Subbuteo, oh oh oh oh! Fans of the classic football game play on http://bit.ly/2WSQjWt Henry McDonald in Renishaw In a village hall in Derbyshire, mostly middle-aged men pore over football figurines from the past Their heroes stand less than an inch tall, and they are easily snapped. But for the Subbuteo fans from all over the world who have gathered in a Derbyshire mining village’s community hall, they are no less prized than the digitised versions of Ronaldo and Messi that reign in the world of console gaming. Even some children who might be expected to prefer the Fifa video game series choose to “flick to kick” rather than incessantly tapping their thumbs on console joypads. Continue reading... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J May 19, 2019 at 07:55PM

In a village hall in Derbyshire, mostly middle-aged men pore over football figurines from the past

Their heroes stand less than an inch tall, and they are easily snapped. But for the Subbuteo fans from all over the world who have gathered in a Derbyshire mining village’s community hall, they are no less prized than the digitised versions of Ronaldo and Messi that reign in the world of console gaming.

Even some children who might be expected to prefer the Fifa video game series choose to “flick to kick” rather than incessantly tapping their thumbs on console joypads.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2WSQjWt