Brighton Rock Podcast

In this episode, Peter and RG reflect on the Everton defeat and the fact that it is “another transfer window, another failure to sign a striker (oven ready!)“. Yes the transfer window has been SLAMMED shut, as aggressively as always (apparently!) and the club HAVE made some signings…just not that elusive first team ready striker we’ve craved these past few months. The chaps discuss how painfully e...

RG and chums work their way through the bar at The Shakespeare’s Head in Brighty, then get on the noisy carriage to Falmer and finally lament their first defeat of the season (at the 4th attempt) ;0) in this bonus episode. Stand or fall! UTA! Still 6 clear of Arsenal!!!@BrightonRockPodbrightonrockpodcast@gmail.comPart of the Sport Social Podcast Network that can be found in all their glory at this...

The boys are joined in this week’s pod squad by Richard Holberton, Andy Knott and Raymond “The Gent” Wright to discuss the Watford win, getting into The Amex, Garth Crooks’ invaluable football knowledge *rolls eyes!, the Cardiff line up, footy news and other general ramblings. Then Russ sidles back in creepily at the end to add the Cardiff review and plenty more transfer news and rumours for good...

Ooooo to be back in dear ole Brighty and in particular at The Amex, as Albion continued their winning start to the season vs The Hornets. This little bonus episode captured the intoxicating nature of our pre-match gathering at The Caxton, half time thoughts and a quick chat after the final whistle. Main review show to follow later this week. Stand or fall! UTA! Champions League, here we come ;0)@B...

Yes! Get in you absolute beauties. Albion were off to a flyer on Saturday with a come-from-behind 1-2 win at Burnley. In this rather bumper episode (there’s no separate preview pod this week) we welcome our latest debutant to the show, long term Albion fan and Seagulls Over London member Phil Breese, who talks Angmering, the ‘83 cup run, twelve years a slave to the Withdean weather and more! Also,...

Happy 50th to Russ and Happy 10th to The Amex (in terms of competitive football).Andy Bravery joins Russ to reflect on the best of our glorious stadium’s first decade in the sun, to catch up on the latest Albion & general football news and to preview the season - in particular the Burnley game this weekend. Also on the Burnley match, Russ caught up with Lancs Live football writer Alex James to tak...

Two blokes, two chicken tikka pies and copious amounts of beer, yes it’s the BRP again! On this week’s episode, our 155th, the undynamic duo talk through the latest news from The Albion and beyond, criticise various authorities football and otherwise, debate if the Brazilian police are eavesdropping on us and cast our eyes over the runners and riders for the forthcoming season in each division. St...

In this week’s slimline episode, Russ and Pete bring Albion news up to date, then Russ pops up his local non-league ground with fellow Albion fan Simon Tipple, who was visiting, to get his thoughts on Albion’s end of season and his predictions for the forthcoming campaign..The friendly finished Enfield Town 1-4 Boreham Wood, by the way. Stand or fall! UTA! The Man City game, Peter, the Man City ga...

All the latest Albion news for the week including the signing of a player even taller than BDB, the departure of Ali J and the pending deal for England international Ben White to Arsenal, discussed down the pub by your regular pod wafflers Pete and Russ. Plus Pete’s fiancé marvels at Graham Potter’s beard and we talk Cox and Arce! Oh and there’s a small amount of SWEARING so watch out if you are o...

In this epic episode, Russ & Pete are back at the pub for the last of their Euros specials, detailing the concluding 3 games of the tournament, the shameful aspects that tarnished Sunday’s Final, England’s latest penalty heartache, hypocritical politicians - as if there’s another type! - and ranting about racist morons (again!). All that, however, comes only after we round up the very busy transfe...

It’s Russ, Andy Bass, Andy Knott and a fleeting cameo from Robin Woolley in this week’s pod squad as the QFs are discussed, the new Albion signings are observed with hungry anticipation and a cursory glance is flicked in the general football world’s direction as, amongst other things, Crippled Phallus appoint their 135th choice manager with several seconds of the summer still remaining. Stand or f...

It’s our 150th episode, which we’d forgotten while recording on the night, but WHAT a night it was, with England beating the Germans in a knockout tournament match - yes, really!!!Pete and Russ sum up all the results from the competition and its key moments from the games since England last played (their final group game) through to the 2nd Rd / Last 16 completion on Tuesday night. There’s another...

It’s back to The Glad for our second Euro 2020 (in 2021!) episode, in which Russ, Peter and Andy Bravery met up to chew the fat over the second round of European games (there or thereabouts), in the company of Peter’s friend Lau/wrence(?)We cover all the latest news regarding The Albion, football news in general and the European Championships in particular, including how we think England will fare...

In this episode, we invited onto the show our Canadian friend Bradley Sullivan, known as “Sully”, who told us how he got into the Albion many years ago, about his affection for Guy Butters, Anthony Knockaert and Glenn Murray, what he thinks of the current incarnation of the club and he also gives us his take on the Euros so far, as we review the first round of matches in the group stage. Also talk...

In the second part of our pubcast chat from midweek, Pete and Russ took up the subject of the Premier League as a whole and who did comparatively well / badly. We also take a look at the forthcoming Euros tournament for which Albion’s own Ben White is in the England 26, announced our Player & Young Player Of The Season, discussed whether Pete‘s cat Bernie should be in the England squad, how handso...

The dastardly duo also known as co-hosts Russ and Pete were reunited at The Gladstone for the first time in nearly a year, to relive the Albion’s high and lows over a pint or ten and of course a chicken tikka pie each! Scrumptious!!! Cheers everyone! WARNING: THIS POD CONTAINS SOME MEDIUM SPICY SWEARING, IT’S ALL PETER’S FAULT!Stand or fall! UTA! Mmmmmm, pies!@BrightonRockPodbrightonrockpodcast@gm...

In this bumper episode Russ, Pete and Andy (of the Knott variety) are joined by pod squad debutant Steve Ferris, an Albion fan who’s the man in the middle, the bast....er, actually very much gentleman in the black and the proud owner of THAT match worn Will Buckley shirt. We bid an extremely fond farewell to absolute legend of The Albion Glenn Murray esq, talk Ben White for England, various men fo...

Andy Naylor joined Russ, Pete and Andy Bravery to talk us through his years covering The Albion from the Goldstone days of the mid-80s through to the delights of The Amex and the Premier League and his thoughts on the current incarnation of the team and club as a whole. There’s also half time oranges and as brief a chat about The Arsenal game as we could muster! Learn more about your ad choices. V...

Pete and Russ let Gooner Matthew Mattioli loose on a Zoom call to talk about all things Arsenal, including the Dirty Dozen ‘Super’ League, having a Partey, entitlement, how disagreeable Man Utd fans are, his love of Spurs and drinking pints of muddy water at The Evening Star in Dear Ole Brighty. He also makes the fatal mistake of trying to out-reverse-jinx us in the big match preview predictions....

Albion came up trumps, FINALLY toppling ‘The Cityzens’ (3-2) in an emotional and dramatic night down in dear ole Brighty.5 goals were scored in total by the teams on Tuesday, so 5 guys tried to hit the target in this week’s pod squad: Russ, Pete, Andy K, Andy B and Richard. BDB spindled his way to glory with the comeback-completing third goal as Albion bossed possession like no-one has done to a P...

Pete and Russ were rejoined by Albion podcaster and blogger Charlie Haffenden to preview the game between the world’s best team and Man City! ;)Russ also caught up with Man City match day presenter and staunch City fan Natalie Pike, to talk her love for her club, the wonderland that fans are currently experiencing and how the team for the game is anyone’s guess. She also wistfully reminisces about...

Pete and Russ were joined by young podcaster, blogger and budding journo Charlie Haffenden, to tell us how and when he became an Albion fan, how his Amex era love affair with the club is such that even 0-5 defeats to Bournemouth don’t hurt TOO much, how he enjoyed the charity livestream event a couple of months ago...complete with Lawro’s unwitting habit for drifting out of frame on Zoom!...and ho...

With lots of football news afoot, Russell felt the need to come back out to play. In this short pod extra he sums up news from Fulham, Tranmere, Sheff Utd, Swindon, Albion and Italy, amongst others and looks ahead to the Wet Sham game! Stand or fall! UTA!@BrightonRockPodbrightonrockpodcast@gmail.comPart of the Sport Social Podcast Network that can be found in all their glory at this rather suitabl...

With just one week to go until cinemas are open again (whoo hoo!!!) we invited an excited writer, podcaster, cinema owner (and idiot according to him!) in the shape of Picture House, Uckfield’s Kevin Markwick onto the pod to tell us of his love of cinema,The Albion and talking! There’s mention of Lord Lucan, that Albion legend he likes, oh whatsisname?!, Bobby something, liking Woody Allen films i...

In this pod extra, Russ, Andy Bass, Jack and Pete had the pleasure of Albion academy graduate Danny Cashman’s company to discuss his 8 years with the club and the dawn of a new pathway after the announcement of his departure from the club for pastures new recently. And he said he can’t promise anything in the way of restraint if he scores a late winner against us in the future! ;)We also preview S...