Two years ago today, the Football Attic cranked open its dust ridden hatch and let down the ladder of nostalgia for you all to climb up and sample our aged goodness... this analogy really isn't working is it?
Never mind that, it's our birthday!!! To celebrate, let's get all meta and be nostalgic about nostalgia! So come with us as we take a journey through our short lifespan...
14th Nov 2011 - We are born and the world instantly becomes a better place!
18th Nov 2011 - Our first proper post...Rich bangs on about a shiny piece of plastic
15th Dec 2011 - Chris writes something about Ceefax and the Attic explodes!
6th Feb 2012 - The Football Attic graces Twitter with its presence - the world is never the same again!
14th Mar 2012 - The Football Attic Confessional is launched.... and quickly forgotten ;-)
30th Mar 2012 - The League of Blogs is founded
23rd May 2012 - The League of Blogs Wallchart is complete!
4th July 2012 - The first Attic publication, the League of Blogs Sticker Albums are created!!!
10th Aug 2012 - The first Football Attic Podcast is recorded, covering the subject of Panini
30th Aug 2012 - Nearly a year after we came into being, Rich finally accepts Facebook exists and we join.
7th Sept 2012 - Rich's 5 Worst Subbuteo Items finds itself on the Guardian's 'five things they liked that week.'
28th Sept 2012 - The first Great Tracksuit Of Our Time makes its debut.
14th Nov 2012 - Our 1st Birthday!
16th Nov 2012 - The Greatest Shirt Sponsor Ever tournament begins!
1st Jan 2013 - WANG!
5th Jan 2013 - Our 2nd book, the Football Attic Annual sells out and goes worldwide! ;-)
22nd Feb 2013 - Re-e-brand!
10th Mar 2013 - Chris creates a Subbuteo wallchart as it would have been in 1900
31st Mar 2013 - The League of Blogs returns!
5th Apr 2013 - We make our first appearance in Backpass Magazine
30th Apr 2013 - The vote for the Worst of Modern Football begins - won by "Greed in general"
21st May 2013 - What was England's Greatest Ever Kit? 'England 82', apparently...
7th Aug 2013 - We take a look at the trends in kit manufacturing
4th Nov 2013 - Numbers on the back of shirts is so passe...
14th Nov 2013 - We are 2! Oh yeah... we covered that...
So what's set to grace the Football Attic pages over the next two years? Well we've got a podcast coming up very soon and before you know it it'll be time for the League of Blogs 2014!
Of course we couldn't have made it this far if it wasn't for you lovely people who bother to read our ramblings or engage with us on Twitter, etc, so a huge thank you to all who've dropped by and liked what you've seen and of course an even bigger thanks to all those who have contributed articles to the Attic.
THANK YOU! :-)
Rich & Chris
Congratulations!
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Mark/NCOC
I'd never seen the confessional. Time to resurrect it!
ReplyDeleteCheers guys :)
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday chaps, keep it up
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