42nite Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 (edited) May 10th 2004 My 20th aniversary three days ago. I'm still recovering from the celebrations! Edited May 13 by 42nite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinforlife2 Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 Been on here previously in 2009 for a bit, came back in 2022. I had to take some time out, to get over the departure of LJ, still hurting........ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akira Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 On 11/05/2024 at 03:53, Ian M said: Anyone who joined in October 2003 probably joined earlier. That’s when we changed to invision. I was madger back in those days. How the hell has it taken me over 20 years being on this forum to now only find out about this?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 16 hours ago, White Stripe said: I've been on Otib since it looked this the screenshot below. I took this screenshot from web.archive.org from 2001. I've had several forum names. I scraped the data from three pages. Beneath this image I've pasted a list of user names and a list of discussion topics (there's nothing new under the sun). Role Call 1234NICK Andy G ATYES6 Barman Barney Barton Hill Re... Big Red Rich BishopstonRed Bristol Bert Bristol Boy Cidered Dids female knowle ... fRED gaz Harry May im_ctid joshouk Kingswood Red KingswoodRed Maxie mikey b Northred Percy Parrot PhatWill Razor Reader Red Goblin RedBadger Robbie Robin robertsmc1 Rossi SEBOK sken Skinred smithos Smug Red Cat Southport Red SteveH super peacock ted pitman Top Man whitey Zider_Head Topics ARE YOU A POTENTIAL WEBMASTER? BCFC Fans Team Big Red Rich Bloody Germans! Boot Room city fans unite! citys best 11! City's nasty player (part 1) City's nasty player (part 2) correction(gas still losing) dark sides goals on sky DONT BOOK UP !!!!! Fans Forum Players Of The Season [View All] Finsih the Thorpey debate now!!! Do... Football fans click here!!! Forum concern.. FORUM REPLY Found Nokia Pictures ! fresh look for saturday. Gas 0-2 Posh Gas donkeys to lose tonight????????... Home Support On Monday Hypocrites? I Have Returned I need a lift? I was in Blackpool I was told not to clap!!!! If all our strikers are fit? Is there an active chat room tonigh... I'VE CHANGED MY MIND! Keith Millen!!!!! Kidderminter Kiddies late thoughts on Mondays game (or M... Madger NEW KIT!! Next Seasons line up Players for DW to sign posh 1-0 premiership standard [View All] Reasons For Hope rovers 2-2 scum lose 2-1 Shop sales Silver Anniversary sky sports.com dark sides goal Suppoters footy team details TEAM CHANGES SATURDAY? The forgotten men. THE GAS R GOIN DOWN!!!! Tony Thorpe Tony Thorpe's Wages. UNDECIDED VOTE FOR GOODRIDGE WARNING:This will annoy some people Well done the Gas!! Whatever happened to.... WHATS HAPPENED TO NEW STAND?? Who's Going To Notts County? wigan WIGAN ALL TICKET??? What happened to the Oliver Cromwell/ Soviet Russia/ UKIP groupie, Red Goblin? Utterly barking, he was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said: What happened to the Oliver Cromwell/ Soviet Russia/ UKIP groupie, Red Goblin? Utterly barking, he was. He became Mr. Mosquito and last visited the forum in 2021 although I think he stopped posting long before that. He had his own section on Ziderheads iirc. Barking or not he was a real character and for such an ever present poster over so many years it's strange he suddenly stopped completely. Another one is Esmond Millions Bung, 27k posts in 10 years, disappeared in 2019. Edited May 13 by Nogbad the Bad 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted May 13 Author Report Share Posted May 13 18 minutes ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said: What happened to the Oliver Cromwell/ Soviet Russia/ UKIP groupie, Red Goblin? Utterly barking, he was. I met him a few times. Bloke was as mad in real life as his posting style suggests. Lovely though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brizzle Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 Officially May 7, 2007 but have been kicking around since the days of the City List where it was all via email. Even sponsored something maybe Simon Clist (see what we did there!), or maybe a match, when Danny Wilson was manager. Whatever it was, we had a good day out in hospitality yonks ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 1 hour ago, Nogbad the Bad said: He became Mr. Mosquito and last visited the forum in 2021 although I think he stopped posting long before that. He had his own section on Ziderheads iirc. Barking or not he was a real character and for such an ever present poster over so many years it's strange he suddenly stopped completely. Another one is Esmond Millions Bung, 27k posts in 10 years, disappeared in 2019. I miss BobBobSuperBob too. What happened to him? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellyred Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 20 year anniversary coming up in a weeks time, can't believe its been that long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 13 years this year for me. And here’s a pointless humble-brag… for every face palm I get, I get 867 likes. Although I feel this post may actually bring that ratio down a little. In all seriousness, OTIB is the best forum I’ve ever joined. Some of the rival clubs’ sites are an absolute car crash. We’re lucky to have OTIB, so thank you to all who run it and thank you to all of you for contributing. There are many I’d gladly buy a pint for. Cheers. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 I remember Godzilla, Percy Parrot, Big Red Rich none of whom post these days - unless it’s under a different username. Three more who no longer post - Edson, Richieb and orj. The tree of them used to get into some fierce debates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 5 minutes ago, Fordy62 said: In all seriousness, OTIB is the best forum I’ve ever joined. Some of the rival clubs’ sites are an absolute car crash. We’re lucky to have OTIB, so thank you to all who run it and thank you to all of you for contributing. There are many I’d gladly buy a pint for. I completely agree Fordy. I’ve visited almost all of the Championship clubs message boards/forums and the only one that comes close to otib is Owlstalk. All the others are very mediocre at best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwwtk Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 1 hour ago, Brizzle said: Officially May 7, 2007 but have been kicking around since the days of the City List where it was all via email. Even sponsored something maybe Simon Clist (see what we did there!), or maybe a match, when Danny Wilson was manager. Whatever it was, we had a good day out in hospitality yonks ago. City List began in 1996 (I think). As a group I think we did two matches in hospitality, I still have the memento from one of them.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 11 minutes ago, richwwtk said: City List began in 1996 (I think). As a group I think we did two matches in hospitality, I still have the memento from one of them.... #Salad 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brizzle Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 Vaguely remember purple sausages too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwwtk Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 1 minute ago, Brizzle said: Vaguely remember purple sausages too... That would have been Katherine's doing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 (edited) Like many I’ve been here since the start and in its previous format. Like a few I was also on the City List as well, when it was just an email distribution list not even a forum. I can’t recall going to the games @richwwtk mentions but I met a few on the list in the mid 90s in the pubs before games, like JP and Jer Boon, maybe even others here actually come to think of it! Edited May 13 by One Team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 I remember Edson being very funny, as long as you weren't the subject of his humour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 2 minutes ago, Port Said Red said: I remember Edson being very funny, as long as you weren't the subject of his humour. He and another poster who’s name I can’t remember used to produce a booklet called ‘Incider’ - that was a good read and very amusing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Ian M Posted May 13 Admin Report Share Posted May 13 5 hours ago, Tim Monaghan said: I’ve been here since around 2001 under different names. Met so many amazing people from here. Madger was you? Yes, I'm not sure why that's funny but I'll happily take the credit! 4 hours ago, Akira said: How the hell has it taken me over 20 years being on this forum to now only find out about this?! I changed to Ian M around the same time Tom F changed from Tomarse. There had been some big drama about our usernames being unprofessional or something iirc. Unprofessional on a volunteer ran message board 5 minutes ago, Robbored said: He and another poster who’s name I can’t remember used to produce a booklet called ‘Incider’ - that was a good read and very amusing. Edson, RedTop & Tomarse. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betelgeuse Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 July 2004! Almost 20 years ago which is almost the same time I last posted . I’m a lurker not a poster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwwtk Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 (edited) 24 minutes ago, One Team said: Like many I’ve been here since the start and in its previous format. Like a few I was also on the City List as well, when it was just an email distribution list not even a forum. I can’t recall going to the games @richwwtk mentions but I met a few on the list in the mid 90s in the pubs before games, like JP and Jer Boon, maybe even others here actually come to think of it! I wasn't aware of previous meetups thought they may have happened, but it was in 1996 that I met up with Jer in the Dolman at a pre-season friendly to talk about and maybe help with his CybeReds website he was planning on starting. I had started my own prior to that but it never had more than a small handful of visitors and went nowhere. That initial meeting then very quickly led to a Mailing List meetup at The Pumphouse, which progressed over time to a good 20-30 people, sometimes more,turning up at the Nova Scotia before every game, it was a really good and vibrant community at the time. I miss it. Edited May 13 by richwwtk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 7 minutes ago, Betelgeuse said: July 2004! Almost 20 years ago which is almost the same time I last posted . I’m a lurker not a poster This lot have lurked longer.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 6 minutes ago, richwwtk said: I wasn't aware of previous meetups thought they may have happened, but it was in 1996 that I met up with Jer in the Dolman at a pre-season friendly to talk about and maybe help with his CybeReds website he was planning on starting. I had started my own prior to that but it never had more than a small handful of visitors and went nowhere. That initial meeting then very quickly led to a Mailing List meetup at The Pumphouse, which progressed over time to a good 20-30 people, sometimes more,turning up at the Nova Scotia before every game, it was a really good and vibrant community at the time. I miss it. Indeed that’s where I met a few Rich, in the Nova Scotia, mid 90s. Mailing list was great back then. What was your site I must’ve seen it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwwtk Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 11 minutes ago, One Team said: Indeed that’s where I met a few Rich, in the Nova Scotia, mid 90s. Mailing list was great back then. What was your site I must’ve seen it? It was long gone by the end of 1996. Just one of those free @btinternet pages you used to get when signing up with their service back then. I tried and learned I had no aptitude for running a website, had no idea what I was doing! The only other websites I found back then were a text-only site run by a guy in (I believe) Switzerland of all places, and a site that was run by JR. There was someone that I scanned a squad photo for their website I remember as well, as pictures on websites were't so common then and took forever to load for a lot of people. Also a brother and sister that ran a site. My memory of it all is very sketchy, and from 1996 onwards there were a lot of sites springing up, @Olé was one of the early ones and will probably remember much better than me as he actually had some success! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 24 minutes ago, Ian M said: Yes, I'm not sure why that's funny but I'll happily take the credit! I changed to Ian M around the same time Tom F changed from Tomarse. There had been some big drama about our usernames being unprofessional or something iirc. Unprofessional on a volunteer ran message board Edson, RedTop & Tomarse. Fun fact: I believe RedTop was “Lenny Lottery” at the Sun. Bizarrely I think that at one time we had him, Dominic Mohan (once Showbiz editor then full editor) and Ian King (business editor - now on Sky) all working in senior positions at the paper and City fans. Never mind lads. At least you had taste in football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 I'd be up for a meet up, especially as I plan moving back down west. Plus I know absolutely no-one in Bristol, apart from a couple of family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akira Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 On 11/05/2024 at 12:34, BigTone said: MaloneFM was another. Then of course who will forget Giles and his love affair !!! (see "Hiya I'm new here" in archive) Appreciate this shout, as definitely don't remember this gem, gonna check it out now, may even roll back the years and check out some of the other classics for old times sake. Some proper hilarious threads, best is still going up to Hartlepool... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 1 hour ago, Ian M said: Edson, RedTop & Tomarse. I think that Tomarse became TomF, Edson simply vanished as did Redtop who was literally a redtop journalist. Orj was someone who could argue with himself in an empty room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brizzle Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 2 hours ago, One Team said: Like many I’ve been here since the start and in its previous format. Like a few I was also on the City List as well, when it was just an email distribution list not even a forum. I can’t recall going to the games @richwwtk mentions but I met a few on the list in the mid 90s in the pubs before games, like JP and Jer Boon, maybe even others here actually come to think of it! Ah JP, supported Man City when they were proper rubbish! And tales of scooters being thrown from the top tier of the San Siro from our international member. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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