Braving the Hibs supporters club Chloe, Craig and I paid a visit to Hot Club.
The venue upstairs at the club has loads of room, but no canarys!
Mike and the other guys made us extremely welcome.
I started with a friendly half against Mike and his tiger team. He was able to talk us through the finer points of the FISTF rules. There are quite a few things that i hadn't picked up on. I will jot them here as an aid memoir
- attacking - hitting your own player is a back
- attacking - hitting an opposing player is a back
- If awarded a back you can choose to not take it leaving everyone where they were.
- attacking - hitting a player then the ball is a free kick
- attacking - you can only force a throw in or corner in the quarter the ball started (bugger me Richie was right)
- if a player leaves the table he is replaced at the side of the half way line
- standing a fallen player grants the opponent a positioning flick
I then went on to play Kevin. Hawkhill managed to hold them to 3-0, He was going easy on me, but it could easily have been many more if it hadnt been for some stauwalt goalkeeping.
The biggest thing i noticed about the clubs players was their accuracy at distance. I dont think that our old subbuteo lightweight teams are going to cut it! Also even though they were playing nice you could tell that there is a lightning fast attack just waiting to be unleashed.
Big goalies are going to me a must too, I will invest in a couple so people can try them out.
At that we called it a night, Craig stayed on for another game having abandoned his dons for a borrowed flat bottomed team. Let us know how you got on Craig.
I will definatly be heading back one evening, perhaps I can drag a couple more of you along? Lewis, Richie?
