Wanderers had a laugh at their own expense when they staged a bizarre banquet at a top Knutsford restaurant on Tuesday.

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The willingness of fun-loving chairman Phil Gartside and members of the Reebok football and admin staff to sit down to a dish of lamb's testicles and other "delicacies" was a public display of the team spirit that has been generated at the club.

Less public down the years has been the work Wanderers have done in the community even though requests for help and invitations for players to make appearances are rarely turned down.

That co-operation, which has not diminished since they hit the Premiership, is expected to be stepped up in the coming months with the squad intent on making its improved status and higher profile work more for the benefit of others.

"We know we are in a privileged role but we want to help less advantaged people in the community," said Dean Holdsworth, who was the architect of the zany forfeit scheme which will see Sam Allardyce, Phil Brown and a second wave of game-for-a-laugh staff dress in clowns' outfits and hit the town centre in a charity cash dash.

"We want to add to what we do already, provided we don't lose our composure and our focus, which must always be about playing football. That's the most important thing.

"But we will never lose sight of the fact that the fans are a big help to us.

"If they play their part and we play our part on the pitch, we can make sure they go home with big smiles on their faces."