History of TWTDThe website began in 1995 when Phil, anxious to get involved in anything vaguely trendy and, having started editing the paper-based fanzine earlier in the year, hooked up with Anglianet for a site which was nothing more than a few stories from the latest issue of the fanzine and an email address. Not long afterwards Mark Owen offered his services and the website improved dramatically.
In the summer of 1996 Gavin Wilding got involved and became the technical editor of the website. The Message Board and Chatroom followed quickly and the site evolved and grew as the years passed.
In the summer of the year 2000, as Town fans eagerly awaited the club's first season back in the Premiership, TWTD went into partnership with Rivals Europe as supplier of their Ipswich Town content.
During the close season ahead of 2001/02 with Town back in Europe, the fanzine and website both became These Are The Days. With the beginning of the new season the name reverted back to the more rueful original.
TWTD left Rivals on the eve of the 2007/08 season to join the new Club Fanzine network.
Contact Details and Who's Who
Gavin Wilding
TWTD Technical Editor & ClubFanzine Ltd Director
Email: gav@twtd.co.uk
Has been working on the TWTD site from 1996. Now director of Club Fanzine, Gavin is responsible for all things technical including the maintenance of the network and writing software. Also responsible for online advertising and looking after the other publishers in the network.
Philip Ham
TWTD Content Editor
Email: phil@twtd.co.uk
Editor of the fanzine from 1995. Is primarily responsible for news stories, match reports and player interviews. Also monitors the Message Board and distributes our merchandise and is the main link between TWTD and ITFC. Besides the site, as editor of the fanzine he is the contact for anything relating to its publication, from subscriptions to articles to advertising.
Dan Thomas
TWTD Graphic Designer
Email: dan@comehitherdesign.com
Dan is responsible for the design of the fanzine and the excellent covers. Having previously drawn cartoons for the fanzine in the early 90s, Dan got involved again in 1997. In 2005 his covers saw TWTD featured in an art exhibition at the Barbican. Dan is a freelance designer and more of his work can be seen at www.comehitherdesign.com.
Tom Lalonde took over laying out the inside of the fanzine from Dan in the summer of 2007.
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