Brighton Rock Podcast

With Albion again resting their worried bones this midweek (we are only just getting used to not having weekday games to review this lockdown!), we took the opportunity to speak to lifelong Albion fan, since his schooldays in the 60s, Ken Sharp. A fine chap, Ken tells us when and how he got into following the team, his early memories of big crowds and an alarmingly big defeat, a winning ticket, mo...

It all started so well (the Leicester game that is, not the substandard pun-laced intro to this pod). But in the end it was peak Albion as we gave away yet another lead, failed to score more than one again, switched off at key moments to clinically-punished effect, screwed up the subs and conceded a late winner. Ah such cosy familiarity! On the upside, at least our players aren’t calling Graham a...

In a midweek extra we invited mother and daughter combo Margaret Wallis and Hannah Kowszun to make their BRP debuts and tell us about their Albion backstories, including how they’ve both somehow managed to get in trouble with the club (sorry Margaret, I know you’ll be cringing reading this!!!), how they’ve both managed to find non-football-loving men as partners and what they’ve made of the season...

In this week’s Pod Squad to discuss BHAFC’s 0-1 defeat at WBA are Russell Guiver, Peter Marsh, Robin Woolley & Richard Holberton. Another bad day for The Seagulls as Lee Mason demonstrated his refereeing ‘prowess’ with a shambolic farce of a mess to help Brighton on their way to another harmful defeat. The boys did their bit too by adding to their proud frame-of-goal strike rate in missing not one...

This week’s Pod Squad (Russ, Andy Bravery and Pete) had the great pleasure of welcoming to The BRP Albion’s 80s wing wizard Steve Penney, who talks us through his formative years in Ballymena, NI, his whirlwind move to England’s south coast, his years under messrs Cattlin, Mullers and Lloyd, struggles with injuries and them there’s that famous mullet! We also touch on the week’s footy topics, disa...

Well I suppose we have to talk about it! That outrageous travesty! That floodlight robbery...in THAT game of all games!!! We must warn you that a swear word sneaked out. Yes, we were that angry and frustrated...but it’s good to talk and we certainly tend to do a lot of that ALL the time ;)So help exorcise your own derby demons by listening to this here podcast episode, which analyses where it all...

Richard Tipple made his BRP debut this week to divulge his Albion credentials in the company of Andys Bravery and Bass, plus of course team captains Russ and Pete. We cover the Villa game, invent the nickname “Roller” for Joel Veltman, predict a resurrection and look wistfully back to days of Withdean past, as well as sneering at P*lace. All in a day’s Zooming! Stand or fall! UTA! And Slippery Jac...

Russ, Pete and Andy (of the Bravery variety) in the starting line up for FA Cup assessment duty, as a late, late concession settled matters in Lineker country on Wednesday night. We’ll catch up with the good, the bad and the decidedly ugly of this week’s wider football news and look ahead to our latest showdown vs a nemesis...mini shin pad man himself Slippery Jack Grealish. Cliche of the day: see...

As normal service resumed at Turf Moor, we reflect on a typical encounter against The Gravel-Voiced One’s charges in the company of Andy Bass and also, we are delighted to say, our latest debutant Jon Bradshaw, better known Twitterspherically speaking as that dandy wordsmith The Brighton Bard. Jon talks us through the comedies, tragedies and history of his Albion affiliation and all the sweet, swe...

Struggling to get results, eh?! We really don’t know what you mean. Yes, it was another regulation win against the big boys 😏 as we inflicted LFC’s first ever home league defeat in a Mo Salah-featured starting 11 and it was thoroughly deserved - just like the Spuds 🥔 game. Andy K linked up well with the front two of Pete and Russ to cause problems for the opposition but who’s claiming the winnin...

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...