| Phil… what other possible names were there for TWTD when you launched? 16:19 - Jun 22 with 4149 views | Matt_Netherlands |
Just thinking we must he quite rare to have our main forum ( / fanzine) with a name that mentions nothing to do with a club nickname, local area etc etc.
And for anyone else… if you were starting up again from scratch what else would you call TWTD? |  | | |  |
| Phil… what other possible names were there for TWTD when you launched? on 09:03 - Jun 23 with 609 views | WeWereZombies |
| Phil… what other possible names were there for TWTD when you launched? on 19:27 - Jun 22 by PhilTWTD |
If we were starting it as a news and views website, which is what it's been for the last 25 years, we'd have chosen something more newsy and less fanziney. It did cause us problems with one or two people at the club arguing we were 'just a fanzine' when we were trying to get access, hence we promoted TWTD rather than the full name in an NME or GQ sort of way. |
'Why The Hell Do I Do This' ? WTHDIDT...hmm, not quite the same ring to it as TWTD. But GQ ? That would be like having a forum where clothing brands, the latest films, where to go on holiday etc. are discussed. |  |
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| Phil… what other possible names were there for TWTD when you launched? on 09:15 - Jun 23 with 586 views | blueasfook |
| Phil… what other possible names were there for TWTD when you launched? on 19:18 - Jun 22 by PhilTWTD |
It amalgamated with TWTD when the other Phil and Gav took over. |
There was 2 Phil & Gavs? This is confusing. I became aware of TWTD (the fanzine) about 98 I think? When I used to stop past the stall pre-match outside PR to buy a copy. You and current Gav ran it then IIRC |  |
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| Phil… what other possible names were there for TWTD when you launched? on 09:28 - Jun 23 with 538 views | _clive_baker_ |
If I could wind the clock back I'd probably call the site Facebook. |  | | |
| Phil… what other possible names were there for TWTD when you launched? on 10:16 - Jun 23 with 476 views | SuffolkSpezial |
| Phil… what other possible names were there for TWTD when you launched? on 17:39 - Jun 22 by BlacknGoldnBlue |
We had a few fanzines...I wrote a couple of articles back in the day for TWTD but for the life of me can't remember the names of other fanzines.... |
A load of Cobbolds?? |  | | |
| Phil… what other possible names were there for TWTD when you launched? on 10:36 - Jun 23 with 445 views | gringoblue |
| Phil… what other possible names were there for TWTD when you launched? on 09:15 - Jun 23 by blueasfook |
There was 2 Phil & Gavs? This is confusing. I became aware of TWTD (the fanzine) about 98 I think? When I used to stop past the stall pre-match outside PR to buy a copy. You and current Gav ran it then IIRC |
This may help with the history...
https://www.twtd.co.uk/page/about-us |  | | |
| Phil… what other possible names were there for TWTD when you launched? on 10:38 - Jun 23 with 440 views | PhilTWTD |
| Phil… what other possible names were there for TWTD when you launched? on 09:15 - Jun 23 by blueasfook |
There was 2 Phil & Gavs? This is confusing. I became aware of TWTD (the fanzine) about 98 I think? When I used to stop past the stall pre-match outside PR to buy a copy. You and current Gav ran it then IIRC |
Yes, we did. Gavin Barber and Phil Arnold ran it before us. I took it over with Steve Mellen, who subsequently worked for the EADT, and current Gav got involved a couple of years after as the website was in its very early days and his involvement moved that on. |  | | |
| Phil… what other possible names were there for TWTD when you launched? on 10:51 - Jun 23 with 411 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
Ahem. |  |
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| Phil… what other possible names were there for TWTD when you launched? on 10:59 - Jun 23 with 392 views | Blue_Moses |
| Phil… what other possible names were there for TWTD when you launched? on 17:41 - Jun 22 by charlie_blue |
I still have some of those old TWTD fanzines. Hard to believe they are over 30 years old. Mind you, not sure some of the content would be published today |
I've still got the Kiwomya 'you've just been tangoed' and one where you can cut out Warky's tache | | | |
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| Phil… what other possible names were there for TWTD when you launched? on 12:43 - Jun 23 with 308 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| Phil… what other possible names were there for TWTD when you launched? on 10:59 - Jun 23 by Blue_Moses |
I've still got the Kiwomya 'you've just been tangoed' and one where you can cut out Warky's tache |
Yep I've got that knocking about in the attic. | |
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| Phil… what other possible names were there for TWTD when you launched? on 13:38 - Jun 23 with 256 views | BloomBlue |
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| Phil… what other possible names were there for TWTD when you launched? on 13:52 - Jun 23 with 242 views | WeWereZombies |
| Phil… what other possible names were there for TWTD when you launched? on 12:43 - Jun 23 by The_Flashing_Smile |
Yep I've got that knocking about in the attic. |
Just had a look on the shelf where I keep my Town programmes and found sixteen paper TWTDs including a Sex Pistols pastiche 'Joe Future' cover with a BFJ interview headline (I wonder how he felt about that acronym ?), Simon Milton as Shakin' Stevens and, despite the outrageous 25% price hike sometime between Nov. '97 and May '98, the Sergeant Pepper's cover. | |
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| Phil… what other possible names were there for TWTD when you launched? on 16:49 - Jun 23 with 156 views | Keno |
| Phil… what other possible names were there for TWTD when you launched? on 13:52 - Jun 23 by WeWereZombies |
Just had a look on the shelf where I keep my Town programmes and found sixteen paper TWTDs including a Sex Pistols pastiche 'Joe Future' cover with a BFJ interview headline (I wonder how he felt about that acronym ?), Simon Milton as Shakin' Stevens and, despite the outrageous 25% price hike sometime between Nov. '97 and May '98, the Sergeant Pepper's cover. |
I'll expect to see you on Antiques Roadshow soon being told they are priceless |  |
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| Phil… what other possible names were there for TWTD when you launched? (n/t) on 16:52 - Jun 23 with 155 views | Vic |
| Phil… what other possible names were there for TWTD when you launched? on 19:04 - Jun 22 by PhilTWTD |
Indeed, it started in 1989/90 and we didn't get involved until late 1994. |
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| Phil… what other possible names were there for TWTD when you launched? on 16:54 - Jun 23 with 160 views | The_Major |
This has got me wondering if there's many of the old original batch of fanzines are still around in one form or another - Wiki says that the magnificently titled Brian Moore's Head Looks Uncannily Like London Planetarium (Gillingham) has bitten the dust, whereas King Of The Kippax (Man City) and War Of The Monster Trucks (Sheff Wed) are still going.
As for that lot up the road, I remember there being Liverpool Are On The Telly Again and I'm sure there was one that had the Wensum in the title, but was WOTB ever a paper 'zine? I mean, considering the horrific website design it hasn't moved far from about 1997.
I know there were compilations floating around at the end of the nineties as well - big thick things with bits from a variety of fanzines which was always interesting - seem to recall there being a match report from one (Sure it was one of the Yorkshire clubs - Rotherham seems to ring a bell) which had comprehensive reports for all the other matches, but a thumping at home just had the sentence "The useless useless b*stards" and that was it. That made me guffaw solidly for a good ten minutes.
There was also a series of books called (I think) Survival Of The Fattest in the late 90s, which had fanzine editors review the season just gone. In fact I've got a feeling that the Town reviews were written by a certain P Ham Esq, but I might have misremembered that. |  | | |
| Phil… what other possible names were there for TWTD when you launched? on 17:23 - Jun 23 with 146 views | PhilTWTD |
| Phil… what other possible names were there for TWTD when you launched? on 16:54 - Jun 23 by The_Major |
This has got me wondering if there's many of the old original batch of fanzines are still around in one form or another - Wiki says that the magnificently titled Brian Moore's Head Looks Uncannily Like London Planetarium (Gillingham) has bitten the dust, whereas King Of The Kippax (Man City) and War Of The Monster Trucks (Sheff Wed) are still going.
As for that lot up the road, I remember there being Liverpool Are On The Telly Again and I'm sure there was one that had the Wensum in the title, but was WOTB ever a paper 'zine? I mean, considering the horrific website design it hasn't moved far from about 1997.
I know there were compilations floating around at the end of the nineties as well - big thick things with bits from a variety of fanzines which was always interesting - seem to recall there being a match report from one (Sure it was one of the Yorkshire clubs - Rotherham seems to ring a bell) which had comprehensive reports for all the other matches, but a thumping at home just had the sentence "The useless useless b*stards" and that was it. That made me guffaw solidly for a good ten minutes.
There was also a series of books called (I think) Survival Of The Fattest in the late 90s, which had fanzine editors review the season just gone. In fact I've got a feeling that the Town reviews were written by a certain P Ham Esq, but I might have misremembered that. |
You're right, I contributed to a couple of those books. City Gent is still going, think that's the longest-running fanzine. Ferry Across the Wensum, I think. | | | |
| Phil… what other possible names were there for TWTD when you launched? on 17:33 - Jun 23 with 131 views | Trequartista |
| Phil… what other possible names were there for TWTD when you launched? on 16:54 - Jun 23 by The_Major |
This has got me wondering if there's many of the old original batch of fanzines are still around in one form or another - Wiki says that the magnificently titled Brian Moore's Head Looks Uncannily Like London Planetarium (Gillingham) has bitten the dust, whereas King Of The Kippax (Man City) and War Of The Monster Trucks (Sheff Wed) are still going.
As for that lot up the road, I remember there being Liverpool Are On The Telly Again and I'm sure there was one that had the Wensum in the title, but was WOTB ever a paper 'zine? I mean, considering the horrific website design it hasn't moved far from about 1997.
I know there were compilations floating around at the end of the nineties as well - big thick things with bits from a variety of fanzines which was always interesting - seem to recall there being a match report from one (Sure it was one of the Yorkshire clubs - Rotherham seems to ring a bell) which had comprehensive reports for all the other matches, but a thumping at home just had the sentence "The useless useless b*stards" and that was it. That made me guffaw solidly for a good ten minutes.
There was also a series of books called (I think) Survival Of The Fattest in the late 90s, which had fanzine editors review the season just gone. In fact I've got a feeling that the Town reviews were written by a certain P Ham Esq, but I might have misremembered that. |
I have a book called "Survival of the Fattest 2" a review of the 95/96 season which contains entries from many fanzines. There is one entry for Ipswich Town from "Dribble" which according to the book was started in the 1988/89 season by Alasdair Ross (a councillor now?) and Dave Sheddon. [Post edited 23 Jun 17:35]
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