Saw that Bruce. Great idea but my recollection of Darleys Beer is a very sore head when I started tasting it as an apprentice at Dunstans shipyard in Thorne. Apparently it was a totaly different drink if you went on a brewery trip to the crap that was sold in the Red Bear, Green Dragon, White Hart. Winning Post, etc. I may even buy a few shares after ive had a tipple.

You might be interested in an upcoming Meet the Brewer night at the Bluecoat in Rotherham featuring the Thorne Brewery! I would like to think I planted the seed in the manager's mind. I will let you know the date if any of you are interested, as soon as it is confirmed.

Bottles last night ... a few old favourites, Abbot Reserve, Wychwood Hobgoblin, Thwaites Liberation and Lancaster Bomber plus two more from the Barnsley Beer Company ...

Shut Thi Gob 5.1% (a Strong Brown Ale)
Owd Tyke 4.6% (a Ruby Red Ale)

slight preference was for the 'Ruby Red'.

Last time we played Swinton Lions, we popped into a Holts House only about a mile from Sedgley Park. Been trying to work out its name this morning and I think it must have been the Eagle and Child, Higher Lane, Whitefield M45 7EY.

They also do food.

RL Fans has a policy on thread sizes which states that they should be locked at the 1,000-post mark.

So we'll comply, lock this one and start up another.