Supporting the Albion pre North Stand Chat

[Robot Chicken]

What was it like? Who remembers the very first North Stand Chat?

Nostalgia ain't like it used to be!

 

[Virgo's Haircut]

Oh yes I fondly remember the original NSC back in the mid 90's.

There seemed a much more of a community feel to it back then. I don't post a lot now as I just don't have the time (or inclination), but it's good to see NSC live on in various forms over the last few years.

 

[nwgull]

I remember it well, it started in late Autumn 1996 and was part of an unofficial BHAFC site as opposed to a site in itself. Before it was set up people were using the site's guestbook as a message board so it was an instant hit and a vital part of the organisation of Fans UTD.

aaah memories....

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

And before North Stand Chat, we used to go into the North Stand. And, er, chat.

 

[sullyupthewing]

Yep remember it well first website I looked for when I got my pc back in those bad bad days, trying to remember my user name

 

[Shizuoka Dolphin]

I remember finding it for the first time - would have been September 1997 when I was first unleashed onto the internet...

Part of the Seagulls Server I seem to remember?

 

[Raphael Meade]

read it for a couple of yrs 97ish onwards before i actually posted anything.

teletext provided the news before then...

 

[Scotty Mac]

first saw it in 1999, when i managed to get it blocked on the school network a further 6 times over 4 years!

 

[Shizuoka Dolphin]

What was the old address - that great website archive.com may have a few pages stored away for posterity!

 

[Hilton]

I seem to remember looking at it in 1997 odd but never properly until 2000 I think. When did the format first get used that was on the board that died last year?

 

[marvin]

Sometimes I think people think we have not been this way before.

http://web.archive.org/web/19970606013823/http://homepages.enterprise.net/gjc/

don't get what you expect from the message board though as it had to be replaced in the great server melt down and all the messages are newer than the headers.

 

[Tooting Gull]

Anyone remember what life was like before the following:

1) Mobiles

2) Decimalisation

3) The Industrial Revolution

4) The wheel?

 

[marvin]

Anyone remember what life was like before the following:

1) Mobiles

2) Decimalisation

3) The Industrial Revolution

4) The wheel?

Does Dave Beassant still use this board?

 

[Hilton]

Only recognise one name off that old board, Juan Albion.

 

[fleet]

I remember all the versions - hay day was in the campaign and waiting for news of the Dick Knight takeover.

 

[Beach Hut]

Before we used to converse in pen and quill - happy days

 

[Blackadder]

And before North Stand Chat, we used to go into the North Stand. And, er, chat.

Not Me!

I used to go to the South-West Stand and, er, Chat.

We had a bit of a clique going. All four of us!

 

[Curious Orange]

Erm, only started using NSC about a year ago (having known about it for years but never actually having tried to find it), so memory of pre NSC for me personally is suprisingly clear!!!

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

Not Me!

I used to go to the South-West Stand and, er, Chat.

We had a bit of a clique going. All four of us!

Actually I was a south-west-terracer as well. (Although I was quite often found on the NW terrace and in the West Stand as well) I just mentioned the North Stand for effect.

Then Bellotti shut off the SW terrace to anyone without a season ticket (so we wouldn't throw fireworks/Robbie Fowler shirts at him) and we went and stood in a woman's garden on Goldstone Lane instead. She was great, I remember, because she made us soup at half-time.

On the original NSC I was The Clown Of Pevensey Bay as well...

 

[Blackadder]

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