History of SANFL online forums

[Dogwatcher]

Can relate Aerie.

Funnily enough I found BigFooty through the CDFC forum. Someone said "have a look at what these pricks are saying about our club".

Then, just as my interest in BF was waning, I found SA Footy on the CDFC forum when someone said "have a look at what these pricks are saying about our club".

[mick]

Dogman2003 was a legend for a while on a number of forums, what abou madcapmilkdrinker as well?

[mighty_tiger_79]

why isnt MDM on the list?????

his cricket posts were extremely fascinating and insightful

[spell_check]

Great list (and I'm not just saying that because yours truly is in there), but PhilH should be in there. As you said though, the list is subjective, and I think that others should have a bash at a top 20 as well.

And as for the colourful characters, you cannot go past the Peabody Clan!

As for railcarRobbo - BOOOOM!

[Brad]

I first online football forum I found was the Roost, care of a link from http://www.nafc.com.au how times have changed!

[GWW]

Don't forget "Nev" and his infamous posts in the final days of FootySA

Nevstradamus, a gun at footy tipping - kept tipping the dogs to lose from about round 10 onwards - they never lost a game until the next season.

LOL nev was extremely good value

I think it was last year he tipped against the Dogs every week, and generally he was adamant Centrals wouldnt win the flag and ultimately he was proven right

[smac]

Year before last, as it was on FootySA. He was wrong!

[Rushby Hinds]

Whatever happened to Max, Reakonman and Dragonfly?

[GWW]

Year before last, as it was on FootySA. He was wrong!

I think he was talking the same stuff last year as well

[Pseudo]

Websites like FootySA and BigFooty were relative newcomers to SANFL discussion. For years the only footy news to be had was on the usenet forums rec.sport.football.australian and aus.sport.aussie-rules. The traffic on these newsgroups was predominantly AFL related but there was a small bastion of SANFL support. Unfortunately much of the SANFL stuff from the mid-nineties onwards was fuelled by Port bandwagonners whose interest in the Magpies only extended as far as the forthcoming AFL team. By the late nineties any attempt at SANFL discussion - serious or otherwise - was lost in the noise.

There were maybe half a dozen Sturt fans lurking around the group in the early-mid nineties, certainly more than for any other team. Curious, given Sturt's performances during that era.

From that time, the only names I see here now are Barto (who if I am not mistaken ran a Sturt fan website in the early days of the web), and Macca (whom I think appeared about the time I moved on).

Those days were kinda fun, but the online SANFL community of today is much, much better.

[Dirko]

See according to the Board index a new record of 87 users were online today (17th Sep) at 1031.

[Dutchy]

Here is my list of the 20 most important/influential/famous/legendary people in the history of SANFL internet forums

This includes footysa, safooty and all the various club forums, and includes impact of posts as well as work behind the scenes

1. Wedgie
2. Borat
3. CA
4. Spell_Check
5. Mal
6. Nai
7. Drebin/BPBRB
8. TigerBoss
9. Campbell
10. Fatalberton
11. Dissident
12. Pseudo
13. Sturt_Peter
14. Jimmy
15. Coorong
16. REB
17. DG
18. Punk Rooster
19. Valleys_Virgin
20. Red_And_Black

Obviously this is an extremely subjective list, and apologies to anyone who feels left out!

Hey Ecky, might be worth putting your reasoning behind each one, for those newbies that havent been around long?

[mal]

21 DUTCHY .....

[Rushby Hinds]

Here is my list of the 20 most important/influential/famous/legendary people in the history of SANFL internet forums

This includes footysa, safooty and all the various club forums, and includes impact of posts as well as work behind the scenes

1. Wedgie
2. Borat
3. CA
4. Spell_Check
5. Mal
6. Nai
7. Drebin/BPBRB
8. TigerBoss
9. Campbell
10. Fatalberton
11. Dissident
12. Pseudo
13. Sturt_Peter
14. Jimmy
15. Coorong
16. REB
17. DG
18. Punk Rooster
19. Valleys_Virgin
20. Red_And_Black

Obviously this is an extremely subjective list, and apologies to anyone who feels left out!

Hey Ecky, might be worth putting your reasoning behind each one, for those newbies that havent been around long?

I'll have a crack


1. Wedgie Who? Ranked way too high. Prone to mood swings. Takes a good photo though.
2. Borat Who? Ranked way too high. Prone to mood swings. Crap at photos and understanding footy. Sometimes funny, sometimes a troll, sometimes an idiot.
3. CA One of the team behind Footysa about 5(?) seasons ago. Not sure if safooty would be as big if footysa hadnt started. Top bloke. Has a love/hate relationship with Norwood.
4. Spell_Check No explanation necessary. Only one to be directly quoted in the Sunday Mail?A nerd.
5. Mal Mr Football. Sneaks into winning teams change rooms and pretends he barracks for the Bays.Non de' Plume of Gorgeous George.
6. Nai See CA. And also set up and hosts the Snout's site. Avid Bay fan.
7. Drebin/BPBRB Mr "tell it like it is". Not afraid to offend his club! Always a must read.
8. TigerBoss Used to post more then anyone on any board. Loves an arguement. Often wrong.
9. Campbell Big Central's man, great photographer. Not loved by all
10. Fatalberton IMHO the funniest man on these boards. Must read every post he makes. Never sleeps.
11. Dissident All round top bloke. Never argues with anyone. The Brains behind Wedgies dreams?
12. Pseudo IMHO the second funniest man on these boards. Also a must read. Master wordsmith. Nearly busted a poofer valve last Sunday. ALso a Rocket scientist in real life. (dead set)
13. Sturt_Peter. The special friend of safooty. Curious type. ANy truth in the rumour that........?
14. Jimmy. Passionate Sturt Fan who lives in NY. I saw a post from Jimmy on a VFL board today. Why?
15. Coorong Who? Is he still alive? Abrasive type and can upset anyone if he tries. And proud of it. Won a bottle of Scotch from me in a bet 3 seasons ago. I hate that.
16. REB. A troll of the highest order. Footysa only.
17. DG See CA and Nai. Doctor of computer stuff. (dead set)
18. Punk Rooster. Burns peoples houses down. Types tough. Is quite cuddly in real life. the Bays are his second team.
19. Valleys_Virgin Controversial poster, has brought down at least 4 board members and 2 coaches thru his posts alone. Must read!
20. Red_And_Black. Top bloke. Never heard a bad word said about him. His loyalty has not been rewarded by his team that he loves.

[Dutchy]

Great work Mr Hinds!

[smac]

19. Valleys_Virgin Controversial poster, has brought down at least 4 board members and 2 coaches thru his posts alone. Must read!

I was always of the understanding that VV was a "she" - at least the emails I received at the time from this poster were from a female.

Also, Biggs has been left off these lists - I would have thought he had as much to do with FootySA as the 3 others.

Takes me back to the days of anonymous posting on FootySA, there were some outlandish statements on that at times, bloody hilarious to join in with.

[Ecky]

VV was definitely not a she!

[smac]

Odd. I will assume you know more than I, however I received emails from "Emma" after emailing VV's email address. Was quite convincing as a chick.

[smac]

Glad I never tried to ask her out!

[GWW]

Here is my list of the 20 most important/influential/famous/legendary people in the history of SANFL internet forums

This includes footysa, safooty and all the various club forums, and includes impact of posts as well as work behind the scenes

1. Wedgie
2. Borat
3. CA
4. Spell_Check
5. Mal
6. Nai
7. Drebin/BPBRB
8. TigerBoss
9. Campbell
10. Fatalberton
11. Dissident
12. Pseudo
13. Sturt_Peter
14. Jimmy
15. Coorong
16. REB
17. DG
18. Punk Rooster
19. Valleys_Virgin
20. Red_And_Black

Obviously this is an extremely subjective list, and apologies to anyone who feels left out!

Hey Ecky, might be worth putting your reasoning behind each one, for those newbies that havent been around long?

I'll have a crack


1. Wedgie Who? Ranked way too high. Prone to mood swings. Takes a good photo though.
2. Borat Who? Ranked way too high. Prone to mood swings. Crap at photos and understanding footy. Sometimes funny, sometimes a troll, sometimes an idiot.
3. CA One of the team behind Footysa about 5(?) seasons ago. Not sure if safooty would be as big if footysa hadnt started. Top bloke. Has a love/hate relationship with Norwood.
4. Spell_Check No explanation necessary. Only one to be directly quoted in the Sunday Mail?A nerd.
5. Mal Mr Football. Sneaks into winning teams change rooms and pretends he barracks for the Bays.Non de' Plume of Gorgeous George.
6. Nai See CA. And also set up and hosts the Snout's site. Avid Bay fan.
7. Drebin/BPBRB Mr "tell it like it is". Not afraid to offend his club! Always a must read.
8. TigerBoss Used to post more then anyone on any board. Loves an arguement. Often wrong.
9. Campbell Big Central's man, great photographer. Not loved by all
10. Fatalberton IMHO the funniest man on these boards. Must read every post he makes. Never sleeps.
11. Dissident All round top bloke. Never argues with anyone. The Brains behind Wedgies dreams?
12. Pseudo IMHO the second funniest man on these boards. Also a must read. Master wordsmith. Nearly busted a poofer valve last Sunday. ALso a Rocket scientist in real life. (dead set)
13. Sturt_Peter. The special friend of safooty. Curious type. ANy truth in the rumour that........?
14. Jimmy. Passionate Sturt Fan who lives in NY. I saw a post from Jimmy on a VFL board today. Why?
15. Coorong Who? Is he still alive? Abrasive type and can upset anyone if he tries. And proud of it. Won a bottle of Scotch from me in a bet 3 seasons ago. I hate that.
16. REB. A troll of the highest order. Footysa only.
17. DG See CA and Nai. Doctor of computer stuff. (dead set)
18. Punk Rooster. Burns peoples houses down. Types tough. Is quite cuddly in real life. the Bays are his second team.
19. Valleys_Virgin Controversial poster, has brought down at least 4 board members and 2 coaches thru his posts alone. Must read!
20. Red_And_Black. Top bloke. Never heard a bad word said about him. His loyalty has not been rewarded by his team that he loves.

Headline in today's Advertiser, page 12, COORONG "GONE IN 2 YEARS", appears hes already gone