30th october meet at Stadium of fingers Southend

We have set a date of sunday 30th october for lionhearts to be held at Steve's stadium of fingers in southend.



please put your name down here asap and please do let us know one way or the other if you can make it.



so far we have:-



Me

Lee

Steve M

Gerald




it has sensibly suggested that for those of us coming from the west it would save money to car share.

I can fit five in my car and i am happy to drive and share petrol costs for those who are coming from anyhwere near this area.



cheers



jon

btw there is not a clash with the sheffield fair which is on 2nd october

im willing to drive people to fingers house if anyone is coming from essex area

You can always travel by train!

now we have:-



Me

Lee

Steve M

Gerald


adam

Jim and Dee

excellent old boy.



so now we have:-



me


Lee

Steve M

Gerald

jim and Dee


adam

Ian , If you want to stay at ours on the Sat night , and travel to Steve's with us on Sun , not a problem mate

you all still up for this?



jon

yes mate

adam mentioned last week at chingford last week he was still up for it as well

Chooo Chooooo:lol: Can't wait.

The spectators in the stadium are getting excited!

Assuming it's 12.30 for a 1pm start?

Address to head for is:
26 St Vincents Road
Westcliff-on-Sea
Essex SS0 7PR

yes that sound good to me as of course quite a few of us have to travel form the west or south west.



jon

confirmed are:-



adam

lee

me

jim with dee

ian

steve M



john and vic cant make it.can other let me know "yes" or "no"



ta



jon

It's a 2hr 40min drive for me ( at best ), so gonna have to pass unfortunately :-(

Yeah not around the corner for quite a few of us steve

Appreciate that, Jon.

I would love to go. I'm sure it will be a great afternoon.

It's not just approximately 6 hours driving for a flick. It also means that I would spend precious little time there, if I wanted to then make it back for the kids bedtime, which I place a far greater value on. Throw in the cost, and it becomes prohibitive.

Hope you all have a great time.

Take plenty of photos, and perhaps a video recording?

my camera will be ther 100%

Nice one, Lee. Look forward to seeing the action second hand.

i understand steve.

i think from mine its 2 hours each way but i can assure you i will be staying for a good few hours.

Excellent can't wait...it's gonna be mayhem.

I'm bringing my fav team for this special occasion. The boys have been training, not since the early 80's for most of them. Some like Tom are still keeping fit with their postman rounds though. Cheese is running his pub still, so won't be leaping like a Salmon anymore...and the last time i saw Gerry Gow he still looked hard as nails...so watch out boys. I've been stretching as well...for those hard to reach flicks...

They're ready to go...

spudski wrote:

I've been stretching as well...for those hard to reach flicks...

I forgot about that!

I can concur there will be many tippy-toe moments, where enthusiastic lionhearts will attempt (forlornly) to get behind the player they are shooting with!!

It will be Ok if you've warmed up with a game on one of the other tables first, but Jon and Lee are first up in the Stadium of Fingers, and are both dead certs for hamstring pulls for the rest of the afternoon!

Bit of yoga to start with i reckon mate. I bet Jim is cunning and wears his platforms from the 70's

fingers wrote:

spudski wrote:

I've been stretching as well...for those hard to reach flicks...

I forgot about that!

I can concur there will be many tippy-toe moments, where enthusiastic lionhearts will attempt (forlornly) to get behind the player they are shooting with!!

It will be Ok if you've warmed up with a game on one of the other tables first, but Jon and Lee are first up in the Stadium of Fingers, and are both dead certs for hamstring pulls for the rest of the afternoon!

i better continue my sessions with the pyshio then

really can not wait for this ,just been looking at the photos of the stadium on another thread and showed my 8yr old daughter . all she kept saying was

"oh my god "

spudski wrote:

Bit of yoga to start with i reckon mate. I bet Jim is cunning and wears his platforms from the 70's

adam is out gerald is in:-

gerald

lee

me

jim with dee

ian

steve M

i have emailed steve to say sadly i am out for tomorrow.

in bed with flu it seems

gutted

shame jon will be a great experience , hope you up and about soon mate

this will cheer you up , last sunday i was about to leave to go to steves house for this meet , completley screwed my dates up . i was lucky i only found out when i logged on here to confirm i had written steves address correctly which is when i noticed the date

stve very nearly had one extra for sunday lunch

Glad you checked Lee - we were in Exeter last Sunday!

Also, Daniel Fox is now in so the latest is:

Gerald

Lee

Daniel

Jim with Dee

Ian

Steve M

Just a quick note re some roadworks near the venue.
When you get pretty close to the venue, te right turn of the A13 may not be accessible. If not, just do the next available right and wiggle your way round that way...

Guy's can Daniel take my place please.

I'm really gutted, I've left it to the last minute, hoping i'd feel better, but i've had Flu and a temperature all week. I'd hate to pass it on, and tbh, I feel like crap.

So sorry...

I hope you all have a great time. Once again, I'm sorry for letting you good folks down, and i'm gutted i'm not going to be there to experience the Stadium of Fingers.

Have a great day at the Stadium of Fingers lads, I know it will be a fantastic experience. I just wish to be there with you...

Thanks Fabio
Although there are at least 6 fabiobertolas in the SoF Room, who can say 'hi' to the chaps!

BIG THANKS Steve , can't put into words what today meant mate , wanted a game or two in your Stadium ever since I first saw pics of it .
Top of the wish list ...achieved As for taking part in the FIRST flood lit game at S O F Best days Subbuteo ever , thanks to Lee and Daniel too for making it , great to see you guys again , and adding to a fantastic afternoon .
Stevie Fingers , TOP bloke , TOP host , and one of the few chaps I've met in Subbuteo that "gets " what I'm about .....nice one
Right I'm off to watch that dodgy 2nd goal I scored against you AGAIN

To make a Subbuteo stadium - 35 years of hard labour.
To prepare for a Sunday in the Subbuteo Room - A manic Saturday afternoon
Seeing grown men reverting to a '10'year-old' mentality - priceless!

Thanks for making the effort folks, it was great to sit downstairs and watch the game being played upstairs. As suspected, Dee was a first-rated director, with a natural command and control style over her camera slave (...and yes, the Freudian slip changing 'blimp-cam' to 'gimp-cam', was fairly apt! )

Great to watch MOTD afterwards, with the first televised flood-lit game in the SoF in its permanent home!

Sounds like you had fun chaps. Shame I missed out. Would have loved to have been their and played with you guys. Hope you are all good.

Foxy...where have you been? Haven't seen you on here for ages. I miss reading about your Solo stuff.

Bloody England and it's crappy flu ridden atmosphere. Always this time of year...what's that all about?

BTW...Did Foxy wear his Platforms

ditto spud.

still in bed now over here.

sounds like it went well though steve and i hope can dot it again sometime

speak soon

jon

Nightmare mate... Whisky helps

Just for the record:

Sunday 30th October - Lionhearts at the Stadium of Fingers

Session 1 - 1.30pm Lee 0 v 1 Daniel (Cameras Dee/Steve)
Session 2 - 2.00pm Steve 1 v 2 Jim (Cameras Dee/Daniel)
Session 3 - 2.30pm Lee 0 v 1 Steve (Cameras Dee/Jim)
Session 4 - 3.00pm Jim 3 v 0 Daniel (Cameras Dee/Lee)
Session 5 - 3.30pm Steve 3 v 0 Daniel (Cameras Dee/Lee)
Session 6 - 4.00pm Lee 0 v 4 Jim (Cameras Dee/Steve)

...............Pld...W...D...L...F...A...Pts
Jim........... 4.....3...0...0...9...1....6
Steve........ 4.....2...0...1...5...2....4
Daniel....... 4.....1...0...2...1...6....2
Lee........... 4.....0...0...3...0...6....0

thanks for listing results steve

gutted i never scored in your great stadium

Nearly did Lee - here was your closest effort!
(There will defo be a next time! )
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21867275@N00/6316597428/in/photostream

BTW, what happened to you after you lost posession to Daniel in the clip below?
Nowhere to be seen!
Did you pop downstairs to watch his attack on the telly in the lounge??
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21867275@N00/6316384246/in/photostream

Your defending was very entertaining though!
Here's your kicking goalie flying head first into the picket fence...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21867275@N00/6315876623/in/photostream

...and what about this for defensive skill - the player blocks the shot, backward somersaults to trap the ball and nestle it back to the goalie!!
And then runs to the edge of the box to get the return ball!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21867275@N00/6316073677/in/photostream

...and here's a few clips of Jim's first match in the SoF...

Jim's first flick....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21867275@N00/6315886449/in/photostream

Jim's first shot...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21867275@N00/6315896535/in/photostream

Jim's first goal...using my blocking player to lift the ball over my goalie.
The scoring player leaps into the crowd to celebrate his goal!



My equalising goal (where I had to ask the cameraman to include the top-right on the goal in the picture. Then flukily blasted the ball in the top right!)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21867275@N00/6316469902/in/photostream

Jim's controversial winner...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21867275@N00/6316576644/in/photostream

Excellent videos!

Many thanks for sharing, Steve.

It looks like you all had immense fun (which is what it should all be about).

Don't want to sound greedy, but what about some videos of the floodlit games?

No probs Takis.
An oversight on my part - should've included one from the floodlit game.

Here's a couple of minutes showing a few camera angles, a bit of banter, a close effort from Lee, the use of both a corner-kicker and throw-in figure, and a goal by Jim to boot!
Not bad for a couple of minutes...

Cheers, Steve. Much appreciated.