Friends of Old Subbuteo

Old Subbuteo Town

02/03/21
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Old SubbuteoTown

Which came first, the houses or the pitch?

The pitch obviously! The town grew up around it, with folks coming from far and wide to 'bagsy' their plot of land, so they can watch all the games from the comfort of their living room sofas.

Inspired by the phenomenon of the local community football team with a local following, and then the whole town turns up to support them in a big cup match, like Marine AFC v Spurs in the 3rd Round of the Cup. Check out the ground they've played at since 1903. It used to be called Rossett Park - one side runs alongside the back gardens of houses on Rossett Road.

Maybe someone will build a town one day to replicate Old Subbuteo Town! ?

The models

Metcalfe Models

Hornby Skaledale

Scratch Built Card

Around the ground

Round the back of the bike shed
The residents of Rossett Road
Beatties. The Stadium of Fingers terraces were bought here
The Beatties corporate bus
Just finishing off sticking up the poster of that iconic picture!
A few of the local sponsors
Peeking through a gap between the shops with the Rossett Road 'stand' in the background
Her Majesty and the Presentation Party putting in a shift at the Lite Bite Sandwich Bar
The Beatties roof garden - a great spot to watch the games
Looking over the roof garden to the Shop Row End
The Old Subbuteo Shop, with a few fans watching Peter Adolph play son Mark at Subbuteo
Dee's Olde Yarn Shoppe and her U-Knitted Subbuteo outlet - Dee knitted the jumpers for the goalposts used in the Park Pitch
A regular stop-off for the Subbuteo Sightseeing Tours
The Ken Tour Bus comes to town!

Ready for play...

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