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2 minutes ago, RED4LIFE said:

Some blast from the past names posting back then.

I do often wonder what happened to likes of Malone FM, Dr Faustus, Godzilla etc. Always decent fun to be had reading their posts back then

Godzilla is now a sports journalist with the BBC I believe (?).

I think he was 13 when he started posting on the city forums - hope I've got the right bloke !

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2 minutes ago, bcfc01 said:

Godzilla is now a sports journalist with the BBC I believe (?).

I think he was 13 when he started posting on the city forums - hope I've got the right bloke !

If you have got it right then fair play to the fella. From OTIB to BBC sports journalist is one helluva step up. 

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31 minutes ago, RED4LIFE said:

If you have got it right then fair play to the fella. From OTIB to BBC sports journalist is one helluva backward step up

If he's with the BBC then editorial accuracy is essential.

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51 minutes ago, RED4LIFE said:

Some blast from the past names posting back then.

I do often wonder what happened to likes of Malone FM, Dr Faustus, Godzilla etc. Always decent fun to be had reading their posts back then

Faustas is/was gas, correct?

I have an inkling.

Goes back a bit, that does.

2005 when I first signed up.

Even with social media etc, I still log in to this forum most days. A fair bit of football related media gets linked by members here anyhow.

A skim at least in between jobs during the day and my evening 'stuff'.

??? 

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1 hour ago, RED4LIFE said:

Some blast from the past names posting back then.

I do often wonder what happened to likes of Malone FM, Dr Faustus, Godzilla etc. Always decent fun to be had reading their posts back then

x3widRacin...........another blast from the past. Last I heard of him, he came over for the P?o final, hope nhe made it back !

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36 minutes ago, Pickle Rick said:

Faustas is/was gas, correct?

I have an inkling.

Goes back a bit, that does.

2005 when I first signed up.

Even with social media etc, I still log in to this forum most days. A fair bit of football related media gets linked by members here anyhow.

A skim at least in between jobs during the day and my evening 'stuff'.

??? 

I cant stand the City social media pages. They are just terrible. 

This place however is much different, there is more of a thought out debate with some really good posters present. 

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6 hours ago, RED4LIFE said:

Some blast from the past names posting back then.

I do often wonder what happened to likes of Malone FM, Dr Faustus, Godzilla etc. Always decent fun to be had reading their posts back then

Godzilla is still to be found on here. Just under a different alias

Wonder what happened to the likes of Mark S Cal, ExiledinWatford, Kustard and Teepee. The real old school from the older forum.. 

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12 minutes ago, 054123 said:

Ashtonyate was a legend. Sadly I think he passed away.

He used to wind up so many people, but the funny thing was it never seemed intentional, it reminded me of my nana Christmas, just blurting out nonsense.

He sadly passed away before he would have finally seen the fruits of the academy he was so critical of at the beginning. 

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18 minutes ago, TomF said:

He sadly passed away before he would have finally seen the fruits of the academy he was so critical of at the beginning. 

Indeed I remember having many a disagreement with him over the academy, it is a shame that he didn't get to see what the academy would eventually become. There were some proper characters back then, East dudndry red was always a good poster, could never keep his emotions in check though. 

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2 hours ago, TomF said:

Godzilla is still to be found on here. Just under a different alias

Wonder what happened to the likes of Mark S Cal, ExiledinWatford, Kustard and Teepee. The real old school from the older forum.. 

TeePee became disillusioned with football and has given up watching City and being actively involved in the SM side of it.  He still has his website and posts his holiday pics on it.

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I believe the first post was in response to transfer speculation, to which a self proclaimed wise man decreed:

”Transfer? Balderdash. ‘Tis nothing but unfounded claptrap. Forsooth, thou shalt believe naught until thou hast recited it from the etchings upon ye old official club slate!”

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5 hours ago, TomF said:

Godzilla is still to be found on here. Just under a different alias

Wonder what happened to the likes of Mark S Cal, ExiledinWatford, Kustard and Teepee. The real old school from the older forum.. 

Kustard still goes to a few games a season, was at Derby away back in August and I met up with her before the Wigan game. Gave up on the forum a long time ago but still active on social media.

Mark in S Cal, I've a vague recollection he had some kind of falling out with someone on here following the Brighton playoff final, and hasn't been heard from since? 

 

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13 hours ago, CyderInACan said:

I wonder what the first thread on the Netcentre was too @Olé

By coincidence, the best version (IMHO) of the NetCentre - just before Rivals - launched 20 years ago yesterday.

And here are the threads 20 years ago today - admittedly before many more famous posters discovered the site.

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And here is the forum at the start of the following season (parking already a hot topic):

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And then it went Rivals, and here is the forum with familiar posters at various points in 2001 and 2002

https://web.archive.org/web/20010404220705/http://boards.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=916&p=16

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https://web.archive.org/web/20011101045854/http://boards.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=916&p=16

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And so on...

https://web.archive.org/web/20011216225015/http://boards.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=916&p=16

https://web.archive.org/web/20020820011502/http://boards.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=916&p=16

https://web.archive.org/web/20030604170137/http://boards.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=916&p=16 (Murray to Real Valladolid is the top thread - no separate rumours forum!!)

https://web.archive.org/web/20030401224635/http://boards.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=916&p=16 (first sighting of TEDPITMAN aka Never To The Dark Side talking about HTV)

https://web.archive.org/web/20030815111132/http://boards.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=916&p=16

https://web.archive.org/web/20031012053547/http://boards.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=916&p=16

https://web.archive.org/web/20040105002340/http://boards.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=916&p=16

https://web.archive.org/web/20040301123313/http://boards.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=916&p=16

https://web.archive.org/web/20040412154042/http://boards.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=916&p=16 (no more thread view and start of the ****POP**** era - beginning of the end)

And special treat, here's various threads of Cardiff fans in meltdown after we won 2-0 at their place in 2002:

https://web.archive.org/web/20021217123816/http://boards.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=916&p=16

Sadly you can't read any of the posts.

 

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