Hey everyone

[AJ23]

Wasn't sure whether or not to start a new thread and couldn't find the new members thread (I think that's what I am on this board?) :D

Not sure if anyone remembers but I used to frequent this place a good while ago when it was part of The Dugout under the username of 'AJ' and after years of going into my shell and battling bad health issues that have progressively worsened, it suddenly dawned on me of much better times in my 20s (early to late 2000s) when the TTH community was a great escape and huge part of my life.

Looking through some of the threads on TTH today, it made me smile to see so many familiar names. Quite incredible how long ago it was when everyone began posting on TTH initially and are still here today.

Thinking back again, I recall a brilliant FM network game that was setup between manc_sean, Mellin, and Pabs/Pabmania and myself and we would chat away on msn messenger at the same time. Are any of those guys still around?

There was another lad I played Pro Evo online against, who was such a good player. I forget his name now. Maybe something like Destiny?

Anyway, I won't bore you too much more with trips down memory lane. It might sound silly but I've been really nervous about sending this message. So I mainly just wanted to sign up, re-introduce myself, hopefully reconnect, and see where it takes me :wave:

[niko_cee]

Was that the game were Sean bought and then had to sell Xabi Alonso because Liverpool bought him in real life?

Welcome back, you can now never leave.

[Waffdon]

Did Mellin ever ask you to invest in any business ideas of his during said network game

[Baz]

Hello.

Pab isn’t really around anymore but he did recently present one of the TTH Awards (https://www.thethirdhalf.co.uk/showthread.php?3029-The-Third-Half-2022-Awards-Ceremony).

[Ben]

Mellin was but took all of our money and escaped to a Caribbean island.

[7om]

It is mad how far this place goes back. I've been on here about 10 years now and still feel like one of the newer ones.

[Spikey M]

It is mad how far this place goes back. I've been on here about 10 years now and still feel like one of the newer ones.

Shut up noob or we'll start correcting your grammar.

[Kikó]

Welcome back or fuck off or something.

[Waffdon]

It is mad how far this place goes back. I've been on here about 10 years now and still feel like one of the newer ones.

12.5 years. What a ride.

[niko_cee]

Think I might be about to hit 20 years in June, '03 intake. :cool:

[AJ23]

Haha well remembered about Xabi Alonso, niko_cee. Sean also played a Manchester born youth striker in the 1st team and continued to stick with him.

Sounds like Mellin has been a naughty boy. How many got scammed?

Baz. The TTH awards have always been something but it looks like you've upped the bar there.

Kiko. I was hoping someone would give me a traditional TTH welcome so I'll take the fuck off :hat:

[-james-]

The FMG merger is now closer to the release of Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley than it is the the current date.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Welcome back dickhead.

[Spikey M]

. I was hoping someone would give me a traditional TTH welcome so I'll take the fuck off :hat:

I was going to but last time I did I got donned by a failed powerlifter from the North. Soz.

[Magic]

Great, more nostalgia.

[Mike]

Hello

[Kikó]

Think I might be about to hit 20 years in June, '03 intake. :cool:

I hit twenty in January. 🎉

[Lofty]

Hello, fuck knows when I joined the old board.

[Dark Soldier]

Alright ya cunt

[igor_balis]

It is mad how far this place goes back. I've been on here about 10 years now and still feel like one of the newer ones.

same, i've only been active since the very arse end wcw 2001 era of the old board, and since we moved here, and that's still fucking about a decade

[Dark Soldier]

I joined the day before my 16th birthday. 39 now ffs.

[Spikey M]

I joined the day before my 16th birthday. 39 now ffs.

You actually bothered to post back then though you fanny.

[Dark Soldier]

And yet I still have an all time postcount a quarter of mahow's.

[AJ23]

Alright ya cunt

Mr. Dance and Drum n Bass.

Travelled to any other dimensions lately? Pay close attention.

[Spikey M]

And yet I still have an all time postcount a quarter of mahow's.

As does the Royal Mail.

[Bernanke]

I have absolutely no clue when I first joined, I was probably on a different username initially but it's not as far back as 03.

How many iterations of the forum have there been? 3?

Is there any sort of way back machine for the old board(s)?

Edit: I have a birthday wish from The Dugout in my e-mail from 2010.

[Disco]

The old old old board goes back to 01 does it not? I remember it changing to the old old board just after I joined.

[Bernanke]

https://i.ibb.co/7QgVmBy/Screenshot-2023-03-25-23-19-41-98-e307a3f9df9f380ebaf106e1dc980bb6.jpg

The fact that I got this email on my birthday for half a decade sure is something.

[Pleb]

Alright lads?

[AJ23]

The old old old board goes back to 01 does it not? I remember it changing to the old old board just after I joined.

I remember when 9/11/01 happened. It wasn't too long after that that the old board was up and running.

All those debates about Bush, Bin Laden and Afghanistan.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Here's the earliest Dugout email I still have:

https://i.imgur.com/PM76BTI.png

Seems I was into forum boys before the webcam girls.

[Mike]

I joined while not doing the work I should in 6th Form, in May 2001 I believe.

[Dark Soldier]

The old old old board goes back to 01 does it not? I remember it changing to the old old board just after I joined.

I believe the first iteration of TTH was about June 2000. There used to be archived threads with Thurm, Challinor, SG and JG, Brighton, LDNT, Hornet, Oimoi etc all posting.

I think thedugout.net itself was early 2000.

[Bernanke]

https://web.archive.org/web/20070311050022/http://www.thedugout.tv/community/forumdisplay.php?f=47

https://i.imgur.com/T1CtRdN.png

Are you a type 4 yet Baz?

[Dark Soldier]

There we go December 2000

https://web.archive.org/web/20001203135400/http://www.thedugout.net/cgi-bin/forums/Ultimate.cgi

[AJ23]

Carpe Diem and Senior_Guvnor. Fry, who I believe was friends with Henry. Probably still is? Bloody hell. Good times back then.

[Dark Soldier]

https://web.archive.org/web/20010331112834/http://www.thedugout.net/cgi-bin/forums/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&forum=The+Third+Half&number=15&DaysPrune=365&LastLogin=

Such classics as "Homo test", "How much would you sleep with a person of the same sex for" and "AIDS":.

Can see why Henry wanted to be a mod.

[Bernanke]

https://web.archive.org/web/20010331112834/http://www.thedugout.net/cgi-bin/forums/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&forum=The+Third+Half&number=15&DaysPrune=365&LastLogin=

Such classics as "Homo test", "How much would you sleep with a person of the same sex for" and "AIDS":.

Can see why Henry wanted to be a mod.

"My mother's anal area, or wiping one's prosterier squeaky clean in under a minute"

:D

A Riquelme thread that early as well. :sherlock:

[Spikey M]

Carpe Diem and Senior_Guvnor. Fry, who I believe was friends with Henry. Probably still is? Bloody hell. Good times back then.

Henry is a confirmed paedophile now.

[Lewis]

Glenn and Scoobs had definite couple who make abuse images vibes.

[Lewis]

Do you still live in the ghetto AJ?

[AJ23]

Do you still live in the ghetto AJ?

I do indeed Lewis. The neighbourhood has changed from Jamaican yardies to Somalians who want to build businesses. We are moving on up.

[Pepe]

I just checked my email and it seems like I joined in 2007.

[Offshore Toon]

Are you the one who didn't wank for a year?

[Luca]

I don’t care enough to wonder what has happened to folks who have left the board. The one exception to that rule is The Saint. I hope he is well, the mad bastard.

That being said, welcome back!

[Lewis]

Harsh on Amigo.

[Luca]

I sort of don’t count him because we were in contact for a while, but him as well, yeah. The prick.

[SincereTheRebel]

All cunts

[Offshore Toon]

Saint was a hero. A true rogue. Just imagine him winding up Giggles like child's play. :drool:

[Spikey M]

I still think he took Madeleine McCann.

[Lofty]

Is Harold dead?

[7om]

Harold is the most intriguing person to have ever posted here.

I remember when he got banned from here and he was just posting threads to himself on that other board. Literally just talking to himself. I’d love to know if he’s a functioning human in real life or is he a crackpot? And didn’t some people think he did time in prison? Genuinely fascinating person.

[Giggles]

Saint was a hero. A true rogue. Just imagine him winding up Giggles like child's play. :drool:

I don’t think I’d many, if any, run ins with Saint at all. But don’t let that ruin a vendetta.

[Waffdon]

https://web.archive.org/web/20070311050022/http://www.thedugout.tv/community/forumdisplay.php?f=47

https://i.imgur.com/T1CtRdN.png

Are you a type 4 yet Baz?

Fandan :sick:

[Lewis]

I sort of don’t count him because we were in contact for a while, but him as well, yeah. The prick.

He's doing well since he transitioned into 'Jenna Ortega'.

[AJ23]

Are you the one who didn't wank for a year?

Funny you remember that. I must stop oversharing.

[Baz]

Funny you remember that. I must stop oversharing.

I’m the opposite at the moment. Had my vasectomy on 4th March and got told I need to ejaculate 24 times before 24th June. I’m aiming for 50. :alan:

[Bernanke]

I’m the opposite at the moment. Had my vasectomy on 4th March and got told I need to ejaculate 24 times before 24th June. I’m aiming for 50. :alan:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ARGBrsM_Js&ab_channel=LetterkennyProblems

Got the guide right here.

[Luca]

I don’t care enough to wonder what has happened to folks who have left the board. The one exception to that rule is The Saint. I hope he is well, the mad bastard.

That being said, welcome back!

Sure enough, two days after I post this, we get Maz back telling us he’s down a foot.

I care Maz :(

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Sure enough, two days after I post this, we get Maz back telling us he’s down a foot.

I care Maz :(

This is all your fault you prick.