What I also love about OA is how vibrant the place got when we played the FA Cup finals. Hull, Aston Villa and especially Chelsea. I sometimes look back at those threads, they are still fun to read, I think we broke the like record on those days. So many good memes as well.
I’m sure there are more moments, I’ll have to dig a little deeper as I’ve been here since 2004 as well. Wow.
Anyone remember Number 8? Think he always had a Bergkamp avi? Another great lad who hasn’t been seen for years. Bavin and his odd McDonald’s Grimace butt avitar? Looool.
He was some weird 11 year old kid or something, I was probably his only friend on msn. Everyone was making fun of him and he got pissed off and hacked the site
Chelsea Fan and Rafa Benitez were a couple of good rival fans who used to post quite a bit. Could take us behind rude about their clubs in good humour and also had the good grace not to troll or take the piss too much.
NicklasB52 was a really funny guy.
There was also a poster called Josh who was class.
Obviously loads more who have slipped my mind at the moment, plus lots of great ones already mentioned.
Haha…I think he moved to India and is selling food in Bangalore. I remember catching up with him for beers in 2012 while he was still working on his startup idea.
So many of old guys gone Collyboy, Yogi, Judders, Luke, The invincibles and so many more.
When I started on OA I was in my 20’s living in a one bedroom “apartment” aka shanty in Iowa getting fucked up all of the time and living the single life, just starting out in the corporate world.
Now I’m late 30’s, 4 job changes (in the same company), married, have a kid, just bought my 4th house and live in Ohio.
I seem to remember CescyFootball arguing with everyone back in the day. Luckily we’ve been blessed with a stream of argumentative fuckers ever since to keep me entertained.
Time flies! I joined in 2006 I think. Since then I’ve gone from dental examinations, 2 jobs and being single in a small abmyssal town, to moving 500km for a new job, marriage and 3 kids.
I’m not the most frequent poster but I doubt anyone reads as many posts as I do I perticulary remember @JakeyBoy from back then. He’s gone from a irritating snotty little know-it-all, that could drive ppl crazy, to a great poster who’s contributions often make more sense then any others.
And topo, topo, topo… Thanks for not banning me from the old forum when my patience with him finally ended
I hope and think that the future looks bright for OA. Great place to be with great ppl.