Gary Lineker's Footballer of the Year
(1987)
Who is this game suitable for?
Suitable for ages 0 and up. You can play with 2 to 4 players.
For the pros among you, the following mechanics can be decisive: Commodity Speculation und Dice Rolling...
Game Data
| Average time to play: | 60 |
| Minimum age: | 0 |
| Number of players: | 2 - 4 |
| Publisher: | Birmingham Games Ltd. |
| Designers: | (Uncredited) |
| Artists: | Unknown |
| Mechanics: | Commodity Speculation, Dice Rolling |
A game based around Gary Lineker, a celebrated footballer from Leicester, England, and his rise through the footballing ranks to become the superstar of football that he did. (Note; he is still famous as a presenter of football on TV)
The object of the game is to play the football matches to the best of your ability and try to attain as much money and as many football awards as possible. The game starts with each player being a fourth division footballer with just £500 in savings and no status.
Game Contents:
1 Playing board
1 Footballer marker
40 playing tokens
4 match score dice (red, yellow, 2 x green)
1 skill dice (white)
1 win or lose dice (black)
5 cup dice
1 pack incident cards
1 points score pad
cheques
1 set rules
Alternative names:
Gary Lineker's Footballer of the Year
Last Updated: 2025-10-09 10:51:21 UTC
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