Welcome Thread - Introduce Yourself

[John_c]

Location: Hampshire
How many years following the Bees: 34
Which Stand: South/Main Stand
All Time Favourite Player: Sir Nicholas God Evans
All Time Favourite Manager: Paul Fairclough
Best Memory: Our promotion seasons - Southern League South, Conference (twice), Div 3.
Worst memory: That awful Torquay game
Other Sports you watch: Beach Volleyball
Hobbies: Loads

[squeeze90]

Location: Birmingham when at Uni, Welwyn when not
How many years following the Bees: Since March 2002 ... so 8 years.
Which Stand: East Terrace
All Time Favourite Player: Giuliano Grazioli
All Time Favourite Manager: Paul Fairclough
Best Memory: Seeing my first ever Barnet goal, Promotion 2004/2005 and the trip to Old Trafford - so many tales to tell!
Worst memory: No bad memories really, yet to experience a relegation. I was quite annoyed when Gillingham had sold out of programmes before I had got one!
Other Sports you watch: Motor Racing, Cricket, Snooker, American Football
Hobbies: Watching sport, going down the pub, spending time mucking about with mates, cars

[b4life]

Location: Nuneaton, formerly of Welham Green
How many years following the Bees: 30
Which Stand: It varies
All Time Favourite Player: Nicky 'God' Evans
All Time Favourite Manager: Barry Fry and Paul Fairclough - tied
Best Memory: Promotion at Fisher Athletic
Worst memory: Torquay relegation
Other Sports you watch: Tennis, Cricket, Rugby, just about any sport except anything that involves horses
Hobbies: Playing tennis, badminton and a bit of 5-a-side football. Reading, Eating out.

[lemming3k]

Location: Bedfordshire
How many years following the Bees: 13/14? Possibly longer.
Which Stand: East terrace
All Time Favourite Player: Just one? Grazioli. Sam Stockley deserves a mention.
All Time Favourite Manager: Barry Fry
Best Memory: The final point that took the conference title!
Worst memory: Being relegated but I wasn't at the game. Or the 9-1. Need I say more?
Other Sports you watch: Ice Hockey.
Hobbies: Travelling, music, sports, computers, learning new things, excessive food and sleep(well after all that you would wouldn't you!?).

[ShankBee]

Location: London, Stoke Newington
How many years following the Bees: 17
Which Stand: East terrace
All Time Favourite Player: Liam Hatch Hatch Hatch
All Time Favourite Manager: Paul Fairclough
Best Memory: Carlisle Utd away to go top of the Conference, (didnt even mind the rocks being chucked at us I was so happy) never looked like falling away after that.
Worst memory: 5th of May 2001
Other Sports you watch: Cricket, rugby, tennis,
Hobbies: football, music

[Monsieur Abeille]

Location: Darket Lincs
How many years following the Bees: 44
Which Stand: Main
All Time Favourite Player: Puncheon
All Time Favourite Manager: Bazza
Best Memory: Halifax at home to get promoted
Worst memory: Torquay
Other Sports you watch: Cricket, Petanque
Hobbies: Beekeeping, Boules, Backgammon, Burgandy, Beer in the Brownlow Arms. Most things with a "B". Oh and Cookery, Cricket and Claret.

[Spitfirebee]

Location: Southampton
How many years following the Bees: 15 - first game Barnet v. Cardiff in 1994? season ticket from 1995/96.
Which Stand: South Stand - formerly of the North West Terrace until Dad decided he was too old to stand up in the cold.
All Time Favourite Player: Billy Manuel. A long running joke with my brother.
All Time Favourite Manager: Ray Clemence... was manager the day I was mascot
Best Memory: Beating Carlisle 3-1 at home, sealing Conference title?
Worst memory: I was locked out of the Torquay game and had to watch my glimpses of the game from the Sky van
Other Sports you watch: Cricket.
Hobbies: Playing football and cricket. Pub quiz. Singing badly in comedy folk band. Travelling. Drinking too much and dancing like an idiot.

[barnetpete]

Location As my username would suggest,......Barnet.
How many years following the Bees: 24, 13 as a regular.
Which Stand: Main, South or occasionally the Commentary box
All Time Favourite Player: Darren Currie...it was he who hooked me as a 14 year old lad to come every week..... I have a lot to blame him for then!!!!
All Time Favourite Manager: Paul Fairclough for giving us that unforgettable promotion season...Didn't see enough of the bees under Fry
Best Memory: The promotion after party in the Weavers. An unforgettable night from an unforgettable season.
Worst memory: Carlisle at Home the year we went down, closely followed by Stevenage at home this season. Two dark days that made me really think relegation in each season was/is a possibility...fingers crossed I am wrong about this season.
Other Sports you watch: Everything and anything, except Tennis...I bl**dy hate tennis.
Hobbies: Football, Cricket, web design, gigs, beer.

[MajorBrownEye]

Live: Southern Spain
How many years following the Bees: Since 1992, give me a minute.... 19th year. Can I put my socks back on now?
Which Stand: I used to be found in the North Terrace
All Time Favourite Player: Sumo
All Time Favourite Manager: Bazza
Best Memory: My first season. I can't remember much from Old Trafford.
Worst memory: The following season
Other Sports you watch: Spanish Football. Hurling Donkeys from a Church Roof
Hobbies: Sex and Drugs and Rocknroll.

[Reckless]

Location: Potters Bar
How many years following the Bees: 47 - although 1968 was mt first full season
Which Stand: Main Stand Block C
All Time Favourite Players: Nicky Evans & Lee Harrison
All Time Favourite Manager:Barry Fry
Best Memory: Wembley Way April 15th 1972
Worst memory: The Bus Stop of Hate Southburied Road
Other Sports you watch: Cricket
Hobbies: Curry, Mrs Reckless, meeting ex Barnet players and The Beatles but not necessarily in that order.

Me far right with the Bobble Hat!

[Yachtsman]

Location: Sunbury on Thames
How many years following the Bees: 24, 18 as a regular
Which Stand: South
All Time Favourite Players: Sumo, Yak & Graz
All Time Favourite Manager: Ray Clemence
Best Memory: Promotion 2005
Worst memory: Relegation/Flitney's sending off
Other Sports you watch: Cricket, Rugby League
Hobbies: Reading (detective stories mainly), Music (ageing rock & roller)

[letchbee94]

Location: Letchworth
How many years: 17years
Stand: South stand
All time favourite player: Sean devine
Manager: Paul Fairclough, manager of my best season so far champions
Best Memory: Conference champions
Worst memory: Losing to Colchester in the 1998 play off semi final, never forget the penalty that never was given.
Other sports: Enjoy watching the darts
Hobbies: Apart from footy I like playing snooker.

[markobee]

Location: Deal (but born in Barnet).
How many years following the Bees: 43 (I started very young!).
Which stand: Main stand.
All Time Favourite Player: Les Eason.
All Time Favourite Manager: Barry Fry.
Best Memory: The first time we clinched promotion to the Football League (The second time wasn't bad either).
Worst memory: Losing to Torquay and being relegated.
Other Sports you watch: You call this a sport? I see it more like an addiction!
Hobbies: Travelling, wine, family history.

Come on you Bees.

[raficooper]

Location: Finchley
How many years following the Bees: 20
Which Stand: Main stand
All Time Favourite Player: Darren Currie / Dougie Freedman / Paul Showler
All Time Favourite Manager: Barry Fry
Best Memory: Fisher away
Worst memory: Bradford at home year we got relegated, when Showler scored the winner in the last minute.
Other Sports you watch: All of them
Hobbies: Travelling, theatre, cinema

[pauln50]

Location: Bedford but born in "The Wood"
How many years following the Bees: 49 my golden jubilee next season
Which stand: West bank then the East terrace now the South stand
All time favourite Player: Roger Figg
All time favourite manager: Barry Fry
Best memory: Applauding the team onto the pitch versus Crewe for the first football league game
Worst memory: locked out the ground despite having a ticket when Torquay sent us down
Other sports you watch: Football only
Hobbies: Walking, Genealogy