AUcal Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Joined relatively recently by comparison to most in here, December 2017, apparently. I had been visiting the site just to read threads for a few years before that I think. Not really a prolific poster most of the time, but genuinely love p&b and spend probably far too much time reading all kinds of threads that have f**k all to do with Ayr. P&B is pretty much the only social media (if you can call it that) that I use. So basically, thank you very much to all of you that have came before in making it what it is and keeping it interesting. For any newer posters I thoroughly recommend reading through the P&B Gold threads for a very good crash course in the forum's history. Some truly excellent stuff. There's been some brilliant stuff in the 5 or so years I've been on here so long may that continue. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Joined in 2012 for some reason. Lurker before that having seen some stuff here quoted elsewhere. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molotov Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 1 hour ago, AuAl said: For any newer posters I thoroughly recommend reading through the P&B Gold threads for a very good crash course in the forum's history. Some truly excellent stuff. Not enough new stuff goes into the gold section anymore. Think the mods have got rid of too many of the sites “controversial” posters. FT Mods 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 5 hours ago, alta-pete said: Glad to see from those pics that the 5s inspired Christopher Brookmyre to knuckle down and make a career of the writing rather than continue hanging out with the PnB massive… It was a link on his website that reminded me that this place existed shortly before i joined in 2015 Previously got most of my football news through MSM and was a late adopter of computer as a means of communication. I previously occasionally lurked (and rarely posted) on an Aberdeen forum, mainly for transfer/injury gossip. I'd always thought of the internet as being for nerds. I have since come out as a nerd and embraced it. It's a good skive. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Derry Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 If I ever got beat in a 5s tournament by some of those people I'd never play football again. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 3 hours ago, The Derry said: If I ever got beat in a 5s tournament by some of those people I'd never play football again. Don’t worry, m8. You wouldn’t. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 6 hours ago, AuAl said: For any newer posters I thoroughly recommend reading through the P&B Gold threads for a very good crash course in the forum's history. Some truly excellent stuff. There's been some brilliant stuff in the 5 or so years I've been on here so long may that continue. The "Out the loop" thread was excellent for catching up on things missed in other parts of the forum. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 (edited) Joined in early 2012 just for some passive reading. then on valentines day everything spiced up a bit. I honestly think that this site played a much bigger part in the fan led threat of boycotts that ultimately got clubs to vote out their proposal of parachuting newco into the top flight. the traditional media and the clubs themselves were very much on board with it. FWIW now that the dust has settled! - although numerous clubs had went into administration in the last 20 odd years, only one had went into liquidation & re birth in living memory - Airdrie in 2002. although the started the following season as Airdrie utd in the bottom tier, that was because they took clydebank's slot after they folded the same season. There wasn't really ANY precedent or rules that said a club HAD to start again in the bottom division if they folded and were subsequently relaunched! We all kinda just assumed there was.. Rangers, their fans and complicit media would have been far far better off to ditch the threatening and antagonistic tone they took (and subsequently scunnered everyone with to the point that moderates and fence sitters came round to our way of thinking! ) and simply cite the English FA's handling of Leeds utd in 2007 - only 5 years before when they did the same and ended starting the next season at -15. If they did that it would have probably worked. Anyway after all that I'm still here! Edited January 9, 2023 by effeffsee_the2nd 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Tunbridge Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 You’d genuinely need to do an enhanced disclosure on people if you were going to arrange something like the fives now. Also the chance of people having a square go will have increased tenfold since back then. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUcal Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 10 hours ago, Scotty Tunbridge said: You’d genuinely need to do an enhanced disclosure on people if you were going to arrange something like the fives now. Also the chance of people having a square go will have increased tenfold since back then. Tbf, that would be very funny. Intentionally make the teams a mix of the most mental folk and get it streamed for all who can't make to enjoy. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Location : 12 Ruel Street 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 On 04/01/2023 at 12:22, Div said: I've got folders for each year going all the way up to the last one in 2013 People will pay you not to post them... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 12 hours ago, effeffsee_the2nd said: FWIW now that the dust has settled! - although numerous clubs had went into administration in the last 20 odd years, only one had went into liquidation & re birth in living memory - Airdrie in 2002. although the started the following season as Airdrie utd in the bottom tier, that was because they took clydebank's slot after they folded the same season. You're wrong. Airdrieonians were indeed liquidated but after Airdrie United lost out to Gretna on filling the vacant league place in the fourth tier, they purchased the only asset that Clydebank possessed...their place in the third tier. In effect Clydebank were renamed Airdrie United and relocated to the Excelsior Stadium. They didn't fold. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Surprised there has been no mention of former poster (The) Kilt on the thread. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 13 hours ago, effeffsee_the2nd said: Joined in early 2012 just for some passive reading. then on valentines day everything spiced up a bit. I honestly think that this site played a much bigger part in the fan led threat of boycotts that ultimately got clubs to vote out their proposal of parachuting newco into the top flight. the traditional media and the clubs themselves were very much on board with it. FWIW now that the dust has settled! - although numerous clubs had went into administration in the last 20 odd years, only one had went into liquidation & re birth in living memory - Airdrie in 2002. although the started the following season as Airdrie utd in the bottom tier, that was because they took clydebank's slot after they folded the same season. There wasn't really ANY precedent or rules that said a club HAD to start again in the bottom division if they folded and were subsequently relaunched! We all kinda just assumed there was.. Rangers, their fans and complicit media would have been far far better off to ditch the threatening and antagonistic tone they took (and subsequently scunnered everyone with to the point that moderates and fence sitters came round to our way of thinking! ) and simply cite the English FA's handling of Leeds utd in 2007 - only 5 years before when they did the same and ended starting the next season at -15. If they did that it would have probably worked. Anyway after all that I'm still here! Maidstone United and Aldershot didn't fare so well. Nor did Rushden & Diamonds, the year before Rangers went belly up. More recently, Bury. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 39 minutes ago, RiG said: Surprised there has been no mention of former poster (The) Kilt on the thread. He stirred some shit in the early days of the Pregnancy & Parenting thread, which is usually an oasis of helpfulness and empathy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 I joined P&B four years ago on this very date. A friend would often talk about a couple of the good guys posts and after a look around I signed up. A tremendous site and it's my usual kick-start to the day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 15 hours ago, Scotty Tunbridge said: Also the chance of people having a square go will have increased tenfold since back then. You say that like it's a bad thing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Absolutely spectacular pictures from the fives. I don't even know what to say. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 On 09/01/2023 at 13:53, Molotov said: Not enough new stuff goes into the gold section anymore. Think the mods have got rid of too many of the sites “controversial” posters. FT Mods There was a point people tried too hard to get threads into the Gold section. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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