Timbuck Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 With Xmas coming soon I think back to when I was a lad and I got a present of a game called Blow Football..it was a folding cardboard pitch with goal posts and net at each end, one small Ceuloid ball and some pea shooters...It was a game for two or more persons and the object was to blow the ball into the other teams net..at first it would be great fun..but after a short while with all that puffing and blowing you started to feel unwell (Somthing to do with hyperventilating)...i always ended up with a blinding headache and lost all intrest in the game ..is this game still around . or was it banned ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treatment Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Jeez, I remember Blow Football. Also Magnetic Football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graystreet Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 I remember blow football from school days. wet a piece paper from your excersise book and roll to a size of a small pea, then use a biro sleeve as the blow tube,play on your desk, inkwells could be used as goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soft ayperth Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 I remember blow football. I also remember an even more primitive game in which pennies and Halfpennies were used on our kitchen table. Two pennies were the opposing players and each of two people took a turn flicking one's penny at the halfpenny, which was the ball. Goalposts at each end of the table were made from 4 pennies. Considering the time it took for the "ball" to get through either of the goals, it was hardly a riveting game but we played it often enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Well, if your lung capacity is up to speed and you feel like having another game... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Blow-Football-boxed-set_W0QQitemZ320195171030QQihZ011QQcategoryZ30QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbuck Posted December 13, 2007 Author Share Posted December 13, 2007 Well, if your lung capacity is up to speed and you feel like having another game... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Blow-Football-boxed-set_W0QQitemZ320195171030QQihZ011QQcategoryZ30QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Thats fantastic just like the game I had ..i'd forgotten the swinging goalies...Gives me a headache looking at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddie Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 I remember that the tubes would go soggy after a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomarch Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 A few years ago I bought my brother one for Christmas and he howled with laughter as it brought back memories of by-gone days when blow football was considered sophisticated.! Sadly, he's no longer with us. Anyone remember subbuteo? That was even worse, you flicked the players with your fingers to kick an oversized ball. My brothers were always playing it on the kitchen table and used to get mad if I put anything on the felt 'pitch' during a match!! They took it very seriously. As for the scalextric...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazyherbert Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 I remember blow football. I also remember an even more primitive game in which pennies and Halfpennies were used on our kitchen table. Two pennies were the opposing players and each of two people took a turn flicking one's penny at the halfpenny, which was the ball. Goalposts at each end of the table were made from 4 pennies. Considering the time it took for the "ball" to get through either of the goals, it was hardly a riveting game but we played it often enough. Yes we played that game with the pennies & hapennies.Wasn`t it called shove hapenny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Anyone remember subbuteo? That was even worse, you flicked the players with your fingers to kick an oversized ball. My brothers were always playing it on the kitchen table and used to get mad if I put anything on the felt 'pitch' during a match!! They took it very seriously. As for the scalextric...! It seems that Subbuteo and Scalextric are still going strong - see http://www.subbuteotablesoccer.com/ and http://www.scalextric.com/ I would like to think that these products are still bought for kids, but maybe it is old codgers like me who like to wallow in nostalgia... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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