I remember it very well,men d good old days.I played it but my aim was always off. Do you remeber the one that was played with bic cover that had i think counter(lol) attached to it. u know snap ur fingers and it spins round and if it stands u get a point it sure was fun.

I was the champion in my school back then. I remember when I finally lost a game after defending the world cup for eight straight times, the whole boys hostel was erupted with joy because yours truly would talk trash while whooping their butts -I took it to heart mehn! My favorite part of the game is when I ask my opponent to set his goalie. Once I tell them "SET," it's overrrrrr!!

I remember, i use to play too

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Gaddem!!! I mean Gadddddeeeemmmm!!!!! That was the most addictive game. . . ever! We used to organize tournaments with each contestant choosing an African Team of His choice. We had well 'designed' players with special jerseys pasted on the top of the bottle caps. The caps were stuffed with some thick papers to give them some weight ... man I could go on forever...that was the %$#@* bomb!!!! We had strict rules

1. You can't aim for the post from your end of the post. . . if the ball (Small white plastic wheel ripped outta radio cassette)mistakenly rolls into the net,the player gets a yellow card.

2. Do not 'drag' the bottle cap...that's a yellow card offense. Simple place your left thumb to guide the 'ball' aim and kick off the bottle cap with your right thumb. If you aim is right, the bottle cap should send the ball to the right direction. 'Dragging and firing' is only allowed during free kick/corner/penalty.

(There is a way to cheat here... and that is by simply dragging the bottle cap half way and kicking out the bottle cap to release a deadly shot. You have to do it pretty fast so the referee will not notice)

3. If you kick, miss the ball and hit an opponent... free kick, no card. If the opponent tumbles and falls belly up... RED CARD.

4. You can not 'rub it in' when you win, especially if you are the younger opponent because such display usually leads to ass whupping.

90% of the girls thought it was pretty dumb but hey... I am not sure if they said that because we don't pay attention to anything that moves whenever we are immersed in that glorious sports

I could go on forever... we played this ish so much that we could totally abandon food when all the boys are gathered... 24 hrs of non stop "Table football'... man, ya know, I stashed all our players during our last tournament in '99 and any time I meet any of my brothers or table football buddies, I think we will have a go at that thing for old time's sake

Anyone up for a challenge? We could use custom stadium to make it look classy.

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How about penarity [sic] shots? Any pro keeper positioners? Lol. Grafik, you forgot that it's also foul if the player (bottletop) covers/swallows the ball.

Man, I wish I could be a kid again.

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Could make a few quids. Honestly, who went to occasions like traditional weddings and christmas parties just to collect bottletops of the same color?

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Yup,if you swallow the ball within the 18 yrd box, it's penalty,no contest. If you 'swallow outside,it's free kick,no contest. If a defender misses the ball and knocks out an opponent...penalty. If the wounded opponent turns upside down...penalty and red card to the defender.

LOL... I used to apply a little trick by stuffing my keeper with extra padding. During the 'panarity' shoot out, I'd push my keeper until the back line rests on the restricted GK line, with the extra (unnoticed) padding sticking out. That way the opponent sees just little space and can only try to aim the ball above the keeper's head cause any side shot either gets blocked by the keeper or hits the bar... I had that reputation so whoever was playing with me always made sure it didn't get to that... cause I have never lost any penalty shoot out. You block and trick all you want... in the end, you can barely score and I will shoot above your fat keeper's head, scoring an average of 3 goals. Our goal posts were pretty small, to discourage stupid wide shots that make the game boring.

When we started scoring as many as ten/12 goals per tournament, we cut down the size of the post...that was when the absolute fun came in... no one could score more than 4 goals, even when playing with a total JJC... and if you are unfortunate to have a JJc score first, he'd mount what we call 'Massive defence' with only two caps in the mid field and one cap playing forward... if you forget to rearrange your players in your bid to dismantle his defence, he'd strike in one more goal and then rub it in... with eight players carefully arranged to block all your players...

Chei, there are so many tricks used by pros and JJCs...very interesting game...

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Ah, hats of to you Mr Onwuekwe! You mastered the game to fingertips... literarily.

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Oh thanks for bringing tback tose wonderful memories. Infact it got so bad in my house that every week,my mom gather over a 100 bottle tops to throw away.we would then announce that the entire team died in a car accident or plane crash and start recruiting more players for the next world cup.

I remember my younger brother having this particular bottletop he named Tony Yeboah[His team was Ghana]. He was the longest serving player. He always survived the crash[clean up].Infact my brother had to attach some strands from his hair to signify how old he is.
What a delight it was.Funny enough that particular bottletop always scores.
Talk of experience

Playstation football is no match for table soccer when it come to sheer excitement and player involvement.

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What is table soccer?

You're not supposed to know,na!
Dis na man matter,blue.No be lipstick matter be dis wan o!

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