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Title: Retro footie matchball question
Post by: webby23 on 19 June 2010, 08:08:22
Hi all,

Not sure if anyone will remember, but in the early 80s a ball was used (in the FA Cup FInal I thought) that had a thick red band around it

The red band was horizontal coloured panels with 2 vertical panels on the "face" of the ball where the name and logo were

If anyone can remember it can you let me know what it was called cos I cant find a picture anywhere on the internet of it at all

 :y :y 
Title: Re: Retro footie matchball question
Post by: cam2502 on 19 June 2010, 11:35:44
I remember that ball!!!........i had one! ;D
my pals and i played all day every day with that ball.....sorry,aint got a clue who made it.
Title: Re: Retro footie matchball question
Post by: cam2502 on 19 June 2010, 11:38:38
just thinking tho......there wouldnt have been as many manufacturers or balls used back then would there? maybe worth checking the likes of adidas/nike/mitre websites,they must have history of the more "famous" balls made?
Title: Re: Retro footie matchball question
Post by: charlie on 19 June 2010, 11:46:43
a mitre delta rings a bell,most likly wrong answer,but who knows :-/
Title: Re: Retro footie matchball question
Post by: webby23 on 19 June 2010, 11:56:41
Yep I thought it was Mitre, the Delta was out a bit later than this ball though

As mentioned above, we spent many many hours knocking one of these around and I would love to find one somewhere

It was a lovely looking ball for it's time! :)
Title: Re: Retro footie matchball question
Post by: hoody on 19 June 2010, 11:57:55
http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=38137

http://www.twohundredpercent.net/?p=423

official football league ball.?

i remember Southampton playing with it in a league cup final.
Title: Re: Retro footie matchball question
Post by: pedroMV6 on 19 June 2010, 11:59:29
First thought was Mitre Astro Master, checked Mitre's site and found....................

http://www.mitre.com/products/football/balls.html

Take yer pick! ;D
Title: Re: Retro footie matchball question
Post by: charlie on 19 June 2010, 12:03:11
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Yep I thought it was Mitre, the Delta was out a bit later than this ball though

As mentioned above, we spent many many hours knocking one of these around and I would love to find one somewhere

It was a lovely looking ball for it's time! :)
you must be a little older than me then,the balls to have when i was a nipper was the delta or a adidas tango ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Retro footie matchball question
Post by: webby23 on 19 June 2010, 12:05:29
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http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=38137

http://www.twohundredpercent.net/?p=423

official football league ball.?

i remember Southampton playing with it in a league cup final.

Yep thats the ball in the first pic with Gary Bailey

 :y
Title: Re: Retro footie matchball question
Post by: hoody on 19 June 2010, 12:07:40
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQJkhFYnErQ

still get them
http://surridgesport.com/catalog/football2009.pdf
Title: Re: Retro footie matchball question
Post by: webby23 on 19 June 2010, 12:26:48
Nice one mate, I think we are sorted !!

Design is very very similar

 :y :y :y :y :y :y :y
Title: Re: Retro footie matchball question
Post by: plym ian on 19 June 2010, 18:59:10
adidas tango was the best ball ever :)
Title: Re: Retro footie matchball question
Post by: webby23 on 19 June 2010, 21:18:00
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adidas tango was the best ball ever :)

Yep, remember watching Archie Gemmill knocking them around in the 1978 World Cup

Interesting that the design has been tweeked over a 20 year period.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adidas_Tango

 :y
Title: Re: Retro footie matchball question
Post by: bertiecbx550 on 20 June 2010, 18:38:07
I think the ball you are on about is the stewart surridge.....
Title: Re: Retro footie matchball question
Post by: webby23 on 20 June 2010, 19:24:58
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I think the ball you are on about is the stewart surridge.....


With the help of OOF I think we have discovered that the design is still available as the Surridge UFO ball

Cheers everyone
 :)
Title: Re: Retro footie matchball question
Post by: bertiecbx550 on 20 June 2010, 21:03:32
Showing my age ere but i had 1 when i was 11 ;) ;D ;D ;D