The Original OTIB Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 ... and who was the first poster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pride of the west Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 The first post was probably 'test' by 'test'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 Dicks out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 11 minutes ago, The Original OTIB said: ... and who was the first poster? This is a four poster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unan Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 This is the first day, 16 years ago https://www.otib.co.uk/index.php?/forum/31-football-chat/page/3737/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 Really, someone must surely know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 There was a forum well before 2003 I'm sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septic Peg Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 The old forum used to be forum.bcfc.co.uk back in the day (iirc). When it was disbanded from the club officially and taken on by the Supporters Club, it became OTIB. @TomF is the man with the history books and can tell the full story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackofromSanJavier Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 If it wasn't a post berating the manager's (of the day) starting XI selection, his formation and the substitutions, then I'm really in the wrong place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Dazzler Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 I remember getting my first "interet dial-up" PC in 1999 and registering with the original forum then. It had been running, I would say, for at least 2 or 3 years prior to that, as I used to take a sneaky peak at work but didn't want to risk registering from my work PC, as that wasn't really allowed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 I remember on previous versions of this forum, at the foot of the page it stated whose birthday it was that day. Data protection laws rules that out. You could also pick up gold stars for so many "likes" which would show against your name. As a result groups of friends would like each others posts and all have 5 gold stars under their name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 Reading those topics back in 2003 makes me realise a) how nothing changes b) how pointless this all is. But I bloody love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 50 minutes ago, Seneca the Younger said: This is the first day, 16 years ago https://www.otib.co.uk/index.php?/forum/31-football-chat/page/3737/ So OTIB forum isn’t even as old a The Gap..?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 Thought the first post was Aizoon with his match report from the cup final loss to Man Utd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 I first joined in 2005, under a different incarnation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murraysrightplum Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 Robbored slating Louis Carey was in there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 40 minutes ago, downendcity said: Thought the first post was Aizoon with his match report from the cup final loss to Man Utd. Followed by a "Harry Thickett out" thread, and someone moaning about supporters leaving early as they needed to feed the horses in their hansom cabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 11 minutes ago, Murraysrightplum said: Robbored slating Louis Carey was in there! Yep......and some posters consider him a legend............. 22 minutes ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said: I first joined in 2005, under a different incarnation. Not Isaac or Warwick Hunt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 14 minutes ago, Robbored said: Yep......and some posters consider him a legend............. Not Isaac or Warwick Hunt? No, I posted under the moniker...Robbored Felches Gasheads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLionLad Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 2 hours ago, 22A said: I remember on previous versions of this forum, at the foot of the page it stated whose birthday it was that day. Data protection laws rules that out. You could also pick up gold stars for so many "likes" which would show against your name. As a result groups of friends would like each others posts and all have 5 gold stars under their name. So if that was still in place we’d have one particular member with no stars at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatalist Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 Interesting to see a thread in 2003 called "Kick Racism Out Thingy". Plus ca change and all that. https://www.otib.co.uk/index.php?/topic/76-kick-racism-out-thingy-on-saturday/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 42 minutes ago, Red-Robbo said: Followed by a "Harry Thickett out" thread, and someone moaning about supporters leaving early as they needed to feed the horses in their hansom cabs. There might also have been a post from Robbored accusing Thickett of being "nothing but a conference manager". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 I wonder what the first thread on the Netcentre was too @Olé Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 3 hours ago, Septic Peg said: The old forum used to be forum.bcfc.co.uk back in the day (iirc). When it was disbanded from the club officially and taken on by the Supporters Club, it became OTIB. @TomF is the man with the history books and can tell the full story. Indeed and before all that the original forum was the 'The City List' which goes back to the mid-1990s (even pre Net Centre). I was on that with around 20 - 30 other City fans and one would be emailed content from what I recall. Some great posters back then with the likes of Aizoon, Rob F, JP, Jer B, Nick W, Keith M, Mick H - absolutely quality back then. Ah, memories! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 3 minutes ago, CyderInACan said: I wonder what the first thread on the Netcentre was too @Olé “If a new railway station was built at Parson Street, would you use it (and why not)?” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 13 minutes ago, CyderInACan said: I wonder what the first thread on the Netcentre was too @Olé Should we sign Matt Smith? Gilingham in the next round of the cup! Who is Steve Lansdown? Vera Lynn - has Rudolph.......................? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibor Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 3 hours ago, Septic Peg said: The old forum used to be forum.bcfc.co.uk back in the day (iirc). When it was disbanded from the club officially and taken on by the Supporters Club, it became OTIB. @TomF is the man with the history books and can tell the full story. I think otib ran for a while as otib.co.uk on different forum software (dc forums?) perhaps between being forum.bcfc.co.uk (which was in scott davidson's time?) and being moved to the current invision software? I can remember having an account on the old forum but mostly using net centre, I think I had to recreate it some time after the move to invision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grifty Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 44 minutes ago, One Team said: Indeed and before all that the original forum was the 'The City List' which goes back to the mid-1990s (even pre Net Centre). I was on that with around 20 - 30 other City fans and one would be emailed content from what I recall. Some great posters back then with the likes of Aizoon, Rob F, JP, Jer B, Nick W, Keith M, Mick H - absolutely quality back then. Ah, memories! Usernames weren't quite as inventive though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 4 hours ago, Septic Peg said: The old forum used to be forum.bcfc.co.uk back in the day (iirc). When it was disbanded from the club officially and taken on by the Supporters Club, it became OTIB. @TomF is the man with the history books and can tell the full story. Pretty much correct - there have been 3 variants of the forum as such - the first one was very basic one in 97 that had no registration and you just typed a post in. Then in 1998 we moved to the D.C. forum system which was the one with threaded posts and very red all over. I used to have that still running as a read only archive for years but it was CGI/Perl based but that running on a Windows box was more painful than Pulis time at AG. In Oct 2003 we moved from that to what we’re still running now which is Invision Power / Invision Community system software. Initially using MSSQL back end and then MySQL probably for last 9-10 years maybe. It’s at that time in October 2003 that I helped GeoffA run it of sorts, Jan 2004 I joined Clik and have really had it as my sort of responsibility ever since. Geoff retired a few years ago now and lives in Scotland! otib.co.uk always took you to the board but you are right we used forum.bcfc.co.uk until the club stopped funding it around 2006 - since then we’ve subsidised it’s running costs along with support from the ST/SC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhhshauntaylor Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 5 hours ago, The Original OTIB said: ... and who was the first poster? That’s used 30 mins of my evening! this a personal favourite- look at him now 16 years on! kit man, club legend, all round good guy! Thank god he came back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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