The sixth goal hurts the most. I'm miles from home, surrounded by strangers, sweating through a too-small football shirt. And I'm getting hammered. My opponent is openly using me as target practice. I ...

If you thought that Subbuteo went the same way as flares, space hoppers and sherbet spaceships - that is, to the dustbin of history - think again, says Brendan O'Neill. Like an ageing, slightly ...

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 ...