MannyJello
12 Jul 2006, 12:10 PM
I've been a regular on the CSR forums (http://www.chelsea-fc.com/csr) for several years now, an England-based fan website with a very loyal and large base of forum members. I've really enjoyed them because by and large, most of the contributors are from England and have been fans of the club far longer than me. They lend a great perspective to team news that I have really appreciated.
This morning, I found that the forum has been shut down. After some searching on the site, I found this message:
Fellow Blues,
Since their debut in 1996 the CSR Forums have been witness to an amazing transformation of our club. The first call of duty (the offical site wasn't even born at the time) was to field all the tributes for the late and great Matthew Harding. Many came from Leeds, West Ham, Millwall - who all put aside the rivalry - they recognised a top man even if he was Chelsea. And then from Zola to Abramovich, losing the cantankerous bearded-one in between (Leeds down!), our fortunes have just kept rising. We've only gone and signed Ballack and Shevchenko! Who'd of thort it all those years ago eh?
Sadly, the amount of time required to keep the CSR Forums at their high standard has increased over the last year or so. Big thanks must go out to Loz for stepping up to the Moderator role which helped out greatly - and what a fine job he did, as most of you realised :)
But watching the proliferation of personal attacks between some established members, others using the site to distribute copyrighted media - putting me at personal legal risk...just helped extinguish the fire, the passion, to continue developing the site as I'd intended.
After 10 years it's time for me to reclaim the free time, knock the US$110/mo. hosting fees on the head, spend the money on booze and women instead. Whether that's enough dosh to keep a woman happy I'll have to see ;)
Keep it Blue!
-Paul
Anyone have any other information about this? Anyone have any recommendations for forums I should frequent instead that are England-based? It's only been a few hours but I'm starting to go through withdrawal! Any help appreciated. Thanks.
This morning, I found that the forum has been shut down. After some searching on the site, I found this message:
Fellow Blues,
Since their debut in 1996 the CSR Forums have been witness to an amazing transformation of our club. The first call of duty (the offical site wasn't even born at the time) was to field all the tributes for the late and great Matthew Harding. Many came from Leeds, West Ham, Millwall - who all put aside the rivalry - they recognised a top man even if he was Chelsea. And then from Zola to Abramovich, losing the cantankerous bearded-one in between (Leeds down!), our fortunes have just kept rising. We've only gone and signed Ballack and Shevchenko! Who'd of thort it all those years ago eh?
Sadly, the amount of time required to keep the CSR Forums at their high standard has increased over the last year or so. Big thanks must go out to Loz for stepping up to the Moderator role which helped out greatly - and what a fine job he did, as most of you realised :)
But watching the proliferation of personal attacks between some established members, others using the site to distribute copyrighted media - putting me at personal legal risk...just helped extinguish the fire, the passion, to continue developing the site as I'd intended.
After 10 years it's time for me to reclaim the free time, knock the US$110/mo. hosting fees on the head, spend the money on booze and women instead. Whether that's enough dosh to keep a woman happy I'll have to see ;)
Keep it Blue!
-Paul
Anyone have any other information about this? Anyone have any recommendations for forums I should frequent instead that are England-based? It's only been a few hours but I'm starting to go through withdrawal! Any help appreciated. Thanks.