[Football] Goldstone Subbuteo Stadium

[Invicta]

I think what would significantly add to the realism of this model stadium would be if you could have miniature supporters in there. Maybe Airfix could produce some - a bit like those small plastic soldiers they made - so that we could re-enact the terrace battles against Palace etc? You could further enhance the experience with model policemen, a couple of police dogs and the bloke who carried the lottery board around the pitch at half time?

Subbuteo sold fans, police, stretcher bearers and others.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Brilliant model. Subbuteo was the daddy.

But what was the one with the uneven pitch and the players that sort of spun around (i think)?

Edit: Found it!

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I had one of them. Excellent game.

 

[darkwolf666]

You’re clearly all very young, as I remember Subbuteo players that were a flat bit of plastic, that you slotted into the base, a lot easier to store and meant you only needed two sets of bases...

Fast forwarding to the three dimensional players, I remember having an Everton team, with one player (Alan Ball) wearing white boots - Ball was one of first players to wear coloured boots and Subbuteo incorporatesd this into the Everton team for a while.

 

[brightn'ove]

Amazing recreation. Surely should be on display at the Albion to be seen by 1000s rather than just in his house, seen by few?

There is a similarly intricate scale model of the withdean and the goldstone on display at the museum in the ground:
http://budgefunk.com/portfolio_page/goldstone-ground-model/
http://budgefunk.com/portfolio_page/bha-stadium-model/

 

[supaseagull]

Where's the LEGO stand

Meccano stand


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[Is it PotG?]

Anyone bought the new set of BHA Women's team players?

 

[AZ Gull]

Anyone bought the new set of BHA Women's team players?

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[portslade seagull]

Exactly this. I still have a little book with all the results written down. When I was 11 I was a Leeds fan, and my middle brother Chelsea (he still is) so I always roped him in to play Chelsea so I (Leeds) could win. I've been trying to stack the odds in my favour ever since.

Oh, and Freddy Starr was a **** even back then.

You were a Leeds fan !!!!

 

[Eeyore]

You were a Leeds fan !!!!

When I was 11 I supported Aston Villa. I went off them after they won the league. Supporting successful teams is such a drag. I've supported Albion ever since. If we do too well I may have to look at it again.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

You’re clearly all very young, as I remember Subbuteo players that were a flat bit of plastic, that you slotted into the base, a lot easier to store and meant you only needed two sets of bases...

Fast forwarding to the three dimensional players, I remember having an Everton team, with one player (Alan Ball) wearing white boots - Ball was one of first players to wear coloured boots and Subbuteo incorporatesd this into the Everton team for a while.

Yep l'm old enough to remember that too. Did Alan Ball's Subbuteo double have ginger hair too?

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

When I was 11 I supported Aston Villa. I went off them after they won the league. Supporting successful teams is such a drag. I've supported Albion ever since. If we do too well I may have to look at it again.

Bury are short of fans, you may not get to see much football though.

 

[JC Footy Genius]

Anyone bought the new set of BHA Women's team players?

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Must ... resist.... inappropriate, finger flicking comment ....arrrggghhh.

 

[jimhigham]

Never ever realised that the ‘new’ North did not stretch the full width of the pitch. Who the fxxk would sensibly design it like that?

For pure asymmetrical lunacy, you can't beat Brunton Park. What the hell is going on there?

 

[dennis]

For pure asymmetrical lunacy, you can't beat Brunton Park. What the hell is going on there?

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That was done by Michael Knighton, the fella that was supposed to be taking over Man Utd and then couldn't afford it.

He was going to make Brunton Park into a big all seater stadium and was going to turn the pitch round 90 degrees and that stand was supposed to be behind one of the goals but thats as far as it all got

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

You were a Leeds fan !!!!

Sprake Cooper Reaney Hunter Charlton Giles Bremner Lorimer Clarke Grey Jones

Sub Madeley*

No. Leeds? Never heard of them.

*That took me 35 seconds to type, while chatting with Mrs T

 

[Eeyore]

Sold my sub but do to Dave the gaffer about 15 years ago, but still have BHA, one original and an 80's hand painted super team.

Seem to remember they were number 51.

 

[Surf's Up]

Someone has gone to a lot of trouble here!

Superb.

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I can almost smell the stench from the North Stand latrine from here!!!

 

[Hungry Joe]

That is a thing of beauty, hats off.

 

[el punal]

I had a Subbuteo set during the 1960s. In those days the Albion played in blue shirts with white sleeves, white shorts, white socks, so it was easy to paint using the little Humbrol paint pots. My other set was painted in Man Utd colours. Strange that the Albion always used to beat United en route to another FA Cup Final at Wembley!

The pitch was a piece of green felt with the lines painted on using good old Humbrol again. The highlight was a grandstand built with Lego bricks that ran down one side of the pitch. Floodlights for evening matches was provided by a Pifco multi-purpose free standing torch that would dazzle the opposition goalie. Marvellous!

P.S. Weren’t the goalies made so that they were doing a swallow dive, complete with a guiding plastic stick coming out of their arse?

 

[Braggfan]

For pure asymmetrical lunacy, you can't beat Brunton Park. What the hell is going on there?

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God that hurts my eyes looking at that!