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.
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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.
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Got to hand it to Craig Johnstone,great captain,taking pelters over this and taking the heat off the rest of the team for a hammering.Seriously,I don't know Craig but I hope he has the sense to ignore this trivial rubbish.
My only concern here is why was Stonie on the bus?
I hope it was just a case of him needing home early and making a poor choice.
Whoever at the club gave the ok is also needing a wee word in their ear
What I'm concerned about is that there's been a bust up and he's chosen not to travel with the team.
If it is the first instance, let him make a short apology in the Forfar match program. I'm sure he wont make the same misjudgment again
It was so he could get a bevvy wi his pals and family before going home... no big deal is it ?
He has to have a life outside of east fife, but just thought he would have choosen a better path than the one he is on.
Typical attitude from rangers fans on here though ..."look what we do for you smaller teams" .."Scottish football be fucked without us" away and beat it to your Scandinavian league cause you lot are the main reason the game in this country suffers.
Rangers have wasted more Scottish players than they develop
If u wanna bitch and moan cause stoney was going out for a night out with pals and family from the bus actually find out how many players were on the bus leaving ibrox
A think this whole topic is going a bit over the top. Is it gonna get brought back up again if in October if he goes to McPhails for a pint wi his mates after the game? He gives his all for the club on the park n does alot of stuff of the park for them which is what fans want! If people don't like his performance tht is fair enough, everybodys views are different but a think at this moment in time the teams performance on the park n lack of results is more worrying then a bus trip wi few friends and family!
Ah. I read that first time around but for whatever reason never really took in the bigot comment.
DPH is a long time, regular poster. Apart from the last sentence (which was done at least partly in jest I took it from the smilie) the rest of the post was fine.
But since I can't just edit out lines in post, I'll be true to my word though and delete that!
Just out of interest, do all players return to Bayview on their way back from games?
I'd have thought it would have made sense for the guys from the Glasgow area, and other parts of Scotland, just to go straight back to their homes from Ibrox.
My point really is, maybe Stoney just saw the RSC bus as a route home, maybe allowing him to have a beer with his pals etc.
If ALL players were returning to Bayview, though, following the game on the team bus that could be slightly different...
Regardless, I really don't see how it's such a big deal.
Quieta non movere, Kerrian - as The Burger Boys say.
Let me start by saying, there was no drinking on the supporters bus, which is very well run
Maybe it was a mistake by stoney to come home on our bus, the boy was still excited after captaining his team against the team he supported as a boy, his mates were on the bus, so he wanted to speak to them, big deal
Are you going to question Billy McPhee who was on the bus, or Wullie Johnstone who also got a lift home on it, who both spoke to your captain, and praised his effort
Think this should end now, for the boys sake
I don't think this should end now. I have already said that Craig's wasn't the best decision but Billy is a Bayview legend,what possible reason could he have for being on a Ranger's bus ? Same with Wullie Johnstone who is from Kirkcaldy - why would he be on a Ranger's bus ?
Cause they are both friends of the bus, that's why
What has it got to do with you, who goes on the bus, was trying to make the point, there were ex players on the said bus, who have played for you, and that was not the first timeor the last they will be on it
No one is saying they are bud, but think its a bit over the top, the stick he is getting
The bus that he was on, has done loads to help with various sponsorship for your club. There are maybe up to 12 members of that bus who go to watch him play, when Rangers are not, he was just wanting to see some of his friends, in his team track suit, not like some of the tales that he to wear a Rangers strip to get on, think it has gone to far now, but that's only my opinion
Had a couple of bites with the first one. Second one was just to pass time.
Same old same old from NTOC,trivialise what is a serious subject.This is our club captain we are talking about,a captain that has travelled home on the oppositions supporters bus wearing our official gear and still representing East Fife no matter what his pals on that bus says.In my opinion Stonie should come out with an apology stating it was an error of judgement then we should all move on.
I can't believe that the usual crap about freedom of speech is churned out on this site. Ironic that this freedom is promoted and hidden in anonymity. Yet these gutless wonders can criticise a persons freedom to do what they want. I am more concerned with what a person does on a football field for east fife rather than their travel arrangements. I am also convinced that the majority of fans with real names would share that view. Perhaps a poll using real names would suffice oops forgot that freedom of speech on here doesn't promote that.
What I find funny, is how it is possible to support a football club on the other side of the country, when you are born and bred a couple of miles from another senior football club. I just cannot fathom that out one bit! It doesn't happen in England anywhere near the scale of it in Scotland. Down there, they support their local clubs far more than we do in Scotland and we wonder why our game is going downhill so fast.
There are around ten outraged posters on this thread and the majority of these have never had much of an opinion previously about EFFC so while a few have an opinion to be considered there is hardly wave of protest.
I RONNIE (assume you are the same person as II RONNIE)and NTOC will have to agree to disagree and I hope there is not another crisis which causes you change your name yet again.
NTOC needs to put his fishing rod down - it really is too easy for him to wind up some of the hard of thinking on here.
Trivial issue as he states, apparently there was only 3 players who actually travelled back on the bus, maybe Stoney just fancied some company on the trip back to Fife.
All together now:
Oh yeh cannie shove Stonny af a bus (af a bus)
Oh yeh cannie shove Stonny af a bus (af a bus)
IN MY OPINION HE SHOULD BE SHOWN THE DOOR,AND ALSO BAD MANAGEMENT FROM THE BOARD A TOTAL DISGRACE.
Aw no a fell for it. Clever ntoc. Never even seen the rod.
Honest.
There are around ten outraged posters on this thread and the majority of these have never had much of an opinion previously about EFFC so while a few have an opinion to be considered there is hardly wave of protest.
I RONNIE (assume you are the same person as II RONNIE)and NTOC will have to agree to disagree and I hope there is not another crisis which causes you change your name yet again.
Reality, that is an outrageous example of ageism which should have been deleted by one of the totally incompetent moderators who are probably too busy wetting their pants as to whether "Ranger's bus" is libelous or not.
I have written to their boss - The Moderator of the Church of Scotland - using one of my many different and clever nommes de plume (TONC) and demanding to know why you have not been banned.
"Reality
Sep 4, 2013 - 10:46AMQuoteReply Re: stonny, rangers game
What I find funny, is how it is possible to support a football club on the other side of the country, when you are born and bred a couple of miles from another senior football club. I just cannot fathom that out one bit! It doesn't happen in England anywhere near the scale of it in Scotland. Down there, they support their local clubs far more than we do in Scotland and we wonder why our game is going downhill so fast."
it doesn't happen in England, lol
who is the largest supported team in the world?
and they all stay in Manchester !!!!!!!!!!
as a youngster you tend to support the bigger teams, teams who are winning
hence most Scottish kids support rangers or celtic although nowadays
even they aren't big enough most kids support man united,city, chelsea or arsenal, barcelona or real madrid, just check out the strips kids wear these days and this team tends to stick with you all your days.
Also back in the 60's and 70's fife had an influx of west coasters so
they brought their kids up supporting the teams their dads supported.
You find it funny to support a team from another area, weird
So in your thinking you should only play for the team from the town you were
born in, how do we do that.
the game in scotland is going down fast because of small-mindedness,
i.e. how dare one of our better players enjoy himself with friends & family
and celebrate probably one of the best days in his life, get a grip.
Can we please stop calling Stonie one of our better players please!!
I think we should draw a line under this. I think he's made a mistake and it's being dealt with by the club. End of. One thing about our captain is that he definitely gives every ounce of ability and effort into his game and is at least vocal on the pitch. He's obviously a big Rangers fan and that's fine by me, most of our team will probably support the big 2 (PSG and Monaco) but as long as they give their all for us then that's fine.
Big game against Forfar next week so let's focus on that!