Will give them a proper try out when I have more time.
Friday 29 October 2010
Ireland team.
Will give them a proper try out when I have more time.
Wednesday 20 October 2010
Interesting stats.
I found an article from 2007 that was in the Northern Echo newspaper about subbuteo football leagues. Apparently there are hundreds of tournaments and leagues for table football worldwide, with the majority being in Europe. Britain it seems is fairly poorly represented, with England only able to field 70 players at the highest level! Interestingly enough, 70,000 football sets were sold in the U K that year, and also of note was the fact that on the continent subbuteo is sold in sports shops as opposed to toy shops, with the game being recognized as a serious sport. Also in this article was stated that European professional players can earn as much as 40,000 euros annually.
Hmmm, methinks I had better start limbering up my fingers, maybe a table rugby world cup could be in the offing!!!
Hmmm, methinks I had better start limbering up my fingers, maybe a table rugby world cup could be in the offing!!!
Tuesday 12 October 2010
International.
Having acquired the England team, it seemed the logical thing to do was have a game, and what better than Australia as opponents!!
Australia lined up for pre match photo!!
England ready and in the frame.
I decided to make the game more open with a slight tweak to the rules, normally to run with the ball the figure must having made contact, remain within 2 inches of the ball, the kicking wedge base is 2 inches long. However that can make progress a little slow, so I think the best ploy is, once possession has been established the figure may then have 2 kicks of any length, but after that must again do a possession flick, or any player that was behind the play of the ball may attempt to gain possession. If possession is gained, then up to 2 kicks of any length are again allowed, but must be followed with a regain possession flick.
The game works well played like this, with some pretty decent runs, and makes for a more flowing game. Australia executed a great long kick, putting the ball in the far left corner of England's in goal area, players of neither side were particularly near the ball, and Australia's attempt at possession fell short, but alas so did England's, this left Australia in a good position to attempt a try, which was successful right in the left corner. This of course meant a fairly tight angle for the conversion attempt, but the ball sailed right between the posts in spectacular fashion! There was only a few minutes of the first half left, and England managed to get in position to attempt a drop goal, but the ball fell short of the posts, and that was the end of the fist half.
Second half got off to a good start for England, though their attacks were met with good defence, and it looked like they were never going to score. However a good kick forward put the ball in front of the posts, and the resulting swerve shot to gain possession was pure magic with the player ending up right by the ball, from there it was relatively easy to score the try just to the right of the posts. From this position the conversion should have been a piece of cake, but unfortunately swung wide of the right hand post. The rest of the half seemed to swing evenly either way, and in the closing minutes England again were in a threatening position right down by the Australian line, but did not take advantage of the situation, thus allowing Australia to clear their line, and end of match.
Australia 7 England 5.
I decided to make the game more open with a slight tweak to the rules, normally to run with the ball the figure must having made contact, remain within 2 inches of the ball, the kicking wedge base is 2 inches long. However that can make progress a little slow, so I think the best ploy is, once possession has been established the figure may then have 2 kicks of any length, but after that must again do a possession flick, or any player that was behind the play of the ball may attempt to gain possession. If possession is gained, then up to 2 kicks of any length are again allowed, but must be followed with a regain possession flick.
The game works well played like this, with some pretty decent runs, and makes for a more flowing game. Australia executed a great long kick, putting the ball in the far left corner of England's in goal area, players of neither side were particularly near the ball, and Australia's attempt at possession fell short, but alas so did England's, this left Australia in a good position to attempt a try, which was successful right in the left corner. This of course meant a fairly tight angle for the conversion attempt, but the ball sailed right between the posts in spectacular fashion! There was only a few minutes of the first half left, and England managed to get in position to attempt a drop goal, but the ball fell short of the posts, and that was the end of the fist half.
Second half got off to a good start for England, though their attacks were met with good defence, and it looked like they were never going to score. However a good kick forward put the ball in front of the posts, and the resulting swerve shot to gain possession was pure magic with the player ending up right by the ball, from there it was relatively easy to score the try just to the right of the posts. From this position the conversion should have been a piece of cake, but unfortunately swung wide of the right hand post. The rest of the half seemed to swing evenly either way, and in the closing minutes England again were in a threatening position right down by the Australian line, but did not take advantage of the situation, thus allowing Australia to clear their line, and end of match.
Australia 7 England 5.
Thursday 7 October 2010
England team.
New purchase from e bay, England team.
Just need South Africa and the All Blacks now and we will be well away!!
Tuesday 5 October 2010
Rest of the team!
To complete the figures making up the cricket teams we have the following players!
These two chaps are a slip fielder and a standing fielder, who looks bored with the proceedings!! The tray in the front has an indentation, if the ball comes to rest in that it is a catch.
Finally we have the wicket keeper and a bowling figure, not to be confused with the bowling device explained in a previous posting!!
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