Away From The Numbers
All good things come to an end. Or so they say. AFTN has been around since 1989, first as a fanzine and then making the jump to a website and forum in 2003. We've been through the many ups and down at East Fife in those 12 years but policing the forum has become a giant pain in the ass in recent years. As such, we made the decision not to renew it when it expired.
The forum is no more and will remain as a locked archive until it is eventually deleted by the host. We're looking in to try to save some of the content as an archive.
This is not the end of AFTN though. The site will continue and will be revamped and return in its full glory for the start of the 2016/17 season. Maybe even sooner. There will be a comment sections and possibly even a new, registered forum. Check our Twitter (@aftnwebsite) for all the latest info and we'll also post in on the EFFC memories Facebook page.
Until then, have a last browse here, thanks for all your support over the years, and 'Mon the Fife.
GoF
First of all, I've only been following the club for the past 5 years so i obviously don't know the history of this Forum. How it started and by who etc...
Anyone got any funny stories or memories of classic threads? Is there anyway of looking at old threads say, when we won the league?
Bit of a depressing place lately so it would be nice to see a bit of humor.
Cheers to the men and woman who keep this forum running
How about the name "Away from the numbers"? How did that come about?
Away from the Numbers is the title of a Jam song so i`m assuming Gof is a bit of a Jam fan.
The Jam were a great band.
Yup, the name was taken from The Jam song. When I first started the fanzine it was called "The Bayview Bulletin" for the first five issues, but I was never happy with that and wanted something snappier. Looking through my record collection for inspiration, and seeing as we didn't have much of a crowd at the time (and still don't!) it seemed a natural fit. It also meant we were listed right at the top of all the various fanzine listings!
The forum started in 2004 I think. Threads are archived back to Feb 2006 and there's about 134,000 posts. Use the page counter at the top to get back to the end or search for anything that takes your fancy about the happier times.
One of my all time favourite threads on here was the Terry Lawrence one in July 2008!
Still makes me laugh: http://pub10.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=849684916&frmid=8&msgid=1156173&cmd=show
How about posting some old Cowden Family cartoons? I love the one with Connie Cowdwn wearing used tampons as earrings
