Following a break of (possibly as long as ) 18 years, the fabulous four got together once again to participate in an historic event, THE Subutteo League World Cup Finals 2006!
After the digging out of teams, some successfully, some not, the contestants were ready to do battle...
All internal photos can be clicked to enlarge them!
A fantastic online resource is Peter Upton's Subbuteo Tribute Website. From the inital sets of 1947 right up to the photo-real sets of 2005, Peter's site has a history of the game, exhaustive team lists and accessory details. I've shamelessy taken info from this excellent site which is well worth a visit.
Subbuteo does a roaring trade on eBay particularly the early sets and the 60s and 70s heavyweight sets.
An excellent condition heavyweight team will fetch £15 up to £100, with a lightweight team going for between £5 and £10.
Pure filling really -but I found some of the following quite interesting whilst researching for this site..
