Subbuteo
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Search complete. 18 mentions across 7 episodes found for "Subbuteo".
Aug 29, 2026
Raphael HonigsteinGUEST
Um, so-
James RichardsonHOST
With, as Daniel points out, the Subbuteo scoreboard.
Daniel StoreyPANELIST
Yeah, that's one of my abiding memories.
Daniel StoreyPANELIST
Again, I think that's probably because it was on the front of the VHS cover.
James RichardsonHOST
[laughs]
Daniel StoreyPANELIST
England fans with that scoreboard behind.
Daniel StoreyPANELIST
But, yes, it was the, um, almost exact Subbuteo scoreboard of how they present the score and how the names were written, which was superb.
James RichardsonHOST
Did you ever replay this game, Duncan, Daniel, in Subbuteo form?
Matthew GudginHOST
If a buzzard flies near their nesting site, it's mercilessly mobbed.
Matthew GudginHOST
The other day I saw a buzzard being chased by one till it flew to the ground, where it was dive bombed for several minutes." Does Chris know about the link between the hobby and a tabletop football game? Apparently, the inventor of Subbuteo loved hobbies so much that when he was thinking of a name for his invention he decided on Subbuteo, and it's Latin for...
Chris SkinnerHOST
Wow, it's Latin for hobby.
Chris SkinnerHOST
Do you know what? I had a close encounter with a hobby last night.
Chris SkinnerHOST
And then the hobby will catch those and take it back to feed its young.
Chris SkinnerHOST
So absolutely wonderful.
Chris SkinnerHOST
And do you, did you know that, um, Chris, that it was Peter O- Aldough or, uh, Aldough, um, he was the inventor of the, the game Subbuteo, and he was demobbed in 1945, and he kind of formed a natural history company, um, to sort of gather some business after he was demobbed.
Chris SkinnerHOST
And, uh, in his spare time he invented a game, um, which was Subbuteo.
David EdgarHOST
Mm-hmm
Martin RamseyHOST
... that weekend with a Subbuteo pitch pinned to a board, to a table, and they would be moving things around and, and, and doing all that.
Martin RamseyHOST
The problem in trying to copy that and trying to just, again, think differently, we have to think differently or to do things in that new way that you, you mentioned, is that Sky had to because they had hours to fill on a sports channel that they didn't-
David EdgarHOST
Correct
Peter HillGUEST
You might have made her hour.
Peter HillGUEST
She loved, Gavin and I were once, there was a European Council when, uh, you know, Theresa was in the council working very hard doing whatever, and, um, Gavin and I had found a, um, a, you know, a, a Subbuteo, um, football table and were, um, playing each other repeatedly.
Peter HillGUEST
Um, and the head of ops knew this and did not lead the Prime Minister through the, um, officially sanctioned entrance where we could see her coming at a distance, but brought her up the back stairs.
Peter HillGUEST
So she could find me and Gavin playing table football while she was sweating it in a European Council.
Chris HallHOST
Ah.
Elizabeth HallHOST
And then it's, so it's just like, what is this like? It looks like a Sub- Subbuteo piece or whatever.
Elizabeth HallHOST
Subbuteo piece.
Elizabeth HallHOST
Do you remember? You don't know that.
Chris HallHOST
Duplo?
Elizabeth HallHOST
[laughs] No.
Chris HallHOST
What's Subbuteo?
Elizabeth HallHOST
[laughs] It's, Subbuteo is like a, it's like the little football statues.
StormcabHOST
A minute, let me get this right so I can, can make it, makes it more interesting.
StormcabHOST
Their Latin name is Falco subbuteo.
StormcabHOST
And I always thought, "Subbuteo, that's interesting," because the old board game from the, what, the '70s or '80s was named Subbuteo.
StormcabHOST
Has that got anything to do with it? Looked into it.
StormcabHOST
Yes, it does.
MilesHOST
Thanks for the prize as well.
MilesHOST
Colin's donated the, uh, prize over there, which is a Subbuteo team of the '87 FA Cup winning team, so that's brilliant.
MilesHOST
Thank you, Colin, for that.
MilesHOST
[clapping] Excellent stuff.