Alan Curbishley

The latest genus to earn a People With Jokes compendium, a smattering of football managers serve up a series of groaners in this one-off special, which features Graham Taylor, Alan Curbishley and Phil Brown trotting out zingers on behalf of Sport Relief. The gags may barely be schoolyard standard and about as entertaining as someone else's Championship manager anecdotes, but at least the blank background and crew laughter evoke memories of The Kenny Everett Video Show.

Mark Jones, The Guardian, 20th March 2014

Radio Times review

Inspired by the Old Jews Telling Jokes franchise, this no-frills parade of gags has so far delighted us with the amateur stylings of various vicars, Scousers and boffins. Now it's the turn of some football managers, in this one-off edition for Sport Relief.

Framed against a plain background, they rattle through their repertoires of zingers and groaners as the production crew laugh spontaneously off-camera. Some of them seem slightly self-conscious, but that merely adds to the charm.

Highlights include former West Ham manager Alan Curbishley's quick-fire pun about a sleepwalking nun, and a shaggy dog story from Luton Town's John Still that suggests he won't be invited to Buckingham Palace any time soon.

Paul Whitelaw, Radio Times, 20th March 2014