JKLatics - Latics Internet Pioneers

[Matt]

We'd thought that we'd look back at the Latics community on the internet, to where it kind of all started for many of OWTB's members today.

From PlakkiLakki to The Ghost of Brendan McManus to Fat Bloke In Orange - these were the names of just some of the regular characters on the forums from the mid to late 90's, where you there back then?

 

 

 

 

[Matt]

[jsslatic]

The best thing about Rivals was being able to get involved on other teams board (and vice versa). 

[dannyboy55555]

Love it - anyone on here admitting to being any of those contributors? Aside from Dave O obviously.

[LightDN123]

2 minutes ago, dannyboy55555 said:

Love it - anyone on here admitting to being any of those contributors? Aside from Dave O obviously.

BP, Singe, Lags all post on here don’t they ? 

[pcassist]

PCAssist

[League one forever]

 

1 hour ago, Matt said:

We'd thought that we'd look back at the Latics community on the internet, to where it kind of all started for many of OWTB's members today.

From PlakkiLakki to The Ghost of Brendan McManus to Fat Bloke In Orange - these were the names of just some of the regular characters on the forums from the mid to late 90's, where you there back then?

 

 

 

 

 

Good memories. 
 

I must have come to the JK party late as I didn’t post on there, but remember reading.  
 

How long was the gap Matt between that finishing and OWTB starting? 

[welshgaz]

LaticNik not on here anymore and only attends a few games now. Regular contributor on Twitter. I’ve kept the same username from those days.

[maximus1267]

I was on there under a different username

[GKing521]

1 hour ago, Matt said:

Double cuff shirt on the touchline in the third tier. Wild. 

[Wardie]

I was on there, can't even remember my username ..I think it had 'Blu' in it somewhere. It was a great place and, from what I remember, not as antagonistic as it is on here at times, plus, other Rivals boards were available to post on. 

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

There was a last to post on this thread wins thread which was brilliant. 
 

Was on there as this username I think.

[rudemedic]

22 minutes ago, Frankly Mr Shankly said:

There was a last to post on this thread wins thread which was brilliant. 
 

Was on there as this username I think.

There's been 2 on here. I won the more recent one having started it.

[Lags]

Yes, I posted on JK Latics. I remember Jack and myself interviewing Kenny Clements at Diggle Band Club for an article on there. All for a 3 pints fee!!

 

TGOBM was quite a knowledgeable chap, many suspected it was Alan Hardy, not sure about that myself but I do wonder what became of him.

[Matt]

10 hours ago, League one forever said:

 

How long was the gap Matt between that finishing and OWTB starting? 

 

There wasn't one. JKL's provider Rivals implemented a newer board (the one seen in the screengrabs above was the earlier version) in the mid 00's and it wasn't usable at all. We launched OWTB in late 2006 on a different server, and migrated to this in early 2007. Both JKL and OWTB existed side by side for a little while, but that new board killed it unfortunately.

[Matt]

9 hours ago, Wardie said:

from what I remember, not as antagonistic as it is on here at times, plus, other Rivals boards were available to post on. 

 

The internet is a different place these days, there's a lot of hate out there.

 

The function of being able to switch clubs boards by just selecting a team on a drop down menu was so simple, it was a great feature.

[peanuts2]

4 minutes ago, Matt said:

 

The internet is a different place these days, there's a lot of hate out there.

 

The function of being able to switch clubs boards by just selecting a team on a drop down menu was so simple, it was a great feature.

was great having banter with the plastics donkey lashers and bin dippers often heated never nasty usualy with a tounge firmly in cheek happy days 

[Dave_Og]

12 hours ago, dannyboy55555 said:

Love it - anyone on here admitting to being any of those contributors? Aside from Dave O obviously.

And still regret using my real name...

[Diego_Sideburns]

15 hours ago, dannyboy55555 said:

Love it - anyone on here admitting to being any of those contributors? Aside from Dave O obviously.

I was on it as Diego's sideburns but changed my user name on here because this site did not allow use of the apostrophe.

[Magic Mikey]

I was Stitch on there. I see Guernica appears on the screenshot. That was Mike Keegan.

[Sloshed Joe]

I was on there, I think as ‘Tino’ (I liked Asprilla). Pretty sure I started the ‘last person to post on this thread wins’ thread.

[GFBunn1]

I was an occasional poster, as General Franco Bunn. At one stage I bumped into an old school friend, Corporal Jones, who signed off his posts by shouting Don't Panic! It only just occurred to me that I could've ordered him to calm down, since technically I outranked him.

 

I remember suggesting to Barry Owen, in his pre-Shitpeas era, that his posts came across as arrogant  So yeah the internet was definitely a different place back then and before you ask - no my feedback wasn't taken on board. 

 

I always thought the JK stood for Jack and Kate, does anyone know what happened to them or did I make that up?

[cheshireblue]

18 minutes ago, GFBunn1 said:

 

 

I always thought the JK stood for Jack and Kate, does anyone know what happened to them or did I make

 

I think it was Jack Scott and his partner. I used to work in the same office in Manchester. Remember him saying it was all kicking off on his website when it was going pear shaped under Moores.

[Ackey]

50 minutes ago, GFBunn1 said:

I always thought the JK stood for Jack and Kate, does anyone know what happened to them or did I make that up?

As you can see from @Matt's homage (also at the top of OWTB right now), it was indeed Jack and Kate:

 

[Crusoe]

I was a regular there too. I’m “Matt75” in those screenshots. 
 

There was JKLatics, there was the Latics Canada site, and at some point the other message board that I assume is still around today.