Brighton Rock Podcast

Russ and Pete were delighted to welcome Worthing FC chairman Barry Hunter onto the pod to discuss all things Rebels, including summer preps, prospects for the season and plans for the future. Barry is also a lifelong Albion fan so in part two he gave us his Albion backstory and thoughts on the ups and downs through the years and The Seagulls’ fantastic progress in recent times. Stand or fall! UTA!...

In The Pod Squad this week: Pete, Russ and Andy K, discussing the latest friendlies, news and rumours from Albion, the fans’ forum, exciting news about the new Shegulls stadium and a prestigious nomination for one of the new WSL recruits. Pete and Russ also regale us with tales of their FA Cup trip to Haywards Heath Town and there’s also a review of the League One / Two openers and a preview of Th...

Russ and Pete were joined once again by their favourite friend of the show, Phil Annets, to whet their tastebuds ahead of the Extra Preliminary Round of The FA Cup this weekend….yes it’s back ALREADY! Russ and Pete will be at Haywards Heath Town’s game vs Ashford United down in Sussex, but what else is on the menu up and down the country? Then in part 2, discussions moves to all things Albion for...

Plenty of transfer news to discuss, there’s the new kits, P*lace’s new home top (*snigger), the women’s Euros, the tragic Diogo Jota news, the FIFA Vanity Project Cup, spelling mistakes by chavlettes, the P*lace Europa demotion, sour grapes, more sour grapes and a mysteriously unloved email address. Stand or fall! UTA! Greatest injustice ever! ;) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoi...

Russ, The Gent, Gerry and Tony Brown all returned, this time joined by Will and Kirsty, to conclude our big summer review of the Albion squad and where we think there could and / or should be changes. There were low alcohol stouts with tap water chasers, power cuts and more besides, as the pod squad also discussed the latest from Albion and beyond, revelled in England’s progression in the Euro U21...

Russ welcomed back to the pod this week The Gent, Tony Brown and Berlin based Tony Boden, as well as welcoming onto the show for the first time radio presenter and FAB board member Gerry Brown for his BRP debut. In this, the first of a two-part mini series taking a detailed look at the current status of the squad as a whole, following the conclusion of the recent season, we look at goalkeepers, ce...

Andy Bass and Alan popped up to town for their first pubcast at the famous ‘home pub’ of the pod, The Gladstone Arms. Along with Glad veterans Pete and Russ, they talked through a packed agenda encompassing such topics as signings / potential signings, new contracts, stats and facts, managerial mayhem, FIFA-bashing, sell on clauses and the latest on the P*lace Europa fiasco. Learn more about your...

BBC Sussex’s finest Johnny Cantor joined a pod squad comprising Russ, Pete, Andy K and Richard to review Fabian H’s first season at Albion, where a second best placing in their history and a second best points total in the top flight were achieved, as well as some spectacular goals and some decent cup runs. Stand or fall! UTA! Onwards and upwards! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastcho...

Well Europe didn’t happen thanks to ManUre somehow beating Villa, with help from an appalling reffing cock-up and Forest bottling Champions League qualification…feats matching Man City’s pathetic showing in the FA Cup, but Albion themselves stood, not fell, securing 8th place and coming to within a point of their record PL points total to round off what most will consider a rather good season all...

In the pod squad this week were Russ, Pete, Alan and our latest debutant Lincoln Pigman, a self-described Johnny come lately who has timed his choosing of a football club with uncanny aplomb! The quartet discuss the felling of confirmed champs Liverpool in style on Monday night, thanks in (final) part due to one half of a cousin combo of subs: Jack Hinshelwood. The other half of that combo was (ev...

In the pod squad this week: Russ, Pete, Al and Andy K, to revel in another winning visit to Molineux. Also under discussion are Greek ‘gangsters’, owner-encroachment, booing legends, elbowing opponents, the player awards, a new set piece coach needed, the EFL playoffs so far and the chance to beat two different current champions in one season! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices...

Poor Pawson, penalty chaos, a (probably deserved) 1-1 score line, Minteh centre stage and a JPVH / Dunky double-chest down to the keeps!!! Yes it was an eventful afternoon down Falmer Way. Albion avoided conceding 2+ goals which was a pleasant novelty but saw themselves slip to 10th in the table, an unwanted side effect to the medicine Dr Brighton administered to Brentford a couple of weeks ago, w...

Russ, Andy Knott and The Gent, analysing how Albion managed to get back to winning ways, courtesy of better performances from the likes of Lewis, a welcome and very long-awaited first start in aeons for Solly, some good substitutions at (just!) the right time and three goals that included two absolute thunderbastards from messrs Yasin and Carlos. Stand or fall!   UTA!  Thunderbastards are go! @Bri...

Pete and Russ, plus Laurence, Ed, The Rebel Yell boys and some random fans featured, as the events on the final day of The National League South season unfolded. The Rebels needed a win plus three other results to go their way, while Enfield MIGHT have needed a point depending on whether their relegation rivals St Albans managed to get a win against one of Worthing’s promotion rivals Truro City. S...

Russ, Pete, Andy Bass, Chris and David T amongst those contributing as we covered a double bill of Worthing fixtures over the Easter bank holiday weekend from their visit to Eastbourne on the Friday and at home to Dorking on the Monday. Beers were had, draws were obtained and the chat was, as always, plentiful ! Stand or fall! UTA! UTR! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad...

Haven’t won at home all calendar year, you say? Not to worry, Dr. Brighton is here to remedy your ailments. They’ve recently cured Crystal P*lace’s century-long inability to do the double over The Albion AND found a miracle cure to Leicester City’s frankly pathetic scoring record these past 3/4 months. To talk you through Dr. Brighton’s marvellous medicinal methods is Russ, Pete, Duncan Lees, Jim...

Shambles. Not good enough. That is all! Stand or fall! UTA! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Pod Squad donned their Hazmats and endured the festering swamp that is Smellworst, helped to out sing the chavlettes and cronies in the home end (with Andy K starting a new song for good measure) until their luckily-deflected winner settled matters and then again for most of the rest of the half until it finally became apparent that the good guys weren’t going to be able to break down their lo...

Pete and Russ welcomed P*lace-supporting friend of the show Toby Kinder onto the pod to talk (as little as possible) about the mutually awful midweek disasters, to chat about the season as a whole and to look ahead to some obscure meaningless fixture we are hardly thinking about whatsoever taking place this weekend in a dreadful backwater of England’s bloated capital. Stand or fall!   UTA!  Get yo...

The pre-, during and post-match chat is all here from the brewery, bus, stadium and car ride home as Albion and Forest cancelled each other out, culminating in a shoot-out victory for the visitors. Featuring many of the usual suspects and a Forest fan too! Stand or fall!   UTA!  #concentrateontheleague @BrightonRockPod on BlueSky (and Twatter) brightonrockpodcast@gmail.com Part of the Sport Social...

Russ and Pete, chatting all things FA Cup with the doyen of cup facts, stats and trivia, Mr. Phil Annets of @FACupFactfile fame, as we look forward with anticipation to Albion’s latest Quarter Final appearance against Nottingham Forest this weekend. Stand or fall! UTA! Come on Fulham ;) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Russ & Pete welcomed Craig Clayton to the pod to tell us about his beloved Barnet FC’s plans to return to the local borough from relative exile in Edgware. Craig is part of the campaign group hoping to raise awareness and support for their bid to return home, with a site very close to their cherished ancestral home (now a school!) at Underhill being the location identified. As well as telling us h...

A stellar array of Albion friends were up in force on the occasion of the team’s first ever point at The Etihad (means The Union, apparently) and busily contributing to this bumper MDS episode. Debuts for Irish Seagull Jack, for Vicky Lees, Johnny Gresty (over from The States) and possibly also his nephew George (over from Oz) and also Rod from Hailsham and Marian from Eastbourne. Your insatiable...

This week we were delighted to welcome back to The BRP once again, football finance guru and spreadsheet devil Kieran Maguire to give us his assessment of Albion’s very favourable looking latest published accounts, showing another handsome profit. And it was a full ‘studio’ with Russ, Pete, Richards Holberton and Tipple AND our regular Fulham correspondent Emilio all in to also discuss the weekend...

Some of the usual suspects plus some of the more UNusual, taking in the atmosphere of the day, for a pod available on some of the usual platforms plus (maybe?!) some of the more UNusual. There was a glorious comeback win complete with last minute penalty alert, breaking a ridiculously long hoodoo, loads of singing on the usual (train) platform and some weird beer. Business as usual (and UNusual),...