
Table Soccer Australia, links to Australian foosball websites containing forums, picture gallerys, competitions, places to go play table soccer/foosball.
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foosball.com.au (ABFL) is the Official website for Australian Bar Foosball Leagues. This site tells you the different
pubs that have foosball tables and if & when they are holding tournaments or just a friendly get-together.
The site also has a photo gallery of previous foosball tournaments that have been held. Also you will find some tables
available to buy down under.
If you would like to see some of the Foosball Australia photos, you can have a look at our
Foosball Pictures page. You will find more photos on the Official Australia website.
Here's a little bit of history on the Australian Table Soccer Association, taken from there website.
The Australian Table Soccer Association has its roots in competitions organised as early as 1972 by a group of dedicated
Subbuteo enthusiasts in Sydney's northern suburbs. Upwards of 60 players took part in regular league and cup competitions
based on the North Sydney Boys High school, though other clubs were forming independently all over Sydney.
It was only in 1976 when these disparate bodies came together in the NSW Subbuteo Table Soccer Association. Clubs in
North Sydney, Roseville, Mount Druitt and Balgowlah formed the association, which lasted until 1978 when a combination
of competing interests resulted in numbers dwindling. In 1984, Gary Hosie revived the interest in competitive Subbuteo in
Sydney, after a six year layoff. Together with players from his schooldays, he founded the Falconians Subbuteo Club,
based in Wollstonecraft in Sydney's lower north shore.
As the club grew, so did the outlook of the players, from elsewhere in the country. During 1986 and 1987 contact was made
with players in Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Newcastle, Bathurst and Albury. Eventually, clubs were established in most of
these centres, through to varying degrees of success. Some have lasted the distance, some have folded, but others have
been created in their place.