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thisisthebarmyarmy.co.uk

Features of thisisthebarmyarmy.co.uk

WHAT YOU WILL FIND

Over 150 pages - a fully enjoyable experience with every visit
The pages are quick to download and the site makes use of minimal applications other than browser. We have designed the site to be as simple to use as possible.

Free to use and simple to use navigation
There is no pay-only sections and no registration is required.

Regular Updates
Many of the areas/microsites on this site are updated regularly.
Some update numerous times a day so keep checking the site for the latest information.

Safe and child-friendly
Content that is ICRA labelled and ICCS certified.

Fully searchable
Cannot find what you want, search for it!
It is our hope you are never more than three clicks from what you want.
Search Facility

The Huddersfield Town AFC MicroSite
One of the biggest and best independent Town sites, offering unbiased quality information.
Contains the exclusive "Those Were The Day" and "Legends" articles.
Huddersfield Town AFC

Marketing
The key terms, books, business tools, business course notes and more.
Marketing

The Shop
A visit to our Shopping Outlet could save you money on a wide range of products and services.
The Shop

Thoughts and Quotes
Inspirational & thought provoking messages.
"The Quotation Page"

Interact with us
Be Interactive in the Community Channel.
Community Channel

VISION
"To be a respected independent source for information relating to Huddersfield Town".

MISSION
"To offer fair, honest and extensive information throughout the site, with repeat visitors".

OBJECTIVES
1. To take pride in bringing the latest information on a wide range of subjects, in an informative and interesting manner.

2. To be the number one choice for Huddersfield Town fans for independent information bringing many exclusive articles.

3. To ensure that the information published on the site is fair and unbiased. Through honesty and keeping to promises and ensure the information is safe for all ages and for all people from different cultures.

4. To listen to all forms of feedback on the site and we respond to all email as required within a timely manner. We will use this feedback to aid our continuous development of the site.

5. To bring an easy to navigate Internet site, with the intention that you are never three clicks away from what you require.

6. To strengthen the good name of Huddersfield Town Football Club, and do nothing to compromise the integrity of it's branding, and also to help market the brand to the wider audience.

7. To keep the site free of charge and free from registration. For this purpose advertising will help recuperate some of the costs.

8. To ensure that all of 'The Shop' partners are hand picked and offer great value for money and help to strengthen the vision of the site and help increase it's popularity.

9. To ensure that the site "more than just another website", and promote more people to share our affinity for all the subject matters.

10. To create a site with a specific brand where downtime is kept to an absolute minimum.

How are we doing? Click on 'Contact Us' at the top of this page and let us know!

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Why the name thisisthebarmyarmy.co.uk?
This site is dedicated to our major topic area Huddersfield Town Football Club. The Barmy-Army is associated with football and cricket fans originating from England, and we felt such an Internet address and branding would make the site highly visible and attract traffic.

thisisthebarmyarmy.co.uk is both the name and the brand of this website, offering quality, fair, unofficial information on Huddersfield Town and brings a wealth of information on marketing. Graphical offerings on the site may feature "thisisthebarmyarmy" "thisisthebarmyarmy.co.uk" or just the "T" ribbon device (as shown at the bottom of this page).

We have also covered other major football tournaments (such as World Cup 2006) and other major sporting events such as the 2005 Ashes Series and also the Lions Tour to New Zealand in 2005. The site tries to introduce novel approaches and interesting interactive sessions for our visitors on a regular basis.

When was thisisthebarmyarmy.co.uk launched and why?
It was set-up and went live on the Internet in April 2000. It obtained the name and the overall name "The Barmy-Army" with the purchase of the domain "barmy-army.org.uk" in November of that year. It was further rebranded in terms of Internet address with the purchase of "thisisthebarmyarmy.co.uk" in July 2004.

thisisthebarmyarmy.co.uk serves many purposes as highlighted in the 'features' table above. It aim's to educate it's visitors on many issues and we take great pride in reading all the feedback we get regarding the site.

Important dates in the history of the site

2000
04 2000: The site first went live on the Internet - initially on the servers of ISP LineOne - the birth of this site.

11 2000: Purchase of the domain www.barmy-army.org.uk.

2003
05 2003: Awarded a Golden Web Award.

12 2003: The site moved it's hosting service to Yahoo/Geocities, removing the link with LineOne.

2004
04 2004: Purchase of the domain www.thisisthebarmyarmy.co.uk. and site rebranding. The site is now called This is The Barmy-Army and Yorkshire Courier Online.

04 2004: The site is now hosted on it's own specific paid-for server space, giving a much increased bandwidth and product/service offering to visitors.

05 2004: Relinquished the ownership of the domain www.barmy-army.org.uk - all email addresses changed to @thisisthebarmyarmy.co.uk.

06 2004: Awarded a Golden Web Award.

10 2004: The site is renamed This is The Barmy-Army and copyrighted only to thisisthebarmyarmy.co.uk after the closure of the company Yorkshire Courier. The site is rebranded thisisthebarmyarmy.co.uk.

2005
05 2005: April 2005 marked the Fifth birthday of the website.

05 2005: On May 16, the site revisited and re-established it's core meaning and as such created a Vision and Mission statement and displayed our goals on the site.

07 2005: Renewed the ownership of the domain, and hosting package extended for a further year with Bargain Host.

08 2005: The site had almost 1.3 million unique requests for pages, making it the busiest month in the history of the site.

10 2005: Extra sections brought to the HTAFC MircoSite. Including the Legends, League Table and removed "The Match" section.

2006
01 2006: Launch of the World Cup 2006 MicroSite.

04 2006: April 2006 marked the Sixth birthday of the website.

07 2006: Renewed the ownership of the domain, and hosting package extended for a further year with Bargain Host.

2007
04 2007: April 2007 marked the seventh birthday of the website.

05 2007: The site underwent a number of graphical changes.

07 2007: Renewed the ownership of the domain, and hosting package extended for a further year with Bargain Host.

2008
04 2008: April 2008 marked the eighth birthday of the website.


What awards have you won?
In May 2003 and June 2004, The Golden Web Awards, voted and gave the prestigious 'Golden Web Award' to thisisthebarmyarmy.co.uk - or one of it's origin domain names.

Golden Web Award, May 2003


Why is marketing so heavily featured?
Marketing was the degree specialisation subject of the Webmaster of this site and so was seen as a been a central element of the site to enable other people to view the notes either as students or people that work in the industry or require some marketing help.


What is Huddersfield Town?
Huddersfield Town AFC ("The Terriers") is an English football league club established in 1908. The web team of the site is massive supporters of the club, and through this site wanted to help take the name of Town into wider audiences. The web team is delighted to say that through this site this as proved possible and is successful.

We are also keen to promote other Town sites and other interactive Town sites.

Our Huddersfield Town news centre features on the popular NewsNow.co.uk news portal. This site as been mentioned on local radio stations that cover Huddersfield Town, and has worked closely in the past with a BBC Radio Leeds presenter. The Those Were The Days and Legends features offer a walk down memory lane with stories and interviews from a number of former names connected to the football club

How can I link to this site?
To link to this site in future enter our address in our web browser. If you would like to bookmark
click here. If you have a website, web forum, web ring or any such community group please add this site http://www.thisisthebarmyarmy.co.uk. To link directly to Huddersfield Town http://www.thisisthebarmyarmy.co.uk/htfc.

Should you wish to use a graphic or want something else please email us at webmaster@thisisthebarmyarmy.co.uk.

When is the site Updated?
It is the aim of the web team to ensure that this site is constantly updated and developed to bring the latest information to it's visitors as quickly as possible. However it is not always possible to cover every possible story relating to Huddersfield Town, or every rumour. This website is ran purely not for profit and does not have a massive budget or staff behind it. Therefore we cannot commit to the number of match reports etc we can offer.

It is however our aim to bring to you the major developments quickly to the site.

The date of the last update:

Is your content safe?
This site is labelled with ICRA and ICCS, meaning that this site is certified for safe viewable content for all. To learn more about any of these organisations, please click on the icons below.

Labelled with and supporting ICRA -freedom of quality speech on the Internet

Why is advertising on the site and what is The Shop?
This site takes a lot of time, effort and money to run and bringing the latest information quickly and effectively, takes investment and development. For this reason we have decided to place advertisements throughout the site in order to bring in revenue for this not for profit site.

This site is not run to make a profit and run for the love of the sections on it, for this very reason all of this site is free to use and free to access - we make no profit out of our visitors to the site and make affinity proceeds from our advertisers.

What we do make is money when visitors interact with our advertisers. In order to better promote this service, and add more value and credibility, we have introduced The Shop - the site's very own Shopping Channel - where our visitors can shop from the comfort of their computer on a range of products and services.

The Shop was created as not to interfere too much with the information placed on the site, and to give our visitors a dedicated place to view our affinity partners, whilst still gaining some income to support the site.

Anyone who purchases via this site, are helping us to bring fresh value to the site and continue it's fantastic growth, whilst also knowing that they are getting great value goods and services.

How can I support this site to ensure that it keeps operating?
To advertise on the site, please email advertise@thisisthebarmyarmy.co.uk for further details.

There are various advertising options available, from page sponsoring, to MicroSite sponsorship, from The Shop to email auto signature, if you are interested in supporting the site please email for further details.

Throughout the site and contained within The Shop are advertisements from our partners, by visiting their site and purchasing from them, you are directly helping this website

I have a technical question where do I send it?
If you have a technical query such as what packages have we used to develop this site please email:
technical@thisisthebarmyarmy.co.uk.

What is the site's terms and conditions?
It is very important that you are aware that by accessing thisisthebarmyarmy.co.uk you are bound by the site's terms and conditions, to read these
click here

How do I send my comments?
The site is always delighted to receive feedback from visitors to any section of thisisthebarmyarmy.co.uk. We value all feedback about the site and will respond to all feedback if required.

Please use the 'Contact Us' page - links can be found throughout the site, to offer your valued opinion on the site.

We hope you will continue to support thisisthebarmyarmy.co.uk.