28 Sep 2026 10:20:52
There is considerable excitement in my neck of the woods here in Staffordshire over the prospect of Stoke City being awarded the FA Cup from 2011 in view of the Manchester City debacle.

Tony Pulis has given several interviews ( on the BBC and 2 or 3 newspapers) saying the Potters were cheated, pointing out that the scorer of the only goal at Wembley, Yaya Toure was on 10 times the wages of the highest paid Stoke player and several Man City players individually cost more than the value of their entire squad.

He has, however, publicly eschewed the idea of the FA Cup being handed over from that match, saying the Citizens would probably be dealt with by way of points deduction and heavy fines.


The highest honour Stoke have ever achieved was their 1972 League Cup final win over Chelsea. My wife and her family and friends queued all night and got tickets for that game.

When she and other Stokies boast about it to me, I always point out that we have 4 of them and 2 runners up. Always gets a laugh and sometimes a snarl.???
I went to see the brilliant German comedian Henning Wehn at Gawthorne Hall a few years ago. One of his routines was handing out loads of cheap replica World Cups to the audience with the words " Please have one, in Germany we've got loads of them ".??.

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28 Sep 2026 15:55:36
Suppose the man city QC ( 5 grand an hour) could argue that two years later they lost the FA cup to Wigan and if they cheated they wasn't very good at it!, and it wasn't until Pep showed up they won trophies, and titles from his coaching skill, it's an argument?.


Henning When is one of the few modern comedians who's funny, if you watched Live at the Apollo it's so depressing to see how unfunny they are, started watching channel 81 for Wheel Taappers with Colin Crompton and Bernard Manning, for jokes that are funny.

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28 Sep 2026 16:54:21
Wheeltappers was brilliant Mossy mate. Never missed it. ?.

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28 Sep 2026 18:09:22
Loved Colin Compton. Gormless looking but a very clever man. I used to drink at the BRSA club in Bulwell and the compère and bingo caller was just like him, even with the rotating bell. it was an age of innocence Mossy.
Remember. "Order, best of order.the members at the back are complaining that they can't hear the ventriloquist so could I ask him to hold his dummy nearer the mic.???”
"Announcement from the committee.

The meat pies have arrived but put plenty of salt and pepper on them because they've come by themselves.”.
Precursor to the brilliant " Phoenix Nights”.
Fabulous.