Solo Subbuteo 101

How many of you had your first Subbuteo at Christmas, I would imagine especially in the UK and readers of a certain age (Wrinklies, comes to mind as my eldest Grandson so lovingly calls me) Christmas was the time when it was possible to have one. I remember I had put it on my wish-list for Christmas 1969, I wanted the International Edition. Which at the time was approx £10 and would have perhaps been equivalent to a third of my Parents weekly income. They probably thought that paying the bills and, putting food on the table was a little more important than feeding the fantasies of a 9 year old. But fair play to my Parents they did get me a Subbuteo that Christmas, not the one I wanted but a Subbuteo set non the less. Was I disappointed at only receiving a Club Edition? You can bet you’re life I wasn’t. The feeling I remember was one of pure joy, I had my first Subbuteo . The start of an era The first tournament I played in was December 25 th 1969, it consisted o

I’ve just purchased a few La Leggenda lightweight teams without bases, to compliment my collection of Santiago heavyweights. They were just teams of 10 outfield players at a very reasonable price with no box. As I’m not really a collector of Subbuteo, the lack of bases, box and goalkeeper was not a consideration for the purchase. What it would allow me to do however was assemble a few lightweight teams to try out, and could they be integrated into my solo league and compete with the heavyweights without any bias for either.   First we need bases   I really like the players on pegs as basing them is very simple there are many bases new and used around to choose from. I wanted something comparable to the heavyweight base, I wasn’t really interested in the modern flat varieties, I at least wanted bases that could possibly allow some curl as that's the way I like to play. So after looking into what was on offer I opted for the spitfire bases fro