How did you stumble upon Bigfooty?

[Mr_Nyah]

Just for something different, thought I would see if anyone has any interesting stories of how they came across the hellscape that is Bigfooty.

For me, it was early 2008 and the halcyon days of Gavin Urquhart

Gavin Urquhart

Age

35

Ht

181cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.4

4star

K

8.8

3star

HB

6.6

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

17.8

5star

K

10.2

4star

HB

7.6

5star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.0

4star

. He had just played a blinder, and if my failing memory serves me correctly, that was the game with the epic chase-down-holding-the-ball tackle. I was desperate to find other people that shared my excitement over what would surely turn out to be our next superstar, and threw search after search into Mr Google looking for anyone that would agree with me. 12 years later and I'm still here

Anyone got any good stories?

 

[SpiderBurton22]

I went to google big booty but made a spelling mistake

 

[Joycey]

trying to find news about the * drug scandal and I saw a website with a poster reporting the news while on the shitter and another posting sympathy via spit.jpg.

I knew it was home from that moment on.

 

[King Corey]

I went to google big booty but made a spelling mistake

Actually no you didn't.

 

[SpiderBurton22]

Actually no you didn't.

 

[Snake_Baker]

I discovered this thing called the internet back at the turn of the century, and after doing some initial research (exhausting all the pr0n possibilities), I wondered if it had any content about North.

Bingo, here I am.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

Not interesting, but back in 2000 I found the old NMFC fans board (can't remember the name of it now) through a friend who had heard of it but wasn't a regular - and in early 2001 a bunch of us moved over here (Rose, Shinboners, who else?). It was better managed and easier to use than the old one, still a pretty small group here until early 2002 when this board exploded in the light of the Carey/Stevo/Arch events.

 

[Hojuman]

I had an * mate tell me. Very unexciting.

 

[big_e]

I joined the day after the Sydney 19th man game. I'd just moved to Melbourne and wanted/needed to connect with other NMFC folk.

I think that was the week that Lidge passed away so perhaps there was mention of him at the social club event pre- or post-game?

 

[Shinboner roo]

Trolling richmond supporters on facebook and some legend had linked a bay 13 tugger melt after we knocked them out of the finals in 2015, now the flood gates were open to troll richmond/there supporters...



Then 2017 happened

 

[Friday Night Lights]

 

[Gasometer]

Something happened with Carey in March 2002 iirc

 

[Supreme_Chancellor]

Was looking up the definition of nuffie and stumbled across the GoDees board.

 

[R00StaR]

When the old North website forums shut down people there mentioned this site.

 

[Heaps of fun]

The club pays me to be here to quash dissent.

 

[Snake_Baker]

The club pays me to be here to quash dissent.

So you're the one with all the alt accounts?

 

[tazaa]

I was a lover of Australian Rules Football and was searching for a forum or footy blog and a genuine aussie rules community to chat footy with.

 

[Heaps of fun]

So you're the one with all the alt accounts?

Yes.

 

[Elroo]

I typed in "2 girls 1 cup" and the St Kilda Bigfooty board appeared.

After I slowly backed out like Grandpa Simpson I ended up in the Ritz otherwise known as the NMFC Bigfooty board.

 

[Nate7]

Sooz used to bat on about umpiring threads on book face, went googling circa 2010 and came across a thread "holding court for swiper until he can get home and unleash".

Not quite word for word, but the same meaning and it was after a disgraceful display at Etihad.

 

[Star]

What's Bigfooty?

 

[Hojuman]

The club pays me to be here to quash dissent.

Well. Doing a great job

 

[Star]

I was a lover of Australian Rules Football and was searching for a forum or footy blog and a genuine aussie rules community to chat footy with.

And after that search proved fruitless you ended up here?

 

[GreatBradScott]

Entirely unrelated to North, just saw Geelong obliterate Melbourne by 30 goals and was curious how Dees fans were reacting.

My mate a few months before had mentioned the forum and I essentially searched and found it. Lurked for a few months and then finally made an account.

 

[Krakouer Bonar]

......by wishing I hadn't.