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Whilst I have found a Dukla Prague Away kit I am struggling to find an a FC St Pauli kit or Merciful Release banner advertising.

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Top post! :notworthy:

I've got two suitcases of the stuff (72-76) up in the attic. :D

Now I've got another website to go and play anoraks on! Today just got better. Thank you twp. :notworthy:
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My brothers and I used to club together with our pocket money to buy it for what seemed like years during the late 60s/ early 70s. We had the football, cricket and even the rugby. The football was the only one really worth having though. So many teams. Because it belonged to all three of us, we left it at my parents once we'd left home. Big mistake. Everything has since been totally trashed by grandchildren. I blame my brothers' kids of course. We used to have Leeds United with the names of the classic 70s team lineup written on the box underneath the slot for each player. :cry:
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The rugby set always freaked me because of the gigantic kicker.
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Red Sunsets wrote:The rugby set always freaked me because of the gigantic kicker.
I always wanted a Man Utd v Man City set when I was a kid. The Utd kit at the time looked so very "George Best" :roll:

Sadly I never got one. My parents deemed it inappropriate.

I've seen the Rugby set though and I know what you mean about the kickers! :o
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Even at the age of ten
Smart boy Kevin was a smart boy then
He always beat me at Subbuteo
Cos he flicked the kick
And I didn't know






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Debaser wrote:Even at the age of ten
Smart boy Kevin was a smart boy then
He always beat me at Subbuteo
Cos he flicked the kick
And I didn't know
He never saw the kicker in Subbuteo Rugby, Ness.
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Did Subbuteo have a hand in that 'Howzat' crickety type game too??
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What is cricket please?


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Red Sunsets wrote:What is cricket please?


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I went out with a bloke and he was a HUGE Subbuteo fan. He had all the gear absolute shedloads of it, but not once in our 18 month relationship did I see him actually PLAY Subbuteo (and I did offer to be taught!) or a game of real football. But he knew all the BARCODES of ALL the teams you could get. I used to test him on bizarre football strips of the world and he would get them right ALL THE TIME. Even Quatar under 13's reserves (okay I made that one up but you get the idea)
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Brideoffrankenstein wrote:...But he knew all the BARCODES of ALL the teams you could get....
:eek: What, like, "Thick black line, thin white line, medium black line..."

























Actually, I know damn well (or at least I hope!) that you mean the numbers, but it's still pretty much anorak territory!
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markfiend wrote:but it's still pretty much anorak territory!
And damn fine anorak territory too! Memories, memories ...
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Johnny Boy wrote:
markfiend wrote:but it's still pretty much anorak territory!
And damn fine anorak territory too! Memories, memories ...
Subbuteo? Yes. But ANYONE who knows the barcode number of ANYTHING is certifiable in my book.
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markfiend wrote:
Brideoffrankenstein wrote:...But he knew all the BARCODES of ALL the teams you could get....
:eek: What, like, "Thick black line, thin white line, medium black line..."



Actually, I know damn well (or at least I hope!) that you mean the numbers, but it's still pretty much anorak territory!

err yeah! It was a little open ended and open to sarcasm wasn't it :notworthy:
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Thrash Harry wrote:
Johnny Boy wrote:
markfiend wrote:but it's still pretty much anorak territory!
And damn fine anorak territory too! Memories, memories ...
Subbuteo? Yes. But ANYONE who knows the barcode number of ANYTHING is certifiable in my book.
Yes, that's what I meant Thrash. Subbuteo in and of itself isn't anorak territory.

Interesting factoid (although I'm sure all you anoraks :P will already know) that Subbuteo got its name from the Hobby Hawk Subbuteo subbuteo because its inventor thought, "well, this football game is a hobby..."

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markfiend wrote:
Thrash Harry wrote:
Johnny Boy wrote: And damn fine anorak territory too! Memories, memories ...

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Brideoffrankenstein wrote:Moon on stick man
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"The Actor Kevin Eldon" seems to have made far more of a success since "Lee and Herring" than they have themselves...
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My favourite was Kevin Eldon's scary vicar:
Jews, Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists. I'm sorry, you're all wrong.
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