Today sees WanderersWays turn 20 years.

Back then in 1999 the internet wasn’t a big thing and certainly no BWFC sites existed. I’d like to think we have come a long way since those early days and thanks to you we have been successful in many fronts.

when I first set the site up it was published using Microsoft FrontPage if anyone remembers that? Then it was it was the turn of Dreamweaver for a while, then phpbb as the forum took off so that members could interact. Then another PHP content management software that allowed pages and a forum.

I was approached by Rivals.net back in 2001 and moved the site to them for a successful 3 years, however I took the bold step to be a fully independent site again. All members followed WanderersWays back again, this time using the software we still use today, which I must say is perhaps one of the best out there.

Many of you have been here since the humble beginnings and I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you all.

Ok so enough of my ramblings.....

Let’s listen to some of your standout moments over the years?

Over to you and keep it clean 🙄😂

 

1 hour ago, ZicoKelly said:

must've been before 2001 no?

Possibly 2000, I’ve slept since 🙄

I never went on that infamous camping trip and I’m sure more tales could have come out.

One thing I can say is that this site has brought may people together.  We even had a wedding with alibobs!

 

I've met loads of great lads (and a few girls) through coming on here, some are really good mates to this day, others not so

I've met loads of sound people, and Garrp from on here

Shit shoe wearers and now slag wellies

34 minutes ago, Happy Wanderer said:

I never went on that infamous camping trip and I’m sure more tales could have come out.

One thing I can say is that this site has brought may people together.  We even had a wedding with alibobs!

 

Was it Zoe, Stan and the mental Scottish bloke (not Jazza)

bod fari pride grooming the bolton youth in macedonia getting them all locked up

Edited July 16, 20196 yr by L/H White

having a whip round to get jumbo and his mate flights over for the rabotnicki return leg

what happened with that, did they make it?

1 hour ago, DirtySanchez said:

Church violence

Mass Brawls

Olispence going to work in Greece for the summer, when he was really going on holiday there with his Mum + Dad for a coupla weeks.

Anything by Little Whitts.

Wanderersways trip to Guimaraes.

Smiffs was one piss funny bloke.

2 minutes ago, Burndens Bogs said:

Olispence going to work in Greece for the summer, when he was really going on holiday there with his Mum + Dad for a coupla weeks.

Anything by Little Whitts.

Wanderersways trip to Guimaraes.

Smiffs was one piss funny bloke.

all that was made up tbf

I joined in 2003 when the site was the most comical ever, the hand drawn plans what Swanny put up about a loft conversion had me on the floor crying with laughter.

1 hour ago, frank_spencer said:

Ollimong going working abroad lasting about 3 days coz it was too hot even though he was wearing a bloody tank top over his tshirt. 

Was he the one who crashed his car about 20 minutes after passing his test?

41 minutes ago, L/H White said:

having a whip round to get jumbo and his mate flights over for the rabotnicki return leg

what happened with that, did they make it?

No. Their club would not help out. We raised the cash BWFC were happy. 

Who remembers Bolty's typo and Miami's bet?

Classic backtracking 

SEB surely is the biggest running joke?

Beachballs. Lots of beachballs.

The referee trifecta.

Natasha hating big Sam 

Maximus ITK (and one poster actually being so ITK one year that I swore he was whoever the manager was at the time)

The amazement when it looked like we were signing Andy Johnson for £8m - we really had hit the big time (only to be outdone by Everton)

2 minutes ago, Eddie said:

The referee trifecta.

Natasha hating big Sam 

Maximus ITK (and one poster actually being so ITK one year that I swore he was whoever the manager was at the time)

Was that around the time Spearing kept leaking the starting XI the night before games?

@tylswhite was the most bang on I can remember for itk stuff after maximus that is.

Met loads of ace people on here and a couple of not so ace people😂

45 minutes ago, HomerJay said:

SEB surely is the biggest running joke?

We weren't the only ones 

Recall having a mooch on a Sunderland forum when we played them and they said it too in the same context

Obviously a popular joke in general at the time 

Me lying about Jussi being lined up by Spurs. And then it got mentioned on the radio that evening. haha. Fancy journalists taking something posted on a forum like this as gospel!

WWXI matches versus the Morton lads, the Walkden lads and a few others.

Budgies in the Arndale will always be my No. 1 if we are doing a Top 100 countdown.

Isaac's cancelled vasectomy: "don't tell me I've shaved me nuts fer nowt!?"

6 hours ago, Happy Wanderer said:

One thing I can say is that this site has brought may people together.  We even had a wedding with alibobs!

 

🙃 

Who would think the chat up line ‘are you Alibob off w-ways?’ Would work!