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Title: Table Football - Live on Eurosport
Post by: UK Redsox on January 09, 2011, 03:54:46 PM
Did anyone else see this last night ?

France v Germany in the "Table Football" World Cup, live on Eurosport.

We're talking the handle-spinning, Joey & Chandler type of table football not Subbuteo

Blimey, I thought that hyping up pub games like snooker, darts, poker and ten-pin bowling** into TV sports was bad enough, but this managed to plummet to new depths.



(** Not forgetting the all time classic of "Tippit on TV"............... in Welsh !!)
Title: Re: Table Football - Live on Eurosport
Post by: gerags on January 10, 2011, 10:34:40 AM
My 7 year old nephew had a table football table for Christmas.
 
He now refuses to play me after consecutive 100+ drubbings.
Title: Re: Table Football - Live on Eurosport
Post by: The Left Side on January 10, 2011, 05:58:16 PM
My 7 year old nephew had a table football table for Christmas.
 
He now refuses to play me after consecutive 100+ drubbings.

Quality post, any links for this as I would love to see it played by the pros?
Title: Re: Table Football - Live on Eurosport
Post by: VillaZogmariner on January 10, 2011, 11:29:51 PM
And I thought showing Poker and Fishing on TV was scraping the barrel!
Title: Re: Table Football - Live on Eurosport
Post by: pauliewalnuts on January 11, 2011, 03:16:54 PM
I work on live betting products, and the range of sports we're being asked to integrate is getting dafter by the day.

Real time crown green bowls gambling coming your way very soon, and I wouldn't be at all surprised to be asked to integrate something like table football.
Title: Re: Table Football - Live on Eurosport
Post by: PeterWithe on January 11, 2011, 03:19:24 PM
Anyone remember topless darts, I cant remember what channel but I think it was on when you could still get a squarial from BSB.
Title: Re: Table Football - Live on Eurosport
Post by: dave.woodhall on January 11, 2011, 03:23:23 PM
And what's new?



Ah'll si thee.
Title: Re: Table Football - Live on Eurosport
Post by: Dave Cooper please on January 11, 2011, 05:24:04 PM
Anyone remember topless darts, I cant remember what channel but I think it was on when you could still get a squarial from BSB.

L!ve TV.
Also the home of News Bunny.
Title: Re: Table Football - Live on Eurosport
Post by: UK Redsox on January 12, 2011, 08:16:48 AM
And what's new?



Ah'll si thee.

I'd clean forgot about "Indoor League" Dave.

However, they didn't have "live" coverage !!
Title: Re: Table Football - Live on Eurosport
Post by: Bosco81 on January 12, 2011, 10:42:18 AM
I did beat my Grandad 100-30 back in the day on my footie table.

I would imagine the tables have to be quite robust when the pros are playing on it.
Title: Re: Table Football - Live on Eurosport
Post by: The Left Side on January 18, 2011, 05:06:57 PM
Fred Trueman is quality, that clip could be straight from the Fast Show!
Title: Re: Table Football - Live on Eurosport
Post by: bertlambshank on January 18, 2011, 08:07:48 PM
I work on live betting products, and the range of sports we're being asked to integrate is getting dafter by the day.

Real time crown green bowls gambling coming your way very soon, and I wouldn't be at all surprised to be asked to integrate something like table football.
Bwin let you bet on geeks playing each other on fifa11.I'm waiting for manic Miner and the world is officially mad.
Title: Re: Table Football - Live on Eurosport
Post by: pmarachi on January 19, 2011, 12:55:57 AM
FOOSBALL!?!?!?!

I spent 4 years of my life (college) focusing on Foosball.

If stupid school hadn't occasionally gotten in the way, I would have been a PRO!!!

I actually just got a Tornado table for my bar in the basement.  It's nice and heavy.  I love it.
Title: Re: Table Football - Live on Eurosport
Post by: Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air on January 28, 2011, 05:49:19 PM
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Title: Re: Table Football - Live on Eurosport
Post by: The Left Side on February 04, 2011, 03:40:40 PM
Sky was showing netball on last night, I know this isn't the netball thread but I wanted to mention it as it is very fast paced and those skirts are great!
Title: Re: Table Football - Live on Eurosport
Post by: UK Redsox on February 05, 2011, 10:08:45 AM
Sky was showing netball on last night, I know this isn't the netball thread but I wanted to mention it as it is very fast paced and those skirts are great!

That's a very "Gray & Keys" attitude to sport. You wouldn't catch me or anyone else on H&V using a sports thread to comment on the looks and outfits of the female participants. No, we'd never do that  ::)
Title: Re: Table Football - Live on Eurosport
Post by: The Left Side on February 05, 2011, 12:09:30 PM
Sky was showing netball on last night, I know this isn't the netball thread but I wanted to mention it as it is very fast paced and those skirts are great!

That's a very "Gray & Keys" attitude to sport. You wouldn't catch me or anyone else on H&V using a sports thread to comment on the looks and outfits of the female participants. No, we'd never do that  ::)

I apologise if my comments have offended any readers, I was just speaking from an aerodynamic performance point of view, I imagine those skirts really help with speed and reduces friction. I hope H&V doesn't sack me from my lucrative position as commentator!! ;)
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