Flick of the wrist

Ah, this article in The Gaurdian about Paul Willetts’ new book Teenage Flicks brings back memories of epic Subbuteo battles played out on my bedroom floor. Most memorable was the fully-fledged World Cup our office staged during the idle weeks of the national journalists’ strike in 1978. If memory serves me right, Wales beat Brazil in the final … after the Brazilian  goalkeeper got trodden on.