Brighton Rock Podcast

We had the very great pleasure of welcoming a true Albion legend to the pod, in fact probably The Albion’s best ever player to date. He was at the heart of our rise to the top flight in ‘79 and was a rock at the back in our formative years at England’s top football table. After shining with his dazzling breaks from the back as a roving central defender in his time at The Goldstone he stepped on to...

In this midweek bonus episode Russell caught up with friend of the show John Gibbons from Liverpool’s foremost podcast The Anfield Wrap to give his take on the season so far, injuries, their recent return to form and to preview the big kick off at Anfield.@brightonrockpodBrightonrockpodcast@gmail.comSponsors SoL (see www.seagullsoverlondon.com for membership details)Stand or fall! UTA! Into the li...

Yes it was all about 3s this weekend:- 3 good results in our favour (Sheff Utd losing, WBA and Fulham drawing with each other and us beating Spuds!- 3 points well won- 3 wins in 4- 3 clean sheets in a row- 3 successive defeats at the Amex for Jose and- the last 3 home league wins come in 3 different seasons! We (Russ, Pete, Richard H and Andy Bass) take a look back, with relish, at a magnificent p...

Pete and Russ were delighted to welcome back to the pod footy finance go-to guy and Albion fanatic Kieran Maguire to go through the connotations of this week’s published 19/20 Albion accounts and tell us what it all means! Plus we review the latest regulation home league draw - this time v Fulham - and look at the week’s footy news and the upcoming clash with the Kaneless Spuds of Tottinghamshire!...

A home win!! Whoo hooo! Now if we could just repeat that on Wednesday in The Prem please! Yes the squad (Russ, Pete and Andy K) are back to give their verdicts on the Blackpool cup win and to preview the big match v Fulham this midweek. Also there’s football world records to debate, P*lace sneering to be done and of course big news on the goalkeeping front to discuss as Maty Ryan departed on loan...

In this midweek special Russ & Andy B were delighted to catch up with BBC Radio Sussex commentator Johnny Cantor to get his take on the season so far, what or who has caught his eye during Albion’s first half of season and how he sees us shaping up as we prepare to embark on the concluding half of the campaign. Stand or fall! UTA! Onwards and upwards!!!@brightonrockpodBrightonrockpodcast@gmail.com...

In this week’s pod squad are Pete, Russ and Richard (though the latter only lasted til half time!) as we grinned our way - cheesily - through our match report of the Leeds win (yes we’ve won a game...a real one!!) and peruse the news, including paragliding fireworks, goalscoring goalkeepers and the latest transfer news. Sponsored by our trusty pals Seagulls Over London found readily at:www.seagull...

In the pod squad this week: Russ, Peter, Andy K and making his return, Manchester’s finest Alastair Jones, to digest a creditable but ultimately fruitless performance at The Etihad. In Part 2 we are joined by Kevin Nelson of the Maine Road Ramble pod to give the opposition perspective and to reassure us of our survival this season! @brightonrockpodBrightonrockpodcast@gmail.comSponsored by those ca...

The second part of our chat with club legend Nobby Horton, in which we chart his management career, talk Priestfield, The Amex, David Pleat’s shoes, his favourite moments in the game, some funny stories and then there’s the matter of his recently published autobiography Two Thousand Games: A Life In Football.@brightonrockpodBrightonrockpodcast@gmail.comSponsored by the upstanding Seagulls Over Lon...

Andy B, Russ and Pete were delighted to start the second year of the podcast off with an absolute bang as we were joined for a chinwag by Albion legend Brian Horton, the man who captained the side to 2 glorious promotions in 3 years in the late 70s, culminating in our first ever stint in England’s top flight and many happy days including a 3-0 drubbing of P*lace and that oh so famous promotion-cli...

100 up and 1 year old!!! All in the same week too! To celebrate we welcomed back one of our favourite guests from the past year: sportswriter, journalist and all round good guy Spencer Vignes to talk Martians from space, sticking with Graham P’, name-dropping, Hippo The Hypocrite, overblown man-child morons inciting riots, Colin for The White House?, ‘second’ teams, Covid, welcoming Percy Tau, sno...

Blue skies. Wispy clouds. What better time than now for a quick catch up and a natter with The Gent, Raymond Wright. In discussion: his views on the season so far, what we need to resolve on the pitch and which moves we should make to have the winter sun shine on Albion’s fortunes going forward in the crucial upcoming weeks. Also rather conveniently, while recording, we heard word from Graham P’s...

It’s back to a good ole-fashioned two-hander this time with Peter and Russ aka The Pod Couple mulling over Albion’s first match of 2021 - a high scorer with positive vibes v Wolves, who in tribute to the army of Portuguese players in their ranks decided to turn up in the Portugal home kit! We also have a final whinge at that caddish bounder known as 2020 and through some nifty footwork, make space...

The concluding half of our New Year chat, with reflections on 2020 as a whole and the features of that year both good and bad. Plus a special new year’s mini quiz! Sponsors: Seagulls Over LondonFor details: www.seagullsoverlondon.comContact the show @brightonrockpod on Twitter or via our email:brightonrockpodcast@gmail.comStand or fall! UTA! And Happy New Year! Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

Russ, Pete, Andy K & Richard are in the starting line up as we welcome in the new year with a reflection on recent events on and off the pitch, preview the Wolves game and let Peter vent his ire on those lively Leeds fans (I know, I’m as shocked as you are that he’s felt the need to have a go at them! 😜)Sponsors: Seagulls Over Londonwww.seagullsoverlondon.com for enquiriesContact the show on Twit...

We were going to swap ourselves out in favour of the lost and forgotten this week in tribute to Graham Potter’s first team selection but given the result thought better of it so we’ve settled for regulars Russell, Peter and Andy B, plus Arsenal fan Jason, who pops back in for a metaphorical cuppa and a chinwag and to give his view on the game and Albion’s prospects. And we speculate on what’s need...

Points dropped on the road again, we review a frustrating outcome in the capital but with games coming think and fast it’s on to another London affair as Arsenal travel to The Amex. We welcome back Jason Saunders, a Gooner of distinction, to cast an eye over recent matches and his side’s prospects against their bogey side Albion. Cliche of the Week: Bogey team! Sponsors? SoL! A merry bunch and not...

Roasting their chestnuts and decking their halls on this Christmas Special are Russ, Peter, Andy B and - with a warm welcome back - the returning Richard Holberton, to reflect on Albion’s current status, highlight the transfer needs this coming month and preview the looming visit to Sham - a more challenging fixture perhaps than in past seasons. Sponsorship? Why, Seagulls Over London of course!www...

Well, we didn’t lose! So that’s something I suppose. Andys B & K joined Russ and Pete to weigh up the factors affecting the Potterometer as the tide of opinion starts to shift against the Albion coach. There’s also a nod to last week’s guest Kevin Day, praise for BBC Sunday night drama and great use of the word ‘inculcate’ amongst other barrel scraping credentials! Sponsors? Well Seagullls Over Lo...

In this second hour with Kevin, we got onto the subject of his career in stand-up, writing for TV and his new found fame as co-star of The Price Of Football podcast, with Albion’s own Kieran Maguire. And then 35 mins after his “really must go by” time had elapsed we finally let him go off to ruin his wife’s peaceful and quiet evening!!!And by God were we happy to have had him on the pod on the Fri...

Time for a special! We once asked comedian and P*lace fan Kevin Day if there was any chance he’d come on our Albion podcast in the run up to the last derby match and he succinctly replied “none whatsoever!”. However, by means of an entirely unrelated bet he’d made with someone and by our shameless opportunism, we managed to persuade him to come on and speak with the ‘enemy’ - at a safe distance fr...

Pete, Andy B & Russell makes three but Albion’s away day crew at The Cottage couldn’t make three (points) of their own as it ended goalless by The Thames, keeping the nerves jangling. Sponsored by www.seagullsoverlondon.comContact the show by Twitter @brightonrockpod or by email brightonrockpodcast@gmail.comStand or Fall! UTA! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In Part 1 of this episode, Peter, Russ and Andy B discussed the thorough Rodgering endured at Leicester. In Part 2 they were delighted to welcome Fulham bloggers Jacqui and Lorraine aboard to preview the big kick off on Wednesday night at The Cottage and then...In Part 3 the five of them cast a quick glance at some of the week’s other footy stories for good measure. This week’s Cliche Of The Week...

Russ & Robin were delighted to be joined by acclaimed sports writer and staunch Albion fan Nick Szczepanik to tell us his Albion backstory, reflect on his career highlights to date, his excellent book Brighton Up (2017) and to cast a cursory glance at our encounter with Saints on Monday night. We are sponsored by Seagulls Over London. Look them up for membership and events info at www.seagullsover...

Russ & Pete are joined by one of the nicest guys in footy supporterdom! Saints fan (but also champion of the little clubs) Mat Guy, to preview the big kick off - in front of real fans! - at The Amex on Monday night and to explain how he came to travel to such random corners of the country as Accrington, Darlington and ‘Exeter on a Tuesday night!’ to watch games NOT involving his beloved Saints and...