If you thought that Subbuteo went the same way as flares, space hoppers and sherbet spaceships - that is, to the dustbin of history - think again, says Brendan O'Neill. Like an ageing, slightly ...

Few toy brands can boast about being the best in their game for 75 years yet, the iconic flick to kick football game is doing just that this year. Among all the electronic advances in the world of ...

This past week, I did something I haven’t done in 30 years. I played a game of Subbuteo. The last time I played the table soccer game, I had bought a set from Toys R Us in the 1980s. In that game, my ...

Langton Green was on my bucket list for places to visit before I leave this planet. Before you start looking it up on Google Maps, it’s a small village in Kent, just a few miles from Tunbridge Wells.

In the early summer of 1983 then I finally retired the Triumph 20 to the shed where I watched it happily rust for years after. In its stead, I took possession of a gold, 10-speed Viking racer. I’d ...

A 15-year-old Subbuteo player competing in the game’s world cup this year has said it has been great to see tabletop football “come back to life”. Ruby Matthews, from Flintshire, Wales, loves the game ...

If you thought that Subbuteo went the same way as flares, space hoppers and sherbet spaceships - that is, to the dustbin of history - think again, says Brendan O'Neill. Like an ageing, slightly ...

Among all the electronic advances in the world of play and pressure from all things digital prying the pounds away from kids’ pockets, Subbuteo is alive and very much kicking. Created in 1947 by RAF ...

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