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What unites the NewFooty and Subbuteo is the concept behind the game.
From the "little men" used to play: in Subbuteo, as in NewFooty, the pieces that represented the players were cardboard and were installed on hemispherical bases flat on the bottom.
The men, with finger's tips, were pushed on the field with the aim of hitting the ball, shifting it towards the door of the opponent.
Obviously those who were in defence used a goalkeeper (figurine with a rod attached to the back of the base) controllable by the hand from behind the door and groped with whom he could to save himself by the attacker's shots.