Brighton Rock Podcast

Dick Knight Box Set Part 3/4. In this episode we welcome club legend Dick Knight back onto the pod for another conversation talking about Dick’s time running the club during the Withdean years. There’s many a tale to tell including how Dick persuaded some higher profile managers in and how Albion managed to get Bobby Z down to dear ole Withers and ‘turn’ him into a striker! Stand or fall!   UTA! V...

Russ, Peter and Andy (of the Bass variety) chewing the fat of the Spuds game while they work their way through Clapton Beer’s micro pub charms (in Stroud Green, don’t you know) ahead of the Potters Bar v Worthing match just to the north east of The Smoke. Listen out for WFC’s AwayBoys in action, we chat to Brad of that parish (and Albion’s), and to Worthing boss and former Albion CB Adam Hinshelwo...

Russell invited his neighbour Mike Cotton down the local cafe for a coffee and a chinwag to talk about his lifelong love of his hometown club Spurs, his career as a musician working with and rubbing shoulders with some huge names of the industry and giving his not-so-confident thoughts on his team’s looming clash with The (win-overdue) Albion. Stand or fall!   UTA! @BrightonRockPod brightonrockpod...

A two part pod this time, with some of the usual suspects down the pub post match, then a two-hander on Zoom with your resident hosts, describing how against all odds ;) we lost a game of football in early 2022! Stand or fall!   UTA! @BrightonRockPod brightonrockpodcast@gmail.com Part of the Sport Social Podcast Network that can be found in all their glory at this rather suitable address: www.spor...

In this mini episode, Russ and Pete spoke to Harriet Prior from The Anfield Wrap ahead of The Reds visit to Brighty this weekend. Harriet talks about her Liverpool-supporting backstory, how it’s been in her time up in that great footballing city since joining The Wrap and what her thoughts are on the big game. We only briefly and gently mentioned relegation battlers Everton in passing ;) Stand or...

With Russ moonlighting at the Sussex derby at The Pan Siro (The Dripping Pan), Manchester’s finest, Alastair, took up the reigns to bring all the talk and atmos’ from Albion’s long trip north to face Britain’s now least palatable club at St James’ Park. At least the Geordies Al spoke to were as friendly a bunch as always so fair play to them. Stand or fall!   UTA! Down with sportswashing! @Brighto...

It’s back in The Zoom Room for a post match review pod featuring Russ, Peter and Andy K. After hearing the matchday thoughts from some usual suspects including a welcome return to the UK and the pod for Basel based Tipsy Tim Palmer, Peter, Russ and Andy dissect Albion’s frustrating performance in more detail before looking at senior team development in general this season and glancing at the loan...

After the pain and frustration of a dreary failure against Bogey Boys Burnley FC, we need cheering up, so it’s time for the second part of our initial conversation with club prez and all round Albion legend (should be Sir) Dick Knight. In this part, Dick covers B*ll Arch*r, helpful David Davies and his less helpful colleagues at the FA, an outrageous bond requirement, Martin Perry, prising control...

A combo episode this time incorporating our latest Fanzine Special with the Burnley Matchday Special. Russ met the creator and the co-editors of the recently started Dogma Fanzine, a publication of high production quality dedicated to the subject of Albion fan culture, celebrating all the quirks of the great city of Brighton & Hove and looking at football culture in general. It’s great and they we...

Our friends in the north, Alastair and Nick, provide their views from Old Trafford as Albion were robbed of the best chance of a deserved result due to VAR’s re-writing of reality to ManUre’s benefit, pressuring ref Peter Bankes into sending off Lewis Dunk. So it’s a case of same sh*t, different day for the good guys! Russ then popped on to have a mega rant! Stand or fall!   UTA! Down with conscio...

The Matchday posse were on the loose again, this time in sunny-ish Hertfordshire, to witness Lewis Dunk’s 350th Albion appearance, a clean sheet and another win on the road as Albion extended their unbeaten PL run to a new record 7th game. What’s more they’ve still only lost one game on the road all season in the league. Russ, Dunc, Andy K, Alan, Simon T (giggling away!), Wedge, Ian, Courtney, Ahm...

The BRP has reached an epic milestone with this, it’s 200th episode. To celebrate this event, regular co-hosts Russell Guiver and Peter Marsh invited onto the pod a genuine club legend and club saviour: the one, the only, Mr (should be Sir, really!) Dick Knight. In this first episode we talked through Dick’s early days becoming an Albion fan, listing his team heroes, favourite memories of those ea...

It’s the Noisy Boys making all the noise. A sizeable posse of repBEERobates assembled pre match to impart their words of wisdom (most predicting an Albion win (hmm)). There were pod debuts aplenty in the form of Wedge, Brian The Geordie Seagull and some gloating Spuds fan in corporate, but it was not to be for the beautiful team this time, exiting this year’s competition courtesy of a 3-1 defeat i...

FA Cup expert Phil Annets joins the boys once again to impart some stats and trivia ahead of the big 4th Rd weekend which, amongst other things, sees The Albion make the trip to The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, looking for their first win at Spuds’ glorious new home. Follow Phil @FACupFactfile and buy his excellent book celebrating this 150th year of the FA Cup at facupfactfile.co.uk/shop using PayP...

So another transfer window ends and Albion have been busy. Pete, Russ and The Gent take a deep dive into the ins and outs, plus there’s a reflection on Paul Barber’s online fans’ forum event. Stand or fall! UTA! Watch out for slamming windows!@BrightonRockPodbrightonrockpodcast@gmail.comPart of the Sport Social Podcast Network that can be found in all their glory at this rather suitable address:ww...

Russ and Pete welcomed Raymond The Gent back to discuss an extraordinary turn of events at the weekend. Albion went one down and then came back to draw 1-1. Yes, yes, we know. It’s utterly fanciful stuff but it’s true we tell ya! Really, it is, honest! Oh and Watford sacked their coach again. Next you’ll be telling us night follows day follows night! Ha! As if! Yes it’s the weekend when we brought...

Peter returned to the pod after a short break away to link up with Russ, travel down to Worthing for one or two beers *cough cough and to take in a game at Woodside Road, along with friends of the show Andy Bass and The Rebel Yell Live boys. And guess what. They uncovered a new phenomenon - the 1-1 draw! ;)Stand or fall! UTA! Up The Rebels!@BrightonRockPodbrightonrockpodcast@gmail.comPart of the S...

Russ is joined by John Orchard, Alison Nicolle, our talisman Ahmed and then in the stadium by John again and by Kevin Botting, to make their predictions, analyse the action as it’s unfolding, talk about gnomes & man bras and to summarise the match. We also welcomed Steve the Chelsea fan onto the pod on the North Concourse post-match to provide the opposition view. Stand or fall! UTA! Pop it!@Brigh...

A Matchday Special of sorts, with all the build up pre-match from the pub, the station, the train and the stadium approaching kick-off in Part One of the pod. (You may be astonished to discover that once again some naughty, naughty language has abounded on this segment! Also some suspicious slurring which led to a lack of in-match podcasting!)In Part Two, Russ is joined by Andys Bass and Knott to...

It’s Brighton / P*lace time! It’s not a derby, it’s a rivalry!!! Quit your branding efforts, Media! In this precursive chat ahead of the big kick off, we invited the opposition on again to get a feel for the mood in the run up to Friday. On this occasion Russ was delighted to welcome on Amy Latter, a life long P*lace fan (boo, hiss), former Selhurst Park cheerleader (hooray!) and now mother to a l...

Russ is joined by Andy Bass, who went up to The Hawthorns for Albion’s ET victory in the Cup. Andy describes a grand day out and how the players’ quality and team’s strength in depth told in the end. We also hear from North West pod squadders Alastair and Nick with their match live musings from Saturday. There’s also a look at the other highlights of 3rd Rd weekend as Despotivo Utd came a cropper...

In this bumper episode, Russ and Pete welcomed yet another debutante to the pod in the shape of Scott McCarthy, lifelong Albion fan and writer on BHAFC matters for WeAreBrighton.com since 2009 and contributor to various national football media outlets including 90min.comScott gives us his Albion story, describes the genesis of WeAreBrighton and his other football writing developments, reveals his...

In this episode we brought on Sheebo for his debut (unless you count a previous incident of drunken singing in the pub at Brentford away!) to tell us his Albion story and his opinions on the recent Chelsea trip. We then welcomed back to the pod the Greater Manchester massive of Nick and Alastair to give us their first hand accounts of Albion’s magnificent first ever victory at Goodison Park, where...

In this final episode of 2021, we have for you our latest matchday special recorded before and during the match at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday* and then further analysis from the comfort of his own home (complete with washing machine background noise at one point!) from Russell G. There are also reflections on the year just gone and a preview of the Everton match kicking off this Sunday. Thanks t...

Glad tidings and compliments of the (football) season to all our listeners. This 187th episode sees host RG welcome back friend of the show Robin Woolley to the Zoom Room. Under discussion this festivus is the splendid 2-0 win (and double-doing completion) over Brentford on Boxing Day, prospective transfer targets and possible loan movements each way, a possible revision of ticketing policy, Newca...