

Yes I can honestly say I was a subbuteo freak! Freak being the operative word! One incident that sticks in my mind: When I was about 10, my mother was heavily pregnant with my youngest brother. One day I was happily playing subbuteo on my own- probably best that way- I was very happy as I'd just bought the Brazilian national team. Anyway my Mum announced that her water was about to break. I panicked! I though my pitch was about to be hit by a severe flood! Anyway all was well and thirty years later my brother still brings back memories of that certain panic attack!

Since I played subbuteo as a kid, I've read about more advanced tactics involving the game, so if anyone fancies throwing themselves in at the deep end!

Summary: AHH.... THOSE WERE THE DAYS!