Classic Footballs

[maffew]

That is the absolute DON of all footballs.

The AZTECA version ran it CLOSE though...

happy days

think I had them for my my subbuteo as well

 

[Barnet Seagull]

Got one of these for my birthday

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

Boom.. I used to save this ball more than most!

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Look at THAT. That's vitually PORN...

 

[Mendoza]

Primary School Flash Back......

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

Primary School Flash Back......

woooaow!

 

[strings]

 

[Mendoza]

Look at THAT. That's vitually PORN...

I'll raise you an 86 with a 90

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Sorry Brett. Its a personal thing. The ball of the World Cup when I was 15 is always going to beat the one from when I was 19 and less excited about such things...

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Not that the 90 one isn't still a thing of great beauty. I'd have to rank them 82, 86, 90, though.

 

[Storer68]

and here we see how the effect of marketing can ruin a beautifully simple and elegant concept......

adidas Mens Finale Capitano Football Black/White
adidas UEFA Champions League official match replica football.

 

[maffew]

Boom.. I used to save this ball more than most!

if I remember rightly that was bloody expensive

there was a ball round '88 I think which used to remind me of the tardis, wonder what that was, cant remember who made it

 

[Storer68]

Possibly the finest ever.......

thanks to colour TV

 

[Storer68]

take a look at this ball as a kind of example of the beginnings of football technology. Taken from the site Antique Soccer Balls Replica Leather Football footballs this ball apparently is a 1930s World Cup ball. Look at the string stitching? As the ball developed in the 70s-80s the standard came for 32 panel football, also known as a truncated icosahedron football:

 

[Stoichkov]

and here we see how the effect of marketing can ruin a beautifully simple and elegant concept......

adidas Mens Finale Capitano Football Black/White
adidas UEFA Champions League official match replica football.

That said, the first Finale version was a great ball. The last football I purchased

 

[Stoichkov]

When I played Sunday League, the ball was always a Mitre Ultimax. Whats the ball of CHOICE these days?

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

Ya' canne beat the retro balls.

 

[Stoichkov]

Bounce!

The Tango is back for the Euro's next year

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Football/Pix/pictures/2011/12/2/1322842938436

I found my '84 Tango the other day. It still inflates ok but all the markings have completley worn away now. The old-school balls go for a good price on ebay.

When I was in paris a couple of years ago, a big Addidas shop had all the various incarnations of the Tango in a glass display case. Lovely stuff.

 

[Stoichkov]

'Other Stuff'? This beauty is worthy of the Big Board!

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

Probably wrong to describe it as a proper football but weren't those 'Frido' balls fun? You could kick it as hard as you could into the lightest breeze and it would balloon back over your head!