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3 minutes ago, Owling_Wolf said:

Think I was just at the point of reading the site then, before posting later on. We were getting swarmed by Div.3 clubs' fans: the one I remember was Blackpool. (Rochdale on Sea.)  

I remember reading that monumental post and thinking WOW!!!

They were done good times though.

I recall posters on here winding up the Blackpool fans saying it was only twice in the season and when they produced screenshot they were told anyone can make up a webpage. They got quite narky with that one.

 

Then there was the "Smile though your season is over" thread on the Middlesbrough board. Was it Tink? Can't remember now but that was also quite epic.

 

Then 'camping' on the Leeds site.

 

Oh, the Rivals days were excellent. Shame it ended really.

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3 minutes ago, Owling_Wolf said:

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Copyright The Three Marys

 

Dear fans of Division 3

...Up yours!

And I mean that sincerely from the bottom of my heart.

Why?

Well, therein lies a story, poppet

I came across this board a few days before the opening day trip to Swindon. I was
curious to know what my fellow Wednesdayites were thinking prior to what was generally felt to be a humbling but potentially rewarding endeavour.

There was a genuine excitement about the coming months. A chance to get back to our
roots, so to speak. New grounds, new opponents, and even dare we think it a new
Wednesday, reborn from the ashes of seven years of misery. A chance for those that
didn't have 'golden deadwood' contracts to prosper and show what it meant to play
for this club

Scratch that. This BIG club. But we'll get to that later.

We knew that there would also be problems, naturally. Our presence in this league would
give rise to the odd petty jealousy, though we figured that after the initial small town
euphoria of sad teenagers from grim seaside villages or utterly charmless new towns
wore-off, things would get back to normal and people would realise that us Owls are
pragmatic bunch who knew that this would be no cake walk. That initial impotent rage
against the fallen 'big boys' had to dissipate, surely. Schadenfreude is only ever a
fleeting phenomenon after all.

We didn't have any argument that I was aware of with any team in this league, bar the
odd local tiff or two. Many among us were keen to extend the hand of friendship to our
fellow football folk. (To a certain extent this has even been the case, I enjoyed the
friendly trips to Peterborough and Wycombe immensely - and on further thought, the
polite and pleasant supporters of these two clubs can exclude themselves from this
rant).

As an example, I and many other Owls, were keen to foster goodwill with Hartlepool given
the sudden rash of links between our clubs and the vagaries of the fixture computer I
wanted them to do well and I looked forward to having a good time against them, both at
our place and theirs.

They were just one of many clubs I looked forward to playing as equals for the first time.
But the schadenfreude wasn't fleeting. It became more jealous, bitter and hate-filled as
time went by. Supporters of many different clubs decided to invite themselves by for a
quick biscuit and a big 'fuck you' to the Wednesdayites. Every day (try every hour) saw
a new hero arise from Colchester or Plymouth or Grimsby or (with depressing regularity) Hartlepool to uphold the 'honour' of this division against these invading, unwelcome spoilt hordes.

Arrogant!

Fancy-Dans!

You think you'll walk this division?

Ha! You drew/lost! Not so arrogant now are you?

Etcetera, et -bloody-cetera

Never mind the truth, which was that no-one in the Wednesday realm, aside from a
couple of young kids who should know better, had said anything to justify any such belief.

The truth is of no import when there's fun to be had making baseless claims about people.

The first couple of weeks it was understandable. We're now ten weeks in and the phenomenon shows no sign of abating any time soon. New allegations and accusers line up every day.

It gets rather difficult to keep the strained smile on your face as you patiently explain
once again to one's accuser that no, we don't believe we'll 'walk it' and 'yes, we know
it'll be hard in this division'. Its pointless mentioning the fact most Owls are painfully
aware of the respect due to this league, as the accuser has already fucked off somewhere else pleased as punch at upholding the honour of the little guy.

Yeah. Whatever.

So bollocks to the lot of you. l'm tired of playing nice with people who have obviously
pre-judged me to my detriment.

But that can't be it, surely, I hear you ask? That cannot be the sole reason for such an
invective filled rant?

You want another reason why? You want the reason that finally broke both the camel's
back and my strained tolerance?

Fine, I'll give you a reason why. I'll be generous and give you 6,464 reasons why.

For now this week we face possibly the funniest excuse for a cheap pop at the 'big
club' so far. The Wednesday, apparently, are hate-filled and arrogant, not just for singing
the light-hearted banter of 'You've Only Come To See The Wednesday'  at Bournemouth, but also for DARING to defend ourselves and assume that the midweek 8,000+ sellout that constituted their biggest home crowd of the season (copyright EVERY CLUB WE VISIT THIS SEASON), may, whisper it, have been boosted purely because it was the Wednesday they were playing.

'How dare you!' screamed the massed ranks of outraged Bournemouth fans. 'You dare
imply that some of the home crowd were drawn to the game for any reason other than to see the mighty Red Army? Why you arrogant...'

6,464.

Bournemouth's crowd last Saturday Vs. Rushden.

Sometimes you just get tired of fighting and defending yourself to people who don't
want to listen.

The truth in this division is simple: Tell the truth or tell a lie. It matters not, as long as the
Wednesday are wrong

So, to my fellow Wednesdayites I say this:
Fuck 'em. We tried to play nice. Now it has become apparent that we will always be in
the wrong during our brief stay in this wasteland. So I'm through even trying

So get out your 'Wednesday: Champions 03/04' T-shirts and wear them with pride

Welcome the boys on to the pitch with a chorus of 'Bring On The Champions'. Sing
'Come To See The Wednesday' and 'shit Ground, No Fans', not as knock-around
banter but as the loud and proud true statements of FACT they so clearly are

Waste not any opportunity to remind these piddling little time-wasters that we are a big
club and that is what hurts them most.

Do not flinch or retreat into pious appeasement, be proud and defiant. We are bigger than anyone else here (or the league above for that matter).

Don't fear the truth.

And to all the other supporters of Division Two clubs,I say this:

Fuck you all. It may take a while, but soon, children, soon The Wednesday will hit their
stride and then we will put right this un-natural aberration. We will sweep you all aside.

WE WILL WIN THIS LEAGUE

Not Cardiff, not play-offs, not by luck or chance

We will dominate and ultimately destroy every wretched, tatty little excuse for a club that dares to stand in our way. And we will do SO with greater style and class and in larger
numbers, than your stunted, small-town mentalities could ever conceive.

Why?

Because it is our RIGHT.

Because it is our DESTINY.

And if I weren't such a raging atheist, I would state categorically that it is because GOD
WANTS IT THAT WAY.
(Hell, we'll even win your LDV Vans thingy, just to show that we do care, honest).
(You will be dazzled by our footballing prowess and you will be awed and humbled by our support. You will be pathetically grateful for the gate money our visits will bring you and you will shut the fuck up while we do it.

Meanwhile, we will do this all with the minimum of fuss and effort, because at the end of the day, winning this league (indeed, arrogantly 'walking it', if you will) is just not all that much of an achievement.

Because you and your pointless little clubs, in your soulless, squalid little hovels, mean
NOTHING to us. You are beneath us and its about fucking time you were all forcefully
reminded of that fact.

Get back in your place and stay there.

Fuck you all

Goodnight.

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They were done good times though.

I recall posters on here winding up the Blackpool fans saying it was only twice in the season and when they produced screenshot they were told anyone can make up a webpage. They got quite narky with that one.

 

Then there was the "Smile though your season is over" thread on the Middlesbrough board. Was it Tink? Can't remember now but that was also quite epic.

 

Then 'camping' on the Leeds site.

 

Oh, the Rivals days were excellent. Shame it ended really.

It ended due to that bastard Murdoch, I believe. Bought the entire 92 club sites and shut the whole network permanently with no warning.  

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1 minute ago, Owling_Wolf said:

It ended due to that bastard Murdoch, I believe. Bought the entire 92 club sites and shut the whole network permanently with no warning.  

@HoylandOwl was distraught at the time. We all owe him one for bringing this site to life.

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@HoylandOwl spent a lot of time working with Moz to create a new OO which, to be honest, had its fair share of nuances and glitches, but it worked and we got used to posting double posts with minimal effort or being hacked now and then

Then we moved on here.

 

Right, that's my creeping done round the cardigan wearing weirdo for this year.

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@HoylandOwl spent a lot of time working with Moz to create a new OO which, to be honest, had its fair share of nuances and glitches, but it worked and we got used to posting double posts with minimal effort or being hacked now and then

Then we moved on here.

 

Right, that's my creeping done round the cardigan wearing weirdo for this year.

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59 minutes ago, Sheffieldblue said:

Happier days.

Sir Stanley Headfire

The Dore horseman of the apocalypse. 

Boddle

Never a dull moment back then

I remember when we had a site swarm of the Leicester Rivals site, jointly with our Coventry oppos, after we sent them down to Div3 by winning at theirs, when Leon scored and jumped into our crowd.

Whatever happened to Leicester after that, I wonder?   Or Coventry?          Or us?  👀

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