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1949. CATALOGUE.In this catalogue the accessories available were listed from A to U and the team chart went up to ref. 24. The teams were available in either card (numbers 1 to 24) or celluloid (numbers 1 to 18). |
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1949a. ORDER FORM.This was the form you would have used to order your Subbuteo accessories in the 1949/50 season. |
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1950. CATALOGUE.A refs whistle set V and an automatic timer set W were added to the accessories in this year. The teams available still went up to 24. Celluloid players were now available in all 24 team colours. |
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1951. CATALOGUE.There was no increse to either the accessories or the teams available in this year. |
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1952. CATALOGUESet X croid glue, set FF 2 small balls, set HH 2 celluloid keepers and set NN 2 smaller goals were added to the accessories in this year and ref 25 Celtic and 26 Leeds Utd were added to the team chart. |
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1953. CATALOGUE.Set Y surround apparatus and set Z score recorder were added to the accessories and ref 27 Hearts and ref 28 Norwich City were added to the team chart. |
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1954. CATALOGUE.Set QQ goal-holding device was added to the accessories in this year. Teams added were ref 29 Partick Thistle and ref 30 East Fife. |
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1955. CATALOGUE.No additions to the accessories and just one team was added, ref 31 Blackburn Rovers. |
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1956. CATALOGUE.Set JJ ball raising chute and set LL 2 spare keepers in action were added, but no new teams were added. |
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1957. CATALOGUE.Set MM green baize rugby pitch was added in this year. Also available for the first time were the miniature EPNS cups, plaques and medals. The teams added were ref 32 Barnet and ref 33 Bishop Auckland. |
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1957. THE SILVER CUP ANNUAL BULLETIN.The official bulletin made available to members of the "Table Soccer Players Association". It showed league tables of matches played throughout the UK as a bulid up to the final which was to be held on January 04th 1958 in London. |
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1958. CATALOGUE.No additions to the accessories and ref 34 Juventus, ref 35 Milan and ref 36 Bradford were added to the team chart. |
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1959. CATALOGUE.Available for the first time "Footballer Favors". These were the predecessor to the "Footballer Statuette". There were no additions to the team chart. |
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1959. SUBBUTEO FAVORS.On the left a flier advertising the new Subbuteo Favours, on the right one of these Favours still in its original packaging. They were made of plastic and stood about 6.5 cms high and were available in all league club colours. |
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1960. CATALOGUE.On the left a catalogue insert showing the various games available including Journey into Space, Motor Racing and Soccer Market. In this year the Score Recorder was upgraded and set ZZ name sheets to use with the Score Recorder was introduced. No addition to the team chart. |
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1961. CATALOGUE ORDER FORM.The order form for 61/62 season. |
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1961. CATALOGUE.The new "Continental" style equipement was made available for the first time in this year. The original HW players from 1 to 36 and the original red Floodlighting sets 1 and 2 were the first items made. There were no additions to the team chart but ref 19 Bradford Park Avenue now became Barcelona and the chart colours changed from red, amber and black hooped shirs and white shorts of Bradford PA to light blue and red striped shirts light blue shorts of Barcelona. |
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1962. CATALOGUE.On the right a leaflet showing other games available in 1962 including Cricket, Speedway, Soccer Market, Fivesides and Rugby. Set BB player badge was added to the standard accessories and C102, C103 and C104 were added to the "New Continental Equipement". |
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1963. CATALOGUE.On the right a leaflet showing the "New Continental Sets" that were now available. C105, C106, C107, C108 and C109 were added to the "Continental" equipement. New teams were also introduced ref 37 Oldham, ref 38 Grimsby, ref 39 Germany and ref 40 Crystal Palace. |
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1964. CATALOGUE.On the right a leaflet showing the Beatles set which was available for the first time in this year. The "Continental" equipement now included C110 TV Tower and C111 half-time scoreboard. There were no additions to the team chart. |
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1965. CATALOGUE.On the right a leaflet showing the Table Speedway game. Still available in this year was the Beatles set. The Continental Equipement now included C112 The Club Flag with adhesive team sheets, C113 The Club Flag without adhesive team sheets and C114 the adhesive team sheets without the flag. The team chart was increased, ref 41 Liverpool, ref 42 Chelsea, ref 43 Coventry, ref 44 Dundee, ref 45 Hibernian, ref 46 Motherwell, ref 47 Mansfield and ref 48 Spain. |
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1966. CATALOGUE.In this year C113 and C114 were withdrawn and no new additions to the accessories were made. The team chart was increased, ref 49 Wolves and ref 50 Brazil. The 16 World Cup squads were available in named boxes: Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, England, France, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, North Korea, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Uruguay and West Germany. |
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1967. CATALOGUEIn April 1967 a catalogue was issued showing 2 additions to the team chart ref 51 Millwall and ref 52 Lincoln. |
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1967a. CATALOGUEThe Continental Equipment now also included C113 Ambulance set, C114 Mascot & bench set, C115 Subbuteo tie and C116 car sticker. There were no additions to the team chart. |
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1968. CATALOGUE.Again mid way through the season a catalogue was issued but there were no real changes to either the accessories or the team chart. |
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1968a. CATALOGUE.The only changes at the start of the 1968/69 season were the additions to the team chart; ref 53 Portsmouth, ref 54 Plymouth and ref 55 Anderlect. |
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1969. CATALOGUEThis year saw the Cricket accessories added to the catalogue and the football accessories were increased from C116 to C126. The team chart was also increased: ref 56 Ajax, ref 57 A.C Milan, ref 58 InterMilan, ref 59 River Plate, ref 60 F.C Subbuteo and ref 61 which wasn't a team. Note ref 61 was red and yellow striped shirt, black shorts in this year and it stayed that way until 1972/73 when it became Northampton with claret top with white sleeve and claret shorts. |
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1970. CATALOGUE.On the right a fixture list for the 1970 World Cup. Inside there are details about the New World Cup Edition. There was one addition to the accessories C127 Continental balls. The team chart was also increased: ref 62 Australia, ref 63 Montrose, ref 64 Ostende, ref 65 United Kingdom, ref 66 Raith Rovers, ref 67 Argentina, ref 68 Chile, ref 69 Darlington, ref 70 Bohemians, ref 71 Cork Athletic, ref 72 Cagliari, ref 73 Clydebank, ref 74 Aston Villa and ref 75 Forfar Athletic. |
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1971. CATALOGUE.On the right a full colour leaflet showing the sets available including Angling and the Rugby International Edition. In this season the accessories now included C128 FA Cup and C129 number transfers. The team chart was increased by one, ref 76 Man City 2nd. |
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1972. CATALOGUE.On the right a flier showing new accessories available in the 72/73 season: C130 World Cup Goals, C131 Corner Kickers, C132 Throwin figures, C133 Interchangable keepers. There were also Football Express teams and accessories available now. The team chart was substantially increased in this year. There were now 106 Heavyweight teams available. |
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1972. ITALIAN CATALOGUE.An Italian catalogue showing all the teams, accessories and box sets available |
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1973. CATALOGUE.Again a major increase to the team chart. There were now 165 teams available and for the first time there was a chart showing each kit in full colour. The accessories were increased also: C134 Ball Boys and C135 VIP set. The Munich Box Set was available for the first time in this season. |
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1974. CATALOGUE.In this season the team chart was increased to 190, although the chart only showed pictures of teams up to ref 176. The accessories were also increased; C136 Subbuteo Sound Record and C137 Iron-on badge. |
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1974. FRENCH CATALOGUE.A catalogue from France showing the teams, accessories and box sets available all in full colour. |
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1974. ITALIAN CATALOGUE.An Italian catalogue showing all the teams, accessories and box sets available. |
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1974a. FRENCH CATALOGUE.Inside this French catalogue some nice pictures of the various box sets that were available. |
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1975 CATALOGUE.The team chart didn't change in this year except for C138 New England in the special coloured box. |
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1975. ITALIAN CATALOGUE.Very similar to the UK catalogue showing all the teams, accessories and box sets that were available. |
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1976/77. FRENCH CATALOGUE.Very similar to the previous French catalogue showing all the teams, accessories and box sets that were available. |
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1976/77. ITALIAN CATALOGUE.The major difference to this catalogue over the UK version was the introduction of more teams. The main catalogue want up to ref 195 New West Ham Utd. There was also a leaflet with this catalogue showing an extra 28 teams available in Italy in 1976/77 season including the NASL teams, South American teams and Italian teams all in full colour. |
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1976/77. CATALOGUE.No changes to the team chart in this year which still stood at 190. There were quite a few additions to the accessories from C139 to C152W. We also saw the introduction of the C500 Home International teams: England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. There was also one major addition in April 1977 and that was the Silver Jubilee Pack, comprising of the 4 Home International teams in a special presentation pack. It was not shown in the catalogue but did appear on an updated accessory price list. |
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1976/77a. FRENCH CATALOGUE.The back of the French catalogue showing the teams available. |
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1978. CATALOGUE.Major changes had now taken place. Zombie teams were now being made along side the HW figure and the team chart increased to 321. There were 2 additions to the accessories C153 Diving Keepers with caps and C154 Tournament Goals. |
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1978. FRENCE CATALOGUE.Similar to the previous Frence catalogues, showing the items available. |
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1978. ITALIAN CATALOGUE.Very similar to the UK version showing all the teams accessories and box sets available. |
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1978a. CATALOGUE INSERT.A leaflet advertising the new Stadium Edition, the largest box set that Subbuteo ever made. |
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1978a. FRENCE CATALOGUE.Inside were pictures of the sets available including the New Stadium Edition. |
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1979. CATALOGUE.Two versions of the 1979 catalogue both contents are the same with the teams increased by one ref 322 Iran. The accessories available increased to C166. |
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1979. ITALIAN CATALOGUE.Again very similar contents to the UK version. |
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1980. CATALOGUE.The teams available were now increased to 328. There was also some new accessories including: C175 European Cup Winners Pack and C178 The Astropitch. New box sets available included Hockey and Rugby Sevens. |
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1981. CATALOGUE INSERTA flier showing some new accessories available in 1981. Many of these accessories have become quite hard to find now as they were only made for a short time. |
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1981. CATALOGUE.For the first time we saw the introduction of the LW player. It was at this point that not only new kits were produced but old kits were axed. The team chart went up to ref 509 with quite a few gaps in the middle. The accessories now went up to C188. Sport Billy and Floodlighting Cricket were introduced for the first time. |
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1981. ITALIAN CATALOGUE.There were now probably more teams produced for the Italian market that for the British at this stage. This catalogue also went up to ref 509 but with less omissions than in the UK catalogue. |
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1982. CATALOGUE.This is a 1982 shop catalogue, this was not available to the general public. Available to the public was a large poster. This year saw the Indoor Edition for the first time. |
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1982. ITALIAN CATALOGUE.The 1982 Italian catalogue with the team chart at ref 560. |
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1983. CATALOGUE.Another shop catalogue from 1983. New items in this year were the European Edition and C204 European Cup. |
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1984. CATALOGUE.Another shop catalogue from 1984. New items in this year were the 61207 European goals. |
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1985. CATALOGUE.A shop catalogue from 1985. By now many of the box sets had been deleted including all Cricket and Rugby sets, Hockey and the Indoor Edition. |
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1985. ITALIAN CATALOGUE.The 1985 catalogue showing all the items and teams available. |
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1986. CATALOGUE.The team chart now goes up to ref 636 and there is also a list of the 30 World Cup Squads available for the first time. |
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1987. CATALOGUE.The team chart had now increased to 652. But there were only some 168 teams available, the rest were no longer in production. |
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1988. CATALOGUE.The team chart in this year now stood at 677 an extra 22 teams had been added since the previous season. |
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1989. CATALOGUE.The team chart now stood at 694 with an extra 16 teams added. |
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1990. CATALOGUE.The team chart now stood at 712 with an extra 17 teams new for the season. |
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1990. ITALIAN CATALOGUE.This catalogue showed teams up to ref 718. The one reference that seems to be missing from both UK and Italian catalogues is LW697. |
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1990a. CATALOGUE.A shop only catalogue that showed all the accessories and box sets available. |
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1991. CATALOGUE.The UK catalogue had now increased to 734, but there were only 128 team available, the rest were no longer made. |
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1991. FRENCH CATALOGUE.A French shop only catalogue and not available to the public. Inside are details on teams and sets available. |
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1992. CATALOGUE.A retail catalogue showing details on sets, accessories and teams available. The team chart now stood at 767. |
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1992. ITALIAN CATALOGUE.A smaller version of the UK retail catalogue. The team chart standing at the same as in the UK, 767. |
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1993. LEAFLET.This is a Toys-r-us leaflet showing the Subbuteo items available in September 1993. |
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1993. CATALOGUE.The team chart now stood at 791. There were 154 teams available. |
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1994. CATALOGUE.The team chart now stood at 805. There were 162 teams available in this year. |
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1995. CATALOGUE.This is probably a retail only catalogue. Inside are details of teams accessories and box sets available. The team chart now stood at 820 with 162 teams available. |
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1996. CATALOGUE.Another retail catalogue from 96. The team chart has now reached 830 and there are 147 different kits available. The following year would see a major change to the structure of the team chart. |
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1997. CATALOGUE.This is a retail only catalogue and 1997 was the first year that a catalogue was not issed to the public. This was also the last time a Subbuteo catalogue would be issued. The teams available in this year now stood at 46, made up of Premier League, League and International teams. |
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1998. CATALOGUE.The following 3 pictures are all pages from a retail catalogue showing all sorts of games available from Winnie the Pooh to Monopoly to jigsaw puzzles. There was no longer an official Subbuteo catalogue. This page shows the Premier League teams available, there were 26 in all. It also appears that teams were now made for their respective countries, i.e French teams were available in France only, Italian teams available in Italy only and Premier League teams available only in the UK. |
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1998a. CATALOGUE.This page shows the International teams available, 9 in total, and the accessories. |
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1998b. CATALOGUE.Again from the same catalogue the box sets that were available in 1998. Also available but not shown on this page was the France 98 box set. This is the last record we have of any sort of Subbuteo catalogue. We hope you have enjoyed reading through this list and that it's been of some help and information to you. |
