Brighton Rock Podcast

Further thoughts on the glorious win at Arsenal with Russ and Pete, the evening after the day before, plus a round-up of all the other latest including how punching people in the face is ok if you wear the ghastly combo of red and blue stripes! Stand or fall!   UTA! Aardvarks! @BrightonRockPod brightonrockpodcast@gmail.com Part of the Sport Social Podcast Network that can be found in all their glo...

What a glorious day! The sun was out, the sky was blue & white and The Seagulls were on song, as we only went and did it again! It’s now TWO wins at title-challengers Arsenal this season (League Cup and now Prem) as we exorcised our Dyche demons 👿 in some style by weathering a challenging first half to romp home 0-3 in Islington. An array of contributors gave their thoughts before and after, in b...

One of those days! All things aligned to make a perfect storm that rocked Albion on a crazy Bank Holiday Monday. Everton produced an impeccable performance and carried out their game plan to immaculate perfection to stun the Falmer faithful. We were Dyched!!! Pod Squad: Russ, Pete, Alan D Stand or fall!   UTA! The stick insect strikes again! @BrightonRockPod brightonrockpodcast@gmail.com Part of t...

Yes, on the Ep we celebrated Russell’s new concept, St. Nigel’s Day - the day upon which it became mathematically impossible for the great unwashed from Slumhurst to overtake us in the current season. May the 4th be with you lads (yes it was Star Wars Day too so something of a total eclipse of the heart one might say! However it was as good as done already thanks to a vastly superior goal differen...

Pete and Russ in the house reviewing a very happy day at The Amex, with Sheebo cameo! We’ve seen hat-tricks before but never a hat-trick of braces! It was a record breaking win for the Amex and for Albion as a top flight side. Happy, happy days! Stand or fall!   UTA! Record breakers!!! @BrightonRockPod brightonrockpodcast@gmail.com Part of the Sport Social Podcast Network that can be found in all...

Joining co-hosts Russ and Pete on the pod this week was Raymond “The Gent” Wright to reflect on Sunday’s disappointment and on the disastrous result from the City Ground on Wednesday night.  On the upside, new contracts were signed by two of Albion’s brightest young prospects this week and news emerged of an exciting new signing in the offing for this summer. There is also a summary of all the lat...

All the audio from The Pod Squad’s day out at Wembers, centred around the big meet up at Box Park with many, many friends old and new, old and young! 😄 Meet 3 Simons (two of them ‘new’, loads of the usual subjects and share in the misplaced hope of a happy conclusion! 🤡 Stand or fall!   UTA! Come on, City!!! @BrightonRockPod brightonrockpodcast@gmail.com Part of the Sport Social Podcast Network...

We were delighted to welcome back to the pod former Albion player Gordon Smith to recount stories from his time fondly spent at the club in the 1980s and of course to talk about that fateful cup run to Wembley in ‘83, on the occasion of a Wembley rematch against that year’s opponents Man U in this weekend’s Semi Final clash. We then spoke to Sanjay Bhandari, chair of Kick It Out and an avid Red De...

Russ on the prowl in West London with match day pals Andy K, Dunc L, Wedge, Courtney, Chaz and David T. ***WARNING*** This episode contains a duo of rather naughty ‘C’ Bombs in its first 90 seconds, courtesy of the academic known as Dr Knott! There’s also a bit of ‘f’ and ‘w’ action! Apologies to those of a more genteel disposition! Stand or fall!   UTA! Up yours, Boehl Bag!!! @BrightonRockPod bri...

Just the TWO wrongly disallowed goals, THREE stonewall penalties waved away and shameful escaping of a blatant red for Perisic’s out of control two-footed lunge (plus Hojbjerg committing multiple yellow card offences and getting away with them), but it’s all good because we had ANOTHER lovely apology for ONE of the 6 glaring and game-changing mistakes! 😡😡😡 In the Rant Squad for this calm and tr...

Yes it’s the Brentford match review with opinions from The Amex and our Monday review. Russ, Pete and Alan try to contain their sniggers after Graham Potter’s shock (😉) dismissal on Sunday, following a home defeat that put Boehl Bag’s buffoons into the bottom half of the table and a delightful 12 points from CL / 5 from the flourishing Seagulls, despite the latter thrice trailing the clinical fin...

As one of the biggest games of the season looms large on the horizon over Falmer, Russ welcomed Bees-supporting stalwart Dave “Laney” Lane from the Beesotted fanzine and podcast onto the pod for the first time to preview what promises to be a huge encounter on the Sussex coast with European places up for grabs. We discuss the season as a whole, Ivan Toney’s England debut, Albion players scoring fo...

And so to the FA Cup quarter-final and a meeting with copious numbers of Harry The Haddocks, as Albion welcomed Grimsby Town to the AMEX stadium for the big match. In this episode, Peter and Russell are joined by regular guest contributor Andy Bass (seems an appropriate surname for this episode, we have to say!) and making his debut, Mr Alistair Rapley esquire, as we reflected on our 5-0 win and t...

Further reflections on the good guys’ win over Crippled Phallus, general footy round-up and our big FA Cup preview featuring tournament expert Phil Annets. Russ and Pete in their regular Zoom seats for the duration. Stand or fall!   UTA! Leave the chips, Seagulls. Aim for them there Haddocks!!! @BrightonRockPod brightonrockpodcast@gmail.com Part of the Sport Social Podcast Network that can be foun...

The jinx is over! The dreary also rans that are Crippled Phallus finally get done by their natural superiors after a serious of previous injustices on the pitch in recent seasons. Albion prevailed and after a pre match chat to preview the game and cover the various other general talking points of the week, Russ and co were there to enjoy the taste of victory and to then give their post match thoug...

Does what it says on the tin. We further reflect on the West Ham game, look at the various bits of football news over the past week, including the utterly disgraceful decision by the BBC to censor free speech and preview the Leeds game. In short, we were brilliant, the BBC are the nation’s shame and UTA at Leeds! Stand or fall!   UTA! Standing with Gary Lineker 100% @BrightonRockPod brightonrockpo...

Peter and Russ down the pub post-SoL Paul Barber meeting, then our latest MDS featuring an array of shady characters including the presenters of not just one but TWO other podcasts! Roaring Together….sort of! Stand or fall!   UTA! Can’t touch this (team)! Hammer time! @BrightonRockPod brightonrockpodcast@gmail.com Part of the Sport Social Podcast Network that can be found in all their glory at thi...

It’s over to our northern-based, seagulls-supporting mates and to some dedicated travellers from the south, as Alastair, Nick, Alan, Clive and debutant Scott, give us their takes from up at Stoke on a cold and windy Tuesday night in the FA Cup. Stand or fall! UTA! Fergie time again! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Russ welcomed onto the pod Ryan and Tiffany, two Brighton-based members of the Hong Kong Seagulls to tell us their Albion backstories and thoughts on the club ahead of the Fulham game. We then gauge reaction at the match, after Fulham’s spoiling tactics and jammy smash and grab win, before jumping to Tuesday and a quick word with some of Russ’s old college mates of mixed affiliations to get their...

More chat about the latest VARce at Smellhurst, about Albion supportership and the Fan Advisory Board, in the company of debutants Clive Steed and Nigel Summers, both of FAB, amongst other things. All this talk took place on a tour of 3 of South London’s finest taverns, whereupon another visit South was cunningly conceived for future poddage and mischief-making! Stand or fall!   UTA! @BrightonRock...

And so to the worst ground in the Premier League once again for a regulation 1-1 draw! That’s four times in a row now, and while we’ve had the better of them in most of those recent visits, in terms of matchplay, we don’t think we’ve ever seen quite such a dominant performance by Albion. All the more galling and frustrating then to come away with only a share of the spoils. At least we weren’t sub...

Your regular co-hosting duo are back to rant about Real, Barca, Juve, Man City, Grouchy Pep, The Saudis, Leeds, Huddersfield, the on-going Albion transfer speculation circus - now onto Mitoma to Arsenal for £35m 😂😂😂 - and then a preview of the latest incarnation of the Scum v Good Guys rivalry this weekend! Stand or fall!   UTA! Hark now hear!… @BrightonRockPod brightonrockpodcast@gmail.com Par...

After a quick bit of opinion pre-match at Falmer from Saturday, Russell welcomed The Gent back to give his (just past) half term report on The Albion’s season, his thoughts on De Zerbi Ball, Caicedo and the transfer window, the controversy at Mancashter Sheiky and of course analysis of Saturday’s latest victory, achieved thanks to another late winner from the man of the day, Kaoru Mitoma, who was...

Lots of “weird flips on the usual” this week: we podded from a new venue, thus spawning the new temporary nickname of The Pembury Taverners; Matthew, who we had on before only on Zoom, joined us in person at the pub (as did Laurence and QPR-supporting debutant Ed); and The Albion turned down three bags of mega cash from PL heavyweights. There’s also plenty of chat about the wider window, Caicedo’s...

Al and Nick took over hosting duties for the latest match day special, in which the mighty Albion, despite an absence of a certain Mr Moisés Caicedo, still took the spoils as Albion made it back to back victories in a fortnight against the mighty Liverpool Football Club. Some of the familiar voices were back too, namely Duncan, IFP, Alan, Alison and Ahmed, plus Alison’s dad! Next on the Cup hitlis...