The old days at Saintsational

saint patrick · Mon 31 Oct 2011 2:47pm

Had a very enjoyable catchup last night over a couple of beers at the Vineyard in the heart of St.Kilda with Nick ..one of the originals who basically help start the first early incarnation of Saintsational along with Damian in the early to the late 90's and we were reminiencing about some of the old characters who sadly don't seem to post anymore including Nick himself ...like ,HSV King,krab,Harveys Disiple ,Moose ,Furphy and many names that I'd almost forgotton or hadn't even heard of.I first joined around 2002 even though it shows as 2004...the year of the crash !!

Just interested in what old names people can remember and who they miss the most..also what year they joined ..didn't realise that the site in its early form was quite that old ..

loris · Post: # 1171262Post **loris** » Mon 31 Oct 2011 2:54pm

saint patrick wrote:Had a very enjoyable catchup last night over a couple of beers at the Vineyard in the heart of St.Kilda with Nick ..one of the originals who basically started the first early incarnation of Saintsational along with Damian in the early to mid 90's and we were reminiencing about some of the old characters who sadly don't seem to post anymore including Nick himself ...like ,HSV King,Crab,Harveys Disiple ,Moose ,Furphy and many names that I'd almost forgotton or hadn't heard of.I first joined around 2002 even though it shows as 2004.

Just interested in what old names people can remember and who they miss the most..didn't realise that the site was quite that old

I miss 'sonof66', wizsteppa (though often see him lurking!!), Krabby and Spelly. What ever happened to Holly Valance? He was always great for a giggle.

james rose · Mon 31 Oct 2011 3:03pm

Spelly.

loris · Post: # 1171274Post **loris** » Mon 31 Oct 2011 3:08pm

james rose wrote:Spelly.

JR....I can recall when you came on as a youngster and proudly told us of the birth of your sibling.....you were such a proud brother

The Fireman · Mon 31 Oct 2011 3:17pm

I am an original..you can't fool me.

matrix · Post: # 1171303Post **matrix** » Mon 31 Oct 2011 4:10pm

hsv still posts reg
krabb is about dont worry

noddy04 · Post: # 1171318Post **noddy04** » Mon 31 Oct 2011 4:51pm

I met Holly in Adelaide once. He was a very nice bloke. I saw Spelly from a distance at the 2009 GF but she didnt see me. Saw Damien last year in Adelaide. Hes a very busy lad nowadays. I should say hes a very busy man.

milney044 · Post: # 1171319Post **milney044** » Mon 31 Oct 2011 4:58pm

I remember when poochy used to visit and stir everyone up.

I joined back in 2003 when there were rumours Milne would be traded. Back then he was a bit of a whipping boy and I basically joined to catch the latest news and stick up for him should anyone dear bag him!

These days I don't tend to post, just browse for the latest news in the hope that the last few pages haven't become sledge matches between a few posters.

saintbrat · Post: # 1171323Post **saintbrat** » Mon 31 Oct 2011 5:15pm

the links under this thread
http://www.saintsational.com/forum/view ... hp?t=73668
and in Saintsational Web - Saintsational History will bring back memories

the origin date given for SS on the web is 2002- So heading for 10 years old.
Prior to that Saints Chat via the early saints.com.au was active and continued as such till just a few years ago.

can't find archive record of SS prior to 2002

The Fireman · Mon 31 Oct 2011 5:26pm

when you go to memberlist it says it started 2004

Armoooo · Post: # 1171331Post **Armoooo** » Mon 31 Oct 2011 5:29pm

I remember the good old days of saints chat, would always want to rush on to talk about the game right after the final siren...

It seemed like 80% of people would make their own comments which would never be replied to whilst a few people would have their own little conversation often unrelated to the game.... not much has changed

Don't know how I didn't hear about saintsational until 2007 or whenever it was I joined.

Saints94 · Post: # 1171343Post **Saints94** » Mon 31 Oct 2011 5:58pm

Harveys Deciple a good mate of mine...

philtee · Post: # 1171356Post **philtee** » Mon 31 Oct 2011 6:38pm

Snoopygirl ?? Spelly, who always seemed to be ruffling feathers??

saintbrat · Post: # 1171364Post **saintbrat** » Mon 31 Oct 2011 6:52pm

The Fireman wrote:when you go to memberlist it says it started 2004

that was after One of the crashes...

web archive gives you 2002 info
http://wayback.archive.org/web/*/http:/ ... tional.com
time line at top of page. and links to some pages that are snapped.

Baldock Rules · Mon 31 Oct 2011 6:56pm

Haven't posted for a long time but still occassionally visit to keep up to speed.To be honest serial pests like one with 23000 posts and who is full of self importance and constantly highjack threads puts me off a bit.Still some good posters here keeps me coming back!

matrix · Post: # 1171369Post **matrix** » Mon 31 Oct 2011 6:58pm

snoops is still about
she hides

evertonfc · Post: # 1171381Post **evertonfc** » Mon 31 Oct 2011 7:30pm

Great days. Some great posters.

Probably a lot of rubbish, too.

saint patrick · Mon 31 Oct 2011 7:33pm

evertonfc wrote:Great days. Some great posters.

Probably a lot of rubbish, too.

Hello old mate..yeh probably but we had fun ..at least I did post 02

saintfreddy · Mon 31 Oct 2011 7:44pm

I thought the days GT's son came on and used to update us certainly provided some excitement.

Pwoit · Post: # 1171391Post **Pwoit** » Mon 31 Oct 2011 7:48pm

What about Furphy and his references to the great man John Singleton?

loris · Post: # 1171427Post **loris** » Mon 31 Oct 2011 9:28pm

Pwoit wrote:What about Furphy and his references to the great man John Singleton?

"Jack High"

HSVKing · Post: # 1171433Post **HSVKing** » Mon 31 Oct 2011 9:37pm

Saints94 wrote:Harveys Deciple a good mate of mine...

Really? Who are you?

Mon 31 Oct 2011 9:54pm

Whilst the memory is hazy and it was 10 years ago ... I think I can explain the dates ...

2004 - the forum supplier database crashed as this site grew and we had to start again with a better forum and server

2002 - Damo registered saintsational.com as a domain name and started paying (actually his Dad paid) for a basic forum rather than a free one

pre 2002 Damo was using an el cheapo (free) forum service that disappeared suddenly and took our history with it ...

Saintsational started in 1999 from memory.

However it could have been 2000 or 2001 ...

VERY happy to be corrected if I am wrong.

loris · Post: # 1171450Post **loris** » Mon 31 Oct 2011 10:04pm

Definitely going in 1999 AwayinUSA................oooophs BackFromUSA

battye · Post: # 1171456Post **battye** » Mon 31 Oct 2011 10:37pm

I remember talking with saintbrat, noddy and a few other people on the old Saints chat on saints.com.au. saintbrat could probably say for sure, but I think it was around 2002 or 2003? In fact, I think Grant Thomas used to drop by off his own accord every now and then which was fantastic.

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