Superstar Speakers events
Read all reviews for Superstar Speakers events →
Kevin Keegan, please don't work with this company again
We attended "An Evening With Kevin Keegan" at Hotel Football on May 16th 2025. The venue wasn't great. The car park is not well signposted (it was only because we had an idea of the area and ignored the signs that we found it) The reception staff were giving everyone the wrong directions (she told us and multiple other guests to "go through the double doors n up in the lift to level 1" when you actually needed to go up in the lift first then through a set of double doors. It made our arrival and the lifts feel chaotic n crowded. No cloakroom facility available?? Waiting staff not very good. I'm not sure if they were assuming people on our table were together (there were 4 separate couples on our table) but they'd come over, ask 1 person if they'd like a drink n if that person said no they'd just walk off! We had to walk to the bar every time we wanted drinks. (They also do not serve original Pepsi, only diet/Max which wouldn't be so bad except they don't tell you if you ask for a Pepsi that they'll gives you n charge you for a Pepsi Max that you don't like/want.) The "meal" is not a full meal, just one course. It was OK but just a basic and bland plate of chicken n vegetables. We weren't expecting much from the food and we were still kinda disappointed. Then came the thing we were waiting for- Kevin Keegan. He was funny and self deprecating, telling some brilliant stories about his time rising up through the ranks and the changes he's seen throughout his career. It was thoroughly enjoyable even to someone who wasn't necessarily a big Kevin Keegan fan and we were looking forward to the Q&A. Unfortunately the organisers then held "the charity auction". Again, we were expecting this but it turned out to be nothing like we expected. Cue a stream of signed shirts, framed photos and (sorry but IMO very tacky!) merchandise that we were told was being auctioned off for a good cause (although that cause remained unspecified!) This wouldn't have been so bad but they would spend 10-15 minutes per item dragging bids out of half a dozen people in the room whilst everyone else was bored only to then say "sorry we haven't made enough for this to sell" Complete waste of time n made the whole thing seem really unprofessional. Also left the impression that this really wasn't being done in the interest of any charities. The auction went on so long both we and at least one other couple at our table left before the Q&A. The Australians we were sat next to got bored n we got hungry!