North Stand Chat

North Stand Chat

Infobox_Company
company_name = North Stand Chat
company_
key_people = Bozza, Lord Bracknell
foundation = 1996
homepage = [http://www.northstandchat.biz/ North Stand Chat]

North Stand Chat is an Internet Forum for fans of Brighton & Hove Albion which is an English football team based in Brighton. They play at Withdean Stadium and are currently playing in the Football League One. The forum takes its name from a stand at the club's previous home, the Goldstone Ground in Hove, which was the club's home from 1902 until 1997 when it was demolished to make way for a shopping centre.

North Stand Chat started off as a mailing list. It became a fully fledged internet forum in 1996 as part of the Seagulls Server (which can still be viewed via the Internet Archive [http://web.archive.org/web/19970722113110/homepages.enterprise.net/gjc] )

The poor management of the club by the board (Greg Stanley, Bill Archer and David Bellotti) at this time caused great concern amongst the fans and North Stand Chat became a popular place to meet online for fans to discuss different tactics and actions. Events such as the Mansfield Town boycott, the march on Bill Archer's house and Fans United were all organised through North Stand Chat. Contacts were made meaning that things could be organised away from match days, at pretty short notice.

The board was a great help to the club in organising events to ensure that permission was given to build their new home at Falmer Stadium.

Following the World Trade Center attacks on 11 September 2001 forum members came together to form the Robert Eaton Memorial Fund in memory of forum member Robert Eaton who died in the attacks. The fund raises money to provide kit and funding to children's football teams both in New York and Sussex.

The board currently has over 6,000 members, following a heavy cull of unused accounts, and over 2,400,000 posted messages. The most users ever online was 556 on 31 December 2006. A collaboration with the club's management means that fans' queries, on pretty much any issue, are posted through the "Ask the Club" forum on the board.

Fans of other teams, such as Cardiff City, Leeds United, Spurs and West Ham United as well as rivals Crystal Palace regularly post messages on the forum, and new users are always welcome.

The site, and its predecessors, have appeared in a number of newspapers, including "The Times", generally being quoted as a source for a rumour, and the initial Seagulls Server site appeared in the book "Build a Bonfire: How Football Fans United to Save Brighton & Hove Albion". References to activity on the board and liberal use of internet handles from it occurs on the "fans phone in" on BBC Southern Counties Radio.

In June 2007 the site was updated to use the latest version of vBulletin, v3.6.7

External links

* [http://www.northstandchat.biz/ North Stand Chat]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • North Albion Collegiate Institute — North Albion CI ( NACI ) VIRTUS, OFFICIUM, VERITAS Address 2580 Kipling Avenue Toronto, Ontario …   Wikipedia

  • List of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex episodes — The collection box released in North America by Manga Entertainment. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX, Kōkaku Kidōtai Sutando Arōn Konpurekkusu …   Wikipedia

  • Ground improvements at British football stadia — A large number of English football clubs have ongoing schemes to redevelop existing grounds, or to move to newly constructed stadiums. A trend towards all seater stadiums was initially prescribed by the Taylor Report, and was originally a… …   Wikipedia

  • Keith Ellison (politician) — Infobox Congressman name = Keith Ellison date of birth= birth date and age|1963|08|04 place of birth= Detroit, Michigan state = Minnesota district = 5th term start = January 4, 2007 preceded = Martin Olav Sabo succeeded = Incumbent party =… …   Wikipedia

  • china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …   Universalium

  • China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …   Universalium

  • literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

  • performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …   Universalium

  • Xbox 360 accessories — The Xbox 360 game console, developed by Microsoft, features a number of first party and third party accessories. Contents 1 Game Controllers/Gamepads 1.1 Xbox 360 controllers 1.1.1 Windows compatibility …   Wikipedia

  • Videoconferencing — See also: List of video telecommunication services and product brands A Tandberg T3 high resolution telepresence room in use (2008) …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”