Fruit Machine Chat

Bumped into the 80s midfield warrior johnny wark whilst doing a local machine and had a couple if beers with the hard drinking scot! Anyone else met a global superstar of this standard while doing machines?

Former Manchester United and Newcastle United midfielder Keith Gillespie walked into the Hobby Horse in Leicester one afternoon years ago, i've bumped into Leicester legend Steve Walsh on many occasions, he loves a piss up, Willie Thorne is another you see from time to time.



Was John Wark around the Ipswich area? Or has he moved on?

I was in hyde for 3days, was in a pub with my 2 mates and there dad. watching city play and ricky hatton walked in

thornes mate john virgo was in our restaurant at ascot yesterday gave us a tip for akula got beat a length at 3 to 1

Was in the services here a couple of months back, and Roy Keane must have been heading back down thre road to Ipswich.....drinking a nice coffee with some suited blokes.

Not sure if he counts but David Gest lives round these parts sometimes and walked into a pub in town for a bevvy here about 18 months ago while i was in for a Vortex. Rory McGrath also lives in Cambridge, seen him plenty of times. Stephen Hawking has also been spotted (not in a pub obviously :P ), but he's another local dweller while he's not jetting round the world talking about black holes and the universe.

I saw neil 'colin' warnock whilst in warlingham on a dead mans treasure.

He was with a very attractive 25ish year old woman who I'll give him the benefit of the doubt over being his daughter!

Glendale wrote:Bumped into the 80s midfield warrior johnny wark whilst doing a local machine and had a couple if beers with the hard drinking scot! Anyone else met a global superstar of this standard while doing machines?

two decades ago almost, me and a mate saw john wark in felixstowe pier once on a diamond derby,he got no5 in for 2 quid and my mate hustled him off it for the next credit favourite.


i sharked kieron dyer in the same arcade on a roller coaster also for a quick raise.

Me and paul were in newcastle about a month ago and Les battersby, don't no how to spell it,but the bloke of emmerdale. My mate got his autograph for is mam on a betting slip. Apparently he loves a piss up!

Waited half an hour for Scott Waites to come off an hi-lo silver in his local at Outlane near Huddersfield when his wife came through the pub door and demanded he goes home!

Incidentally, I've got £20 on him today to beat Beaton @ 8/11!

walking in london once , nr leicester sq ,,,,,,,,,,,,, not really looking where i was going , and literally bumped into someone's car door as he was opening it ,,,,,,,,,,, obviously i apologised ,,,,,,,,,,,, he took it very well ,,,,,,,, very gracious ,,,,,, and out popped his family from the other doors ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, twas david ''hutch'' soul

was in ipswich showboat a few weeks back and kieron dyer was chasing the chipped pacman in there,i was in leigh delamare services at stupid o'clock a week or so ago and ommlette off the lee nelson show walked in lol

seen gavin and charlotte church a few times in leigh del, the big one for me was last new year when nicolas cage was in my local arcade, mental he spent new year in my shitty town.

This year in my local there has been Michael Caine, Peter Andre, Ian Rush, Sophie Anderton and Richard Hammond.

Out of them all, Sophie was the most fun to observe - she was completely nuts (she got barred for throwing bottles outside at other guests !!).

Ian was very accomodating to my Liverpool FC obsessed friend, and him and his entourage (3 other ex-Liverpool players from that era) graciously signed autographs for him.

tommya wrote:seen gavin and charlotte church a few times in leigh del, the big one for me was last new year when nicolas cage was in my local arcade, mental he spent new year in my shitty town.

He probably didn't want to here all the "You've let yourself go" comments since he porked out, and opted for the relative anonymity of a small town

mr lugsy wrote:

Glendale wrote:Bumped into the 80s midfield warrior johnny wark whilst doing a local machine and had a couple if beers with the hard drinking scot! Anyone else met a global superstar of this standard while doing machines?

two decades ago almost, me and a mate saw john wark in felixstowe pier once on a diamond derby,he got no5 in for 2 quid and my mate hustled him off it for the next credit favourite.


i sharked kieron dyer in the same arcade on a roller coaster also for a quick raise.

you mean the old horse racing game in seaside arcades? Me and my brother worked out how to empty that, I was about 10, he was 6! Yea we started young!

Sounds like keiron dyer is a bit of a serial
slotter then...I'm sure with his obscene wages and permanent injuries he has a lot of time and money on his hands!

Jo o'meara from sclub7 is apparently a s16 addict in her local
gala!