12 Aug 2026 10:35:53
I will miss the game this evening as we have tickets to the RSC to see Kenneth Branagh and Helen Hunt in “The Cherry Orchard” which I’m looking forward to immensely. Especially with a pre performance meal booked in the Rooftop Restaurant looking out over
Stratford on Avon.

Should get a great view of the solar eclipse just before it starts too.
I’ll watch it tomorrow on catch-up Forest TV and look forward to reading everyone’s comments on the game on here... ??.

1.) 12 Aug 2026
12 Aug 2026 15:28:05
I envy you, Stokie. Sounds amazing. ?

2.) 12 Aug 2026
12 Aug 2026 16:59:13
Enjoy mate.

3.) 12 Aug 2026
12 Aug 2026 17:42:03
Rather have an audience with Chubby Brown at the Skinners Arms. Is it just me? ?

4.) 12 Aug 2026
12 Aug 2026 18:15:08
Me to Bowie.

5.) 12 Aug 2026
12 Aug 2026 17:50:12
I mean how many players and refs do we call Helen hunts stokey. Get your head outta your arse. Being pompous.

6.) 12 Aug 2026
12 Aug 2026 19:36:43
Can't wack Chubbs, Bowie. Legend.

7.) 12 Aug 2026
12 Aug 2026 19:49:17
Seen him once 30 years ago.
Hilarious.

8.) 12 Aug 2026
12 Aug 2026 20:07:49
? Gentlemen, mind you does sound a wee bit bent. ?

9.) 13 Aug 2026
13 Aug 2026 11:43:02
Bowie, thanks for the advice but I’d say Chubby Brown and the RSC are not mutually exclusive.
I saw CB many years ago on a right dive in Oldham. He was mediocre at best. Not unfunny but no where near the gold standard for side splitting live comedy set by Tommy Coopet who I saw at the Commodore. He could make you laugh out loud without saying a word.

Bernard Manning was much funnier than CB ( also at the Commodore)
In more recent times I’ve seen loads funnier than CB. Tim Vine, Michael McIntyre, Ross Noble, Jack Dee, Henning Weign, to name a few
Perhaps CB has gotten better material nowadays as he’s become more famous?
Everybody to their own though …..

10.) 13 Aug 2026
13 Aug 2026 14:33:19
I'm with Stokey on this. Chubby Brown is about as funny as woodworm on a cripples crutch.
Bernard Manning was far superior.

11.) 13 Aug 2026
13 Aug 2026 15:44:17
Fred, mate, I remember Bernard Manning being heckled at the Commodore by some half wit who'd had a few too many sniffs of the barmaid's apron. It was along the lines of "Hoi, Bernard, you fat b******!" Repeatedly. About as funny and abusive as some regular posters on here.
After a while, Bernard went to the edge of the stage and said to this bloke (who was seated near the front, so it was virtually face to face) and said, "Look, when I leave here after the show, I'll get into my customised Rolls Royce, fitted with a private bar, and my chauffeur will drive me to my mansion in the really posh bit of Manchester, while you will be getting on your moped to Broxtowe.

So f*** off whenever you like." ????
With the gales of laughter and cheers ringing in his ears, the bloke shuffled out towards the exit with BM's parting send off, "There he goes, the Godfather of Broxtowe."
I was impressed that it was the perfect put down, and he'd done his research on the local sink estate. Just brilliant. ?????

12.) 13 Aug 2026

13 Aug 2026 16:41:56
I don't know about the bloke on the moped, but BM was certainly telling the whole truth about the customised Roller with the private bar and chauffeur.
We stopped it at Cuckney crossroads during the miners strike for its headlight being out, in a roadblock situation, having no idea who was in the back.
As soon as BM realised he had an audience, he got out the back and was into the laughs. Told his driver to thump the headlight so it came back on, then the old one about thumping the windscreen to see if the Car Tax disc became valid.
Ended by shaking hands with everyone and giving us the Papal blessing sign of the Cross. Just brilliant, a natural entertainer. ?? ??

13.) 13 Aug 2026
13 Aug 2026 17:36:39
Great crack, Stokey.
He was a comedy genius!

14.) 13 Aug 2026
13 Aug 2026 18:36:18
Gents, Jethro is hugely underrated, best stand up ever imo. ?