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35 minutes ago, Smiley said:

I’ve had my own business for 21 years, and remember being on Rivals in the office whilst working in my last full time job…. I’d say early 2000s, but not quite 25 years.

Must've been around the start of the 99/00 season for me when I started work and had regular internet access 

Ipswich play off was may 2000

So definitely that season for me 

Aye I was selling White Love fanzines for Smiley in 1999 when Happy (RIP) approached me and asked where Smiley was. He was after the site being plugged in the fanzine.

Rivals was just before and this site properly started 1999 deffo. 

It actually says it at the bottom of the homepage

Edited April 8, 20242 yr by gonzo
In fact every page

Trophy rooms earliest pages make interesting viewing.

Nice to see the topics of conversation were as groundbreaking as today's

 

Sausage casing distributors association! 🤣

Late to the party 

joined 24 March 2008 

think it was BRIXTON who told me about it 

23 minutes ago, little whitt said:

Late to the party 

joined 24 March 2008 

think it was BRIXTON who told me about it 

Was he wearing his obligatory blue shirt? 

JCL me, September 2005

We moved to this platform in October 2003

10 hours ago, Zico said:

Off top of my head for starters 

Me 

Traf 

Ani 

Gonzo 

W Cramp 

Casino 

Undies

Satan 

@HomerJay and @Mounts Kipper were around back then too.

The latter was probably slagging Tony Blair off 😉

Me - I won a packet of crisps off Undies on Rivals 

I discovered rivals on the night before a first game of the season at tranmere

0 0 draw

It was free internet for 2 hours on ic24

You had to sign back in after an hour

1 hour ago, Gonk said:

Me - I won a packet of crisps off Undies on Rivals 

SDW

Just now, Casino said:

I discovered rivals on the night before a first game of the season at tranmere

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It was free internet for 2 hours on ic24

You had to sign back in after an hour

I must have gone but have no recollection whatsoever of that game

 

Gudjohnsen sliced one wide right in front of us

The big end

From about 5 yards

Possibly season before showergate

I joined after queuing for Carling Cup Final tickets. 3 or 4 hours in a line of people and one mentioned Wanderersways. I’ve spent far too much time chatting shit since then.

Just now, MickyD said:

I joined after queuing for Carling Cup Final tickets. 3 or 4 hours in a line of people and one mentioned Wanderersways. I’ve spent far too much time chatting shit since then.

You stole your avatar off a Locomotive Plovid forum if memory serves me right.

11 minutes ago, gonzo said:

You stole your avatar off a Locomotive Plovid forum if memory serves me right.

Yes. Lauta Hools or something.

Was it them that produced the graphic to show how off side our goal was complete with wonky line to prove it?

In the old days there was a night crew and a day crew. I did not have Internet at home so could post during day. Others only had access at night. 
 

Get in in a morning and there would be loads to read through at work. 

44 minutes ago, Ani said:

In the old days there was a night crew and a day crew. I did not have Internet at home so could post during day. Others only had access at night. 
 

Get in in a morning and there would be loads to read through at work. 

That's a bit like having an antipodean crew. 

12 hours ago, gonzo said:

You stole your avatar off a Locomotive Plovid forum if memory serves me right.

Don’t mention them 

12 hours ago, MickyD said:

Yes. Lauta Hools or something.

🙈

1 hour ago, Ani said:

In the old days there was a night crew and a day crew. I did not have Internet at home so could post during day. Others only had access at night. 
 

Get in in a morning and there would be loads to read through at work. 

Haha, correct. I wasted hours at work, literally hours and hours, laughing my tits off and doing no work.

44 minutes ago, Smiley said:

Haha, correct. I wasted hours at work, literally hours and hours, laughing my tits off and doing no work.

I remember a lad you worked with sending you a message on here as could not get in touch at work ! 

17 hours ago, Traf said:

@HomerJay and @Mounts Kipper were around back then too.

The latter was probably slagging Tony Blair off 😉

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