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The New Soccer Ho-Mo Football Game

Board Game
1950s (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A board that folds in half. The outer cover is blue mottled paper and there is a label in the middle of the front cover with the name of the game printed in black in an plain oval set against a chequered background. The unfolded board shows a playing surface of 425 small squares, alternating yellow and green. The board is marked out in red as a football pitch, the centre circle is a red dotted line. There are red dots on some of the squares and footballs on others, both in a regular pattern. Each corner square has a red symbol, a rectangle with one extra arm on a shorter side. The blue cover paper is visible on the outer edge. Inside this is a white band and inside that a black line that surrounds the chequered squares.

Twenty-one wooden playing pieces, eleven are plain wood and ten stained green. The shape resembles a small chess pawn.

A rectagular shaped box with both lid and base covered on the outside with blue mottled paper whch flods over the inside edges. The interior is a faded white/cream colour. The lid has a label that covers most of its top area with the name of the game printed in black in an plain oval set against a chequered background.


Object details

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Parts
This object consists of 25 parts.

  • Board Game Board
  • Box Base
  • Box Lid
  • Playing Piece
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TitleThe New Soccer Ho-Mo Football Game (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Paper covered card, carved wooden pieces
Brief description
Board game Ho-Mo made in England in the 1950s
Physical description
A board that folds in half. The outer cover is blue mottled paper and there is a label in the middle of the front cover with the name of the game printed in black in an plain oval set against a chequered background. The unfolded board shows a playing surface of 425 small squares, alternating yellow and green. The board is marked out in red as a football pitch, the centre circle is a red dotted line. There are red dots on some of the squares and footballs on others, both in a regular pattern. Each corner square has a red symbol, a rectangle with one extra arm on a shorter side. The blue cover paper is visible on the outer edge. Inside this is a white band and inside that a black line that surrounds the chequered squares.

Twenty-one wooden playing pieces, eleven are plain wood and ten stained green. The shape resembles a small chess pawn.

A rectagular shaped box with both lid and base covered on the outside with blue mottled paper whch flods over the inside edges. The interior is a faded white/cream colour. The lid has a label that covers most of its top area with the name of the game printed in black in an plain oval set against a chequered background.
Dimensions
  • Board height: 34.7cm
  • Board width: 49.5cm
  • Box height: 25mm
  • Box width: 107mm
  • Box depth: 78mm
  • Playing pieces height: 20mm
  • Elongated playing piece height: 25mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'THE NEW / SOCCER / HO-MO / TRADE MARK / FOOTBALL GAME' (Printed in the centre of the box lid.)
  • 'A GAME OF SKILL' (Printed in the centre of the box lid)
  • 'SPORTING' (Printed in the centre of the box lid)
  • 'FASCINATING' (Printed in the centre of the box lid)
  • 'APPEALS TO ALL' (Printed in the centre of the box lid)
  • 'MADE IN ENGLAND' (Printed in the centre of the box lid)
Credit line
Given by Godalming Museum
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
B.62:1 to 25-2014

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Record createdApril 8, 2015
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