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The Team Colours Project (Ongoing illustrated team lists).
Subbuteo boxed Editions: Sets 1947-69, 1970-80, 1981-89 (this page), 1990-2002
Subbuteo's other Sporting box sets:- Cricket, Rugby, and the one-off editions
League: |
It's the display edition with a different name :-) |
This again was the same as the previous edition, although the illustration shows it with the new Police set (C159) rather than the old one, which had been phased out by this time. | |
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This era can be a little tricky to work out, because the posters from 1983 to 1985 do not show the boxed editions. Luckily, it appears that Waddingtons simply re-boxed the existing sets in brighter colours, but kept the contents pretty much the same.
League (S160): | Short lived final boxed version of this small set. 1983 only? (Price in 1983 £6.25) |
Club (S140): | New box, same old faithful set. (Price in 1983 £11.95) |
| Again, this set was identical to the 1981 version (Price in 1983 £18.50) |
International (S115): |
The only set to retain the Brazilian footballer box (but with the Subbuteo logo changed to red.) (Price in 1983 £28.95) |
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The set also included a poster for the 1984 European Championship. The set was priced at £14.95 |
1985-86 Waddingtons "The Football Game" sets.
By 1985, the League, Floodlighting, and Stadium Editions had left the range, leaving only the Club and International sets. These were joined by the new World Cup Set, which replaced the European Edition. I have not illustrated the the Club and International edition boxes because they differ from the previous ones only in a change of sub-title (from "Table Soccer" to "The Football Game"). The pictures and colours are the same as before. There are other differences internally, as the large flags (C117) are replaced by the small ones (C188).
The new set was the World Cup 1986 Edition, which was a replacement mid-range set. It retained the fifteen man teams from the European edition, but added a scoreboard.
Club (60140): |
Same box lid as the previous set, but with the interior swapped from a vertical to a horizontal design. The flags change from large (C117) to small (C188), and the balls are now medium sized. (price in 1985 - £14.95) |
International (60115): | Again, just the change of sub-title, and the change of flags. However, the set was dropped from the range by 1987. (Price in 1985 - £29.95) |
World Cup (1986) (60240) |
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Like S230 which it replaced, the set included a poster for the relevant competition. |
1987-89 Waddingtons "The Football Game" Sets
As can be seen, the Waddingtons catalogues of the late 1980s showed a big reduction in boxed versions. In fact 1987 had the lowest number of sets of any year, with just the Club, and World Cup sets available. This improved in 1988, because the arrival of the red and blue stadium saw the introduction of the Grandstand Edition, which was a cut down version of the old Stadium Edition.
Club (60140): | A new colour for the logo, but otherwise no change. For completists, there were in fact two alternative bottom sections with this box. The early one had white sides and pictures of how to play. The later one had green sides with Subbuteo logo, whilst the bottom is dominated by a picture of a Subbuteo layout and the new stands. |
Grandstand (60250): | |
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As introduced in 1985.
The 1987-88 versions of this set had a sticker on
the front which read "includes World Cup Finalist teams",
and so featured Germany (445) and Argentina (457) |
Follow the links to reach the 1990s.
The Team Colours Project (Ongoing illustrated team lists).
Subbuteo boxed Editions: Sets 1947-69, 1970-80, 1981-89 (this page), 1990-2002
Subbuteo's other Sporting box sets:- Cricket, Rugby, and the one-off editions
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