This section contains interesting Table Football/Foosball related articles and other information that have appeared in the press.
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Article written by Tim Baber on who invented Table Football. (Note, the article was originally written a couple of years back).
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The man who single handedly transformed the 70’s fad "foosball" into a professional sport, Lee Peppard is officially back in the foosball business!
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| 2005 Articles |
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Note - Inside Foos Newsletters now published on their website. Visit www.insidefoos.com for info.
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US Foosball newsletter - October 2005.
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US Foosball newsletter - July 2005.
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US Foosball newsletter - June 2005.
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Article on Eastern European Foos.
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US Foosball newsletter - April 2005.
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US Foosball newsletter - January 2005.
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| 2004 Articles |
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For all of you who were there and any who were not. Note that some of the facts on the wider game are not entirely accurate, although it really was that fun. Hopefully Frederico Collignon will be there next year!
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Not really a 2004 article but anyone who can remember Fred Trueman's popular 1970's show may find this interesting. Web address at the bottom of the page if you are interested.
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Details of planned changes to the USTSA tournament formats.
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US Foosball newsletter - October 2004.
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Article on KiRo, the robotic foosball 'player'. With input form the BFA but sadly we were not mentioned. The article also reproduced in Metro and a number of other publications on 2 September 2004.
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US Foosball newsletter - June 2004.
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US Foosball newsletter - April 2004.
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US Foosball newsletter - March 2004.
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US Foosball newsletter - February 2004.
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US Foosball newsletter - January 2004.
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| 2003 Articles |
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US Foosball newsletter - December 2003.
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US Foosball newsletter - November 2003.
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US Foosball newsletter - October 2003.
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US Foosball newsletter - September 2003.
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Activities of the European Table Soccer Association, including the announcement that the BFA has become an A license holder.
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US Foosball newsletter - August 2003.
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Read about the activities of the European Table Soccer Association.
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US Foosball newsletter - July 2003.
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US Foosball newsletter - June 2003.
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Report on World Cup in France (tablen from from www.bbc.com).
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Read about the activities of the European Table Soccer Association.
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QuebecFoos Web Broadcast.
Read about the webcam extravaganza coming from Canada.
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| 2002 Articles |
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Guide to shooting Rob Atha's Arial Shot (taken from colorado-foosball.com).
A video demonstration (1.7MB) is viewable here.
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Mouse-based foosball simulation.
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Excellent Pepsi Table Football advert, featuring Beckham and co as Man U take on Juventus for the ultimate prize! (2.2MB download)
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General news service. Search thousands of sources for current articles on pretty much anything, including Table Football/Foosball.
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July 2002
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Report on a US tournament.
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July 2002
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Report on US pro at Dallas Worlds wormup tournament.
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July 2002
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Radio One's Table Football World Cup report from Glastonbury.
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June 2002
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The Daily Star's table football enactment of the England vs Nigeria world cup match.
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June 2002
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Match report from the Pelynt Social Club. Apparently 69 teams entered, and the prize was won by WBA.
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May 2002
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Rob Atha as the table football wonderkid!
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May 2002
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Article on the pair who stopped off in 41 countries to play foosball on their way to the 2002 World Cup in South Korea.
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| 2001 Articles |
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Nov 01
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Review of Clerkenwell's top table football venue
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Jan 01
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Put off your opponents by throwing a minature streaker onto the pitch!
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| Pre 2001 |
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Jan 00
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Some of us cheer - Let there be only one Table Football!
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Oct 99
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Promoting teamwork - the giant table football table was heralded as a major attraction at the Millenium Dome and key to its success.
The table was subsequemntly sold for £1 and was used in the Evening Standard's Charity Table Footbal Tournament in Feb 2002.
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Report dating back to the 1996 varsity match between Oxford and Cambridge. Blast from the past for me - I learnt my game from Johnny Halsall, Steve Harrison and Matt Greene, although that is not me listed playing with Greg Clough.
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