• Subbuteo Main page.

• Delacoste Introduction. Delacoste Accessories (this page), French teams, International teams

• The full text listing of Subbuteo football accessories.

• The Team Colours Project  (Ongoing illustrated team lists).

• Subbuteo Football boxed editions, Five-a-side and junior versions, international editions.

• Italian Production in the 1970s; Jokari and the North American Range 

This page looks at the box sets and accessories sold in France in the Delacoste era. 

The letters A,B and D, denote which items appear in which of the three catalogues Please note that I do not have the box set or accessory details from the "C" catalogue at present.

The Range.

Boxed Editions. 

• 656.002 Display Edition + Tapis (pitch). (D)

• 5701 and then 656.102 Continental Display (A) New Version (B). 

• 5702 and then 656.112 Continental Club (A, B) New Version (D)

• 5703 and then 656.122 Continental Floodlighting (A, B) New version (D)

• 5704 and then 656.132 International Edition (A, B) 

• 656.142 World Cup Edition (A, B, D)

• 656.152 Munich Edition (A, B)

• 656.162 Stadium Edition (D)

As mentioned in the introduction, the French used the English boxes, which is why no French editions of note have appeared on my International box sets page. However, what the French catalogues do have are wonderful pictures of the standard box sets, displaying the layers and the contents as with the above picture of the Munich set. Some of these picture do now appear on my English box sets pages.

The "blue catalogue" and catalogue "A" both shows all the sets in their early 1970s versions, and these then switch to the later boxes in the catalogues indicated. However, the World Cup edition remains as the 1974 version, and not the 1978 set. The Display Edition gains the new box in catalogue "B", before the other sets switch, and then gains a pitch (and a new reference number) in catalogue "C". This makes it a simple flag set away from being a Club Edition.

The Accessories (Accessoires)

I've given the names of these accessories in French and English, and then linked to the relevant section in the standard accessory list. These originally started at 656.202, but the "B" catalogue back fills towards the box set numbers.

The only item that appears in the "A" catalogue, and is subsequently dropped is the Jules Rimet trophy, which had been replaced in real life for the 1974 World Cup anyway. The number for this item (656.322) is the only one to be reused in these catalogues, becoming the number transfers in catalogue "D".

For the Match Scoreboard (Tableau d'affichage) a separate sheet of names was produced for the French teams.

March 2005: I've added the numbers from the blue catalogue to the relevant accessories (just the fence, goalkeepers, continental footballs, pitch, scoreboard, and floodlights). The only accessory from the blue period to not make it was the original sized balls, which were ref 5722. The white balls with black spots were described as "pour match TV". Unlike the team range, the blue numbers have no bearing on the later numbering system for accessories.

Additional sets from Catalogue "D" in the 657.xx2 range....

Rugby Numbers and Accessories.

France was one of the few international markets where the rugby game could be marketed and sold in any great numbers, although the Italians did also attempt to sell it.

Please look at the Delacoste team range page to find out about the rugby kits that were sold in France. 

• Subbuteo Main page.

• Delacoste Introduction. Delacoste Accessories (this page), French teams, International teams

• The full text listing of Subbuteo football accessories.

• The Team Colours Project  (Ongoing illustrated team lists).

• Subbuteo Football boxed editions, Five-a-side and junior versions, international editions.

• Italian Production in the 1970s; Jokari and the North American Range