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Forget your X-stations and body armour, these are the gifts sports fans received back in the day

No bags of coal here.

YOU MIGHT HAVE come down the stairs to the latest gadget or whatever this morning. but letโ€™s not forget the gifts of yesteryear.

Behold; the presents of Christmas past:

Shoot annual
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  • Shoot annual

  • Mikasa gloves

  • Dodgy kits

  • Fifa International Soccer

  • Subbuteo

  • Tomy Soccer

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    Mute Anthony Byrne
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    Dec 25th 2012, 7:29 AM

    That little electric soccer game was the businessโ€ฆhours of fun. I got an ice hockey version in Florida 25 years ago and it still works :-)

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    Mute Fran Rooney
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    Dec 25th 2012, 9:15 AM

    Agreed, it was an awesome little game. I might try and pick one up on Ebay.

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    Mute graham galvin
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    Dec 25th 2012, 1:18 PM

    pro action football with the magnets was my favourite.we even had leagues organised with the rest of the kids on steet.ah those were the days.

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    Mute Brian Guilfoyle
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    Dec 25th 2012, 7:44 AM

    Shoot Annual, but no Match Annualโ€ฆ I bet ye read the Beano instead of the Dandy tooโ€ฆ

    Typicalโ€ฆ.

    Also not a deck of Top Trumps Premiership 93 editionโ€ฆ. For shame!

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    Mute Michael Cunningham
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    Dec 25th 2012, 10:34 AM

    Ha ha! Brilliant!

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    Mute Luca Costa
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    Dec 25th 2012, 8:51 AM

    I got a magnetic table top soccer fame where the ball was a magnet and u pull the players back by the head and lash the ball everywhere. Great fun

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    Mute Luca Costa
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    Dec 25th 2012, 8:52 AM

    *game *you

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    Mute Paul Martin
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    Dec 25th 2012, 9:39 AM

    That game was the business

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    Mute Adrian de Cleir
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    Dec 25th 2012, 9:41 AM

    I had an addiction to fifa 95,made out my own world cup, draw included, and would play every single match, Ireland always seemed to conveniently do really well.

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    Mute Padraig Stapleton
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    Dec 25th 2012, 11:20 AM

    Is Shoot still knocking about or is it just the annuals these days? Great blasts from the past there lads!

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    Mute Alan Quinn
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    Dec 25th 2012, 8:42 AM

    Is that Fifa 96???

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    Mute damian
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    Dec 25th 2012, 2:53 PM

    Nope.. That was the first one out in 1994. FIFA international.

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    Mute Andrew Payne
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    Dec 25th 2012, 12:28 PM

    I used to bring my Tomy soccer in on the last day of school before Christmas every year and the whole class would be mad to play it! Great memories

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    Mute Jackie Mc Bride Kelly
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    Dec 25th 2012, 2:43 PM

    I was a grateful receiver of the actual dodgy kit in the second picture. It divided opinions in the schoolyard to say the least.

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    Mute Diarmaid Twomey
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    Dec 25th 2012, 9:31 AM

    Fifa 96 โ€“ mental, I remember it solely cause of the stars that highlight the player in control!

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