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
Great news well done to everyone that made this happen, I hope we continue to have a good away support next season and the players will be delighted and appreciate our efforts 
thanks everyone and it would be terrible playing elgin away or those teams in the west without the backing of the fans. It good its now in place like to thank them all and also the coach supplier for letting us use their bus now like to say big thanks
Hope you've got your £7000 ready!
It was never stated that £7000 had to be paid in full, glad Ian is taking over the buses maybe it will stop all you wingers winging about trivial things. Also if Ian had got back to people he should have maybe this could have been averted 
What on God`s name are you talking about?
I hate winging wingers. Pesky bunch.
FFS yup yer right Charlie the SC give the club fek all....no donation every year, no fundraising, no help behind the scenes nope nothing!!!!
Try joining, getting involved, seeing what YOU can offer to help, or coming to a meeting see what goes on otherwise CAN IT.
FFS yup yer right Charlie the SC give the club fek all....no donation every year, no fundraising, no help behind the scenes nope nothing!!!!
Try joining, getting involved, seeing what YOU can offer to help, or coming to a meeting see what goes on otherwise CAN IT.
Fat chance of any of the above critics doing that Mini! The only thing you will get from any them is to ask for cheaper prices, subsidised of course by their hated SC!
FFS yup yer right Charlie the SC give the club fek all....no donation every year, no fundraising, no help behind the scenes nope nothing!!!!
Try joining, getting involved, seeing what YOU can offer to help, or coming to a meeting see what goes on otherwise CAN IT.
Fat chance of any of the above critics doing that Mini! The only thing you will get from any them is to ask for cheaper prices, subsidised of course by their hated SC!
No being funny here, but what is there for the supporters club to offer cheaper prices for or to subsidise? It certainly isn`t a bus! What i don`t get is how can a guy on his own manage to resurrect a bus when the supporters club totally discounted it???
Fair play to Ian for having the determination and balls to do this. I`m sure a thriving away support is much appreciated by the club.
FFS yup yer right Charlie the SC give the club fek all....no donation every year, no fundraising, no help behind the scenes nope nothing!!!!
Try joining, getting involved, seeing what YOU can offer to help, or coming to a meeting see what goes on otherwise CAN IT.
Fat chance of any of the above critics doing that Mini! The only thing you will get from any them is to ask for cheaper prices, subsidised of course by their hated SC!
No being funny here, but what is there for the supporters club to offer cheaper prices for or to subsidise? It certainly isn`t a bus! What i don`t get is how can a guy on his own manage to resurrect a bus when the supporters club totally discounted it???
Fair play to Ian for having the determination and balls to do this. I`m sure a thriving away support is much appreciated by the club.
I'm not being funny here either mate, but maybe if there were more guys like you in the SC, there would be no need for others like Ian to organise the transport. If you can't be arsed to do anything yourself, then you are in no position to criticise. There could be good reasons for Ian getting a deal from the bus company that the SC may not be offered for all you know. So instead of criticising and guessing what the reasons are, get involved yourself.
As far as subsidised transport is concerned, the club gave that for the play off away games. Bear in mind, that it is funds generated by the likes of the SC, that enables the club to afford to do that. Take some advice and look at the bigger picture for all things in life!
FFS yup yer right Charlie the SC give the club fek all....no donation every year, no fundraising, no help behind the scenes nope nothing!!!!
Try joining, getting involved, seeing what YOU can offer to help, or coming to a meeting see what goes on otherwise CAN IT.
Fat chance of any of the above critics doing that Mini! The only thing you will get from any them is to ask for cheaper prices, subsidised of course by their hated SC!
No being funny here, but what is there for the supporters club to offer cheaper prices for or to subsidise? It certainly isn`t a bus! What i don`t get is how can a guy on his own manage to resurrect a bus when the supporters club totally discounted it???
Fair play to Ian for having the determination and balls to do this. I`m sure a thriving away support is much appreciated by the club.
I\'m not being funny here either mate, but maybe if there were more guys like you in the SC, there would be no need for others like Ian to organise the transport. If you can\'t be arsed to do anything yourself, then you are in no position to criticise. There could be good reasons for Ian getting a deal from the bus company that the SC may not be offered for all you know. So instead of criticising and guessing what the reasons are, get involved yourself.
As far as subsidised transport is concerned, the club gave that for the play off away games. Bear in mind, that it is funds generated by the likes of the SC, that enables the club to afford to do that. Take some advice and look at the bigger picture for all things in life!
Why would anyone being in the sc make any difference? Why would that make a difference to Ian organising transport?
The sc are ok with taking credit when it`s due and rightly so but in my opinion, they have failed miserably with the away bus scenario.
Maybe they should have taken more advice and looked at the bigger picture?
FFS yup yer right Charlie the SC give the club fek all....no donation every year, no fundraising, no help behind the scenes nope nothing!!!!
Try joining, getting involved, seeing what YOU can offer to help, or coming to a meeting see what goes on otherwise CAN IT.
Fat chance of any of the above critics doing that Mini! The only thing you will get from any them is to ask for cheaper prices, subsidised of course by their hated SC!
No being funny here, but what is there for the supporters club to offer cheaper prices for or to subsidise? It certainly isn`t a bus! What i don`t get is how can a guy on his own manage to resurrect a bus when the supporters club totally discounted it???
Fair play to Ian for having the determination and balls to do this. I`m sure a thriving away support is much appreciated by the club.
I\\\'m not being funny here either mate, but maybe if there were more guys like you in the SC, there would be no need for others like Ian to organise the transport. If you can\\\'t be arsed to do anything yourself, then you are in no position to criticise. There could be good reasons for Ian getting a deal from the bus company that the SC may not be offered for all you know. So instead of criticising and guessing what the reasons are, get involved yourself.
As far as subsidised transport is concerned, the club gave that for the play off away games. Bear in mind, that it is funds generated by the likes of the SC, that enables the club to afford to do that. Take some advice and look at the bigger picture for all things in life!
Why would anyone being in the sc make any difference? Why would that make a difference to Ian organising transport?
The sc are ok with taking credit when it`s due and rightly so but in my opinion, they have failed miserably with the away bus scenario.
Maybe they should have taken more advice and looked at the bigger picture?
So I take it you are not in the SC? Maybe if Ian was in the SC it would make a difference, seeing as he managed to sort out a bus? Are you getting the bigger picture here mate? It's no good whinging about the SC if you are not in it now, is there? You do realise that you would not automatically get a seat on the bus if it was organised by them? So if not a member, why are you whinging about it?
I agree with Frank. The Supporters Club have been really poor. It was clear from the beginning that they never had any real interest in this, probably because those with the power don't use the bus or even go to many away matches.
They keep saying to join the club and make a difference but would any of them stand down from their "positions"? Its just a cosy wee set up in my opinion.
I'd rather just pass to be honest.
Good on Ian by the way
I agree with Frank. The Supporters Club have been really poor. It was clear from the beginning that they never had any real interest in this, probably because those with the power don\\\'t use the bus or even go to many away matches.
They keep saying to join the club and make a difference but would any of them stand down from their \\\"positions\\\"? Its just a cosy wee set up in my opinion.
I\\\'d rather just pass to be honest.
Good on Ian by the way
I dont think it gets any cosier than sitting on your backside in front of your keyboard letting everybody else organise busses, raffles, dances etc. As for just passing, well that's what you have been doing anyway pal, so what's the difference!
Its a pretty lame excuse your reason for not joining the SC by the way. What you are confirming is that you dont want to pay the £7 membership and cant be bothered going to the meetings and trying to hide it with that feeble excuse. If you were really serious about it not being run properly, you would join and sort it out, but truth be told, you dont have the bottle. The people in "positions" are there because they were elected, so it is not about them standing down, its about others willing to stand against them, but who is willing?? Certainly not you by the looks of it, eh?
I agree with Frank. The Supporters Club have been really poor. It was clear from the beginning that they never had any real interest in this, probably because those with the power don\\\\\\\'t use the bus or even go to many away matches.
They keep saying to join the club and make a difference but would any of them stand down from their \\\\\\\"positions\\\\\\\"? Its just a cosy wee set up in my opinion.
I\\\\\\\'d rather just pass to be honest.
Good on Ian by the way
I dont think it gets any cosier than sitting on your backside in front of your keyboard letting everybody else organise busses, raffles, dances etc. As for just passing, well that's what you have been doing anyway pal, so what's the difference!
Its a pretty lame excuse your reason for not joining the SC by the way. What you are confirming is that you dont want to pay the £7 membership and cant be bothered going to the meetings and trying to hide it with that feeble excuse. If you were really serious about it not being run properly, you would join and sort it out, but truth be told, you dont have the bottle. The people in "positions" are there because they were elected, so it is not about them standing down, its about others willing to stand against them, but who is willing?? Certainly not you by the looks of it, eh?
I am sure that the SC do some good things but the post on here from their chairman was embarrassing and just gave the impression that it was the SC that were looking for "lame excuses" not to organise the bus. The stuff about having to pay up front for the whole season was just crap, so I can understand some of the anger. I'm not a member of the SC by the way, but do have a season ticket (just for the record!).
Apologies for the previous post being "embarrassing" but I fail to see where?? It's the same people who do all the running about in the sc helping to fundraise and who attend all the meetings. When it was touted near the end of the season that we would be looking into what was to happen with the buses now that Kenny and Becky would stand down there were 6 (YES 6!!!!!!!) members turn up????
So YOU tell ME what we were to do!
Also with the info that was provided by stagecoach and with what I have stated before it's up to keyboard warriors to interpret and make up what you want to see the sc were advised that we would have to block book the bus to ALL away games for the season and if we did not take up one of the buses we would still have to pay now I don't know if stagecoach got that wrong or what but to me that's as good as saying you have to pay for ALL the away trips regardless of who travels so if you deem that to be "crap" then that is within your rights but to me that's bad business am afraid.
If you still feel this is the case come and speak to me personally instead of hiding behind a keyboard) on my cushy throne of unbelievable power where no one gets a say ( aye right am sure a would get away wi that tae!!) or please stop with the personal abuse as it's getting a bit dated m8.
" On my cushy throne of unbelievable power where no one gets a say ( aye right am sure a would get away wi that tae!!) " or please stop with the personal abuse as it's getting a bit dated m8.
Anybody that knows Paul or the SC will know he is in the middle of 2 feisty woman and gets away with Jack shit, poor Dave at the end just shrugs his shoulders and shakes his head
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To say we are a wee cleek is unbelievable but everyone is entitled to their opinion, I stepped down 2 years ago as the secretary as I was in poor health, I went to the AGM and was voted on as Vice chairperson to help Paul, Yvonne & Dave with the running of the SC. I was really happy to accept the position there is more to the SC than just running buses, I understand how you all feel and that's understandable but when we asked if anyone wanted to take on the bus we were told that Ian was looking into it and was to get in contact with Yvonne on the outcome, as Paul said the personal abuse is getting out of hand. If you all want to see what we all do please come to our next meeting or failing that come to our quiz night after the Fulham game on the 5th July 6 for 6.30 start. Unfortunately I won't be there as I am of on a well deserved holiday
If, I have caused offense to yourself and Zak, I am truly sorry.
There are far too many people who expect others to organize, fund and run things and all they have to do is turn up. I.e. buses.
I wish you all the best and hope you enjoy the forthcoming season.
Dave
Excellent post Dave.
How do you not get any tough shit then.
There are hundred of players in the east of what don't know any ex-referees.some players who I made friends with phone me and ask me if I want tickets like a few other fans.anyway what the fuck is it to do with you .
Zak I think there is a little bit of jealously here more power to you & Becky if you get Freebies.
Hope to be over sometime early in the new season. 
What has happened
How have things gone with bus,just seems to have gone very quiet.Nothing been posted on here and emails gone unanswered....
Hopefully if the team does well, then this will reignite the interest again
Yeah - well done the Supporters Club for realising this. They are incredibly far sighted
Hiya Jocky, hiya pal.
No argument as I thought, only jibes! Nothing changes!
one occasion, you will find that people cancel because they can\'t be bothered to turn up or have work to go to at the last minute, or are sick,holidays,I had some great excuses, I had over 150 different fans travel with us the last season and not one person did not let me down at least once.
I seem to recall even you missing a couple of away games too - sunning it in Barbados if I remember!
Now do behave, enjoy your latest self imposed ban and stop snivelling like a wee spoiled child.
Well said! Zak's moans are getting a bit tiresome now
Christ.liv the guy a lin.Zaks moans er f'all compared ti some that come on here,spouting the biggest lot a pish gaun.Un that includes me biy the wy.
