Football game

[bakermuk]

I had a football game given to me in 1975 -

It consisted of a green plastic "pitch". All the players were on springs attached to the pitch and were positioned in a slight depression around them that allowed the ball to settle at their "feet". You moved the ball around by holding the players back and letting them go! (quite effective!)

I always thought the game was a european import as it had German and I think Italian etc on the box

Anyone rememeber this?

[sixtyten]

Re: Football game

Sounds like Chad Valley Soccer Stadium




although this version seems to have switches to move the players, there was spring loaded player version. Will look for a pic

[bakermuk]

Re: Football game

Thats sort of what it looked like without the buttons as you said!

[sixtyten]

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That design of football game dates way back to the 1950's
This is a more recent european knock-off in similar style

[Richard1978]

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I remember at school we had a similar game, though the players were free standing. The wasn't a full set of them due to breakages as they were on the fragile side.

[Emettman]

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I remember at school we had a similar game, though the players were free standing. The wasn't a full set of them due to breakages as they were on the fragile side.

Different football game, but I had a Subbuteo goalkeeper who had to be retired injured with two badly broken ankles: he was replaced with a transfer from the Airfix paratroopers.

[Richard1978]

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Some of the Subbuteo players my brother had broke & had to be stuck into their bases with plasticene because were wern't allowed to use superglue.

[kazboot]

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My husband's little brother had this exact same game in the 70s, I remember playing it with him, but I can't think of the name and I've searched on google to no avail.
I hope someone knows it.

[sixtyten]

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Are you thinking of..Luda?

[kazboot]

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It appears to be Chad Valley Football Stadium.
What do you think?

I found this on a great site for football games nostalgia:- http://www.oldfootballgames.co.uk/

[sixtyten]

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Well bugger me.. I looked at nearly every link on that site (and the pictures in my previous post are from there), but the one I did not click on was that one.

[bakermuk]

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Hi all -

I really appreciate all the hard work you have put in looking for this - and this is so similar but its not the one - but its nice to see a "nearly" version rather than none at all!

The game I had was much longer and wider and only red and blue players (no shorts/tops/socks/boots - just plain old plastic!

I had the cheapo version lmao!

[jeepster2]

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Casdon Bobby Charlton??
http://www.oldfootballgames.co.uk/in...?pageid=125852