Stadium of Fingers - Construction work, Building the home around the stadium

Since January 2010, work has been going on to build the home around the Stadium of Fingers.

First the roof has to be extended.
The stadium waits patiently in the snow as the scaffolding goes up...






Holes in the house and no stairs!




A sign of things to come though...




Then the outside needed some work...






Then work on the Subbuteo Room...





At last some stairs!!


Sockets in the floor, directly below where the Stadium of Fingers will go!


A wire coming out of the wall, that will link up the blimp-cam hanging over the stadium!!
Also, a connecting wire linking the camera recording unit to the TV downstairs...


The downstairs lounge, with the wire from the camera recording unit ready to be connected to the TV!


Lots of work still to do...

Merci both!

The goal it is!

GrazieRagazzie....but I am merely your humble servant of subbuteo di old.

...also, may Mrs Norak take pity on her poor husband and allow the floor sockets....is this too much to ask of love?

Anyway, I came back home this weekend and the workman have done enough work for me to get a pitch in the subbuteo room!


Adam came round to play a game (well 3 games!)


Here is the first ever flick in the home of the Stadium of Fingers!


...and this is where the first ever flick in the home of the Stadium of Fingers ended up!


We were playing on a pitch placed on old carpet - real oldsubbuteo!


0-0 at half-time, but in the 2nd half Adam scored a wonder goal from distance!


I tried everything I could to equalise, but Adam's goalie played a blinder, saving many shots!
Here is a corner I had with just over one minute to go!


Here is where the ball ended up, when I missed the goal with my shot!


Great game! Finger 0 - Adam 1....the legends have begun!

Ah yes...the 'shaking of the head'... a reaction that confirms that Rosalinda is one of the wives of the oldsubbuteoisti!!

It ranks alongside the 'looking up to the ceiling' response, whilst allowing (mostly with affection!) their oldhusband to indulge in their hobby!

We love the wives of the oldsubbuteosti!

Another week passes, and the workmen have almost finished the Subbuteo Room!



However, none of the rest of the house is done...

The shower...


The lounge...


The kitchen...


The front porch....


The back door...


The back garden...


The front garden...




Anyway....back to the Subbuteo Room!

....also don't forget the sound system and cameras...!