ibelieve!!! Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Does anyone have any good football related after diner speakers they'd recommend? We had a sportsman diner fundraiser for St Duthus FC last year and had Craig Brown speaking (who was very good) but looking for ideas on who to get this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 John Gaghan is the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHfaeGTA Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Paul Reid apparently quite good. Top class impressions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Och Aye Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 (edited) Yes Gaghan (hilarious) and Paul Reid are very good. Scott Glynn (ex-rugby player) is mental. Peter Martin and Roughie are good. Joe Harper was a good laugh too as is Jim Leishman. Edited August 15, 2017 by Och Aye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euan2020 Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 (edited) jim leishman ? https://www.emkayentertainments.net/jim-leishman Edited August 15, 2017 by euan2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euan2020 Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 quite a choice here https://www.emkayentertainments.net/after-dinner-speakers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Och Aye Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Forgot to mention John Mckelvie brilliant as host /auctioneer and very funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Avoid Frank McAvennie, unless you want to hear hilarious stories about Justin Fashanu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macy37 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 1 hour ago, Parklife said: Avoid Frank McAvennie, unless you want to hear hilarious stories about Justin Fashanu Seen him and Goram together and they were excellent. Scott Glynn has bells paulsy now so not sure if he's performing as it happened just a few weeks ago. Rowbotham was good as was Golfer Alan Tait. This year I'm going to see Keith Gillespie so no idea what he'll be like along with lions doctor James Robson who is good apparently and a comedian Bruce Fumney? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 57 minutes ago, macy37 said: Seen him and Goram together and they were excellent. Excellent? The guy is an absolute khvnt. Half his routine was making fun of Justin Fashanu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 10 hours ago, sbcmfc said: John Gaghan is the best. This Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larky Masher Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 9 hours ago, Och Aye said: Yes Gaghan (hilarious) and Paul Reid are very good. Scott Glynn (ex-rugby player) is mental. Peter Martin and Roughie are good. Joe Harper was a good laugh too as is Jim Leishman. Peter Martin is excellent, Gordon Smith on the other hand........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo `81 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Have to say I thought John Gaghan was awful... Admittedly it was a good few years ago I seen him, but I thought the whole point of booking an ex-footballer was to get football related anecdotes... His "act" was a very generic "stand up comedy" type act with barely a mention of football Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Jimmy Nicholl is very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 32 minutes ago, Larky Masher said: Peter Martin is excellent, Gordon Smith on the other hand........ I think Peter Martin is very mixed..... he was ok, but was clear that he was chocolate he would eat himself as he just came across as a bad game show host who kept losing the audience, and would pull out a Roughie or Super Ally story to try get the crowd back in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hannibal smith Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 2 hours ago, macy37 said: Seen him and Goram together and they were excellent. Scott Glynn has bells paulsy now so not sure if he's performing as it happened just a few weeks ago. Rowbotham was good as was Golfer Alan Tait. This year I'm going to see Keith Gillespie so no idea what he'll be like along with lions doctor James Robson who is good apparently and a comedian Bruce Fumney? Bruce Fummey did the Sunshine Appeals Burns night in January and he was very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Och Aye Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Sad to hear that about Scott Glynn Macy. Goram a bit of a gamble for a no show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 1 hour ago, Robbo `81 said: Have to say I thought John Gaghan was awful... Admittedly it was a good few years ago I seen him, but I thought the whole point of booking an ex-footballer was to get football related anecdotes... His "act" was a very generic "stand up comedy" type act with barely a mention of football I take your point, but you must be the only person I've ever heard say they didn't like his act. To be fair most after dinner speakers are telling jokes you've heard before, but tell them well. Tam Cowan does that really well (he's good, even if you're not a fan, after dinner speaking suits his style of humour I think). Chic Charnley was ok, possibly as a budget option or for the undercard. Saw Bruce Fumey at a WESTA burns supper and he was very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo `81 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 2 minutes ago, sbcmfc said: I take your point, but you must be the only person I've ever heard say they didn't like his act. TBF To him, when though about it I realised it was 2002 or 2003 I seen him, so had plenty time to refine his act so probably lot different now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 2 hours ago, Parklife said: Excellent? The guy is an absolute khvnt. Half his routine was making fun of Justin Fashanu. I've seen McAvennie as part of a double act with Goram, he was very much a filler before the main event, but don't remember him doing anything about Fashanu. I have to reluctantly admit Goram was better than I expected, but he's not the most likeable of characters. He wasn't happy when I told him I preferred Stevie Kirk to Davie Cooper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 2 minutes ago, sbcmfc said: I've seen McAvennie as part of a double act with Goram, he was very much a filler before the main event, but don't remember him doing anything about Fashanu. I saw him twice in 3 weeks and he done the same absolute khvnt act both times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larky Masher Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 1 minute ago, Parklife said: I saw him twice in 3 weeks and he done the same absolute khvnt act both times. What did you expect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larky Masher Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 1 hour ago, wanderer said: I think Peter Martin is very mixed..... he was ok, but was clear that he was chocolate he would eat himself as he just came across as a bad game show host who kept losing the audience, and would pull out a Roughie or Super Ally story to try get the crowd back in. He was doing the compering/auctioneer when I saw him and was really good at that, no real anecdotes just ripping the pish out of the punters and the prizes. To be honest when I went in I didn't know who he was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 6 minutes ago, Larky Masher said: What did you expect? Someone not to make "funny" jokes about a guy who killed himself, in part, due to folk not accepting him due to his sexuality, being gay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 9 minutes ago, Parklife said: I saw him twice in 3 weeks and he done the same absolute khvnt act both times. His act wasn't particularly memorable to be honest, I think the heckles from Goram were better than anything he came up with himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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