Hob Nob Anyone?
Hob Nob Anyone? is an unofficial football site dedicated to Reading F.C.. The name Hob Nob Anyone? is in reference to the town's association with biscuit making.
The Reading Football Club Fanzine
Hob Nob Anyone? was one of the first football sites to hit the web. When the site was first launced in November 1994 only a handful of clubs were lucky enough to be represented on the Intenet. Since then the site has continued to grow and grow from its days in Coca-Cola League 1 to the rise into the Premier League.
Hob Nob Anyone? was hosted at the University of East Anglia from 1994. Early in 1999 the site got it's own domain names (royals.cx and royals.org) and moved to it's own virtual server - where, since early on in the year 2000, it obtains well over a million hits a month. In the summer of 2002, Hob Nob Anyone? moved again to be hosted at Oscura Ltd. Oscura are a local web development and hosting company in the centre of Reading.
The site includes match reports dating back to the 1994/95 season, a forum with around 6500 members, fans analysis and an away fans guide.
The site also has a section dedicated to STAR[1] and links up with BBC Radio Berkshire[2] and the local newspaper the Evening Post[3].
Trivia
- Featured in The Times
- Featured in The Guardian
- Featured in The Telegraph
- Featured in The Observer
- Featured in Daily Star as site of the week
References
- ^ "STAR association with Hob Nob Anyone?". Retrieved 2007-02-28.
- ^ "BBC Radio Berkshire team up with Hob Nob Anyone?". Retrieved 2007-02-28.
- ^ "Hob Nob Anyone? column in the Reading Evening Post". Retrieved 2007-02-28.
