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 hitlist: Stoke City! Stand or fall! UTA! Can we do it in a cold midweek evening in Stoke?! @BrightonRockPo...
Jan 31, 2023•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Another bumper episode as the boys had PLENTY to talk about re: not only the Leicester game, but also transfers, sackings, controversy galore and the latest on Moises Caicedo and the Chelsea stalkers!….and all this recorded before Arsenal made a low bid and Moises handed in a transfer request!!! We’ll talk about that next time! Stand or fall! UTA! F*** off Chelsea…again!!! @BrightonRockPod brightonrockpodcast@gmail.com Part of the Sport Social Podcast Network that can be found in all their glory...
Jan 28, 2023•2 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this bumper episode, justifiable for the pure glory of our scintillating win on Saturday, Russ and Pete co-hosted a strong Pod Squad comprising Andy Bass, Andy Bravery and Alan Dodd. Plenty was said on the magnificence of the performance at the weekend, on the transformative qualities of Roberto De Zerbi and on the fact that as Andy Bass said, “we are just so good it’s ridiculous!”. As well as commenting on the match, the guys reflected on Leandro Trossard‘s absence from the club and his seem...
Jan 17, 2023•2 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this latest episode, a general catch up including Robin’s thoughts on his first-hand witnessing of the thrashing of Boro, or Middlesborg as RDZ likes to call it! and a welcome to another debutant, Russell’s Film Fives https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/film-fives/id1554601490 cohort Phil Newman esq. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 14, 2023•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guest host Alastair and fellow Greater Manchester based Seagulls Nick and Dom provide the coverage as Albion roasted the turkeys that currently seem to be Everton, maintaining the team’s excellent away form. Kaoru, Evan and Pascal were again amongst the scorers as we romped to victory on another milestone night. The only disappointment came in conceding a late pen, a mistake which Spurs however DID avoid as they ran out 0-4 winners at Selhurst the following day 😉 Stand or fall! UTA! I bloody lo...
Jan 05, 2023•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, regular hosts Russ and Pete get together on Zoom to review the Saints game and reflect on other matters, such as the Charlton ticket fiasco, The World Cup, the appointment of a new women’s coach at The Albion, how our loanees are getting on and in the episode’s epilogue, reflect on the sad passing of a titan of the game, and possibly its finest ever player, Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, a.k.a Pelé. All this comes after our MDS from The Valley as Albion bowed out on pens 🤦🏻♂️ S...
Dec 31, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast It’s been a while so here’s our latest episode, comprising Pete and I traipsing around the country ticking off grounds during the PL break - with mixed success, commenting on the genesis of the World Cup tournament, lamenting England’s latest exit and then for our main feature, welcoming onto the pod returning Albion and England fans Chris and Janet Jonas after their 4 week journey to the Middle East to follow The Three Lions. And then there had to be a quick word about THAT final and Señor Max ...
Dec 19, 2022•2 hr 31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Russ was delighted to welcome back Stateside friend of the pod Amir Jafari who’s currently enjoying the World Cup, a tournament in which his native and citizenship nations Iran and USA respectively come up against each other AND England in Group B. There’s plenty to discuss including the situation in Iran and with regards to the tense fan / team relationship, thoughts on the FIFA Sham World Cup, the football so far, the prospects of a young, up-and-coming US team and of course the ongoing develo...
Nov 26, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast It’s Russ. It’s Pete (and his lovely wife Fiona) in a taproom (surprise, surprise) talking beer and guzzling nonsense - or something like that. Oh and there’s FIFA and Qatar rants again! Stand or fall! UTA! Shut up, Infantino, you patronising and condescending embarrassment! @BrightonRockPod brightonrockpodcast@gmail.com Part of the Sport Social Podcast Network that can be found in all their glory at this rather suitable address: www.sport-social.co.uk Please follow us for automatic downloads of...
Nov 22, 2022•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this bumper episode, Russ and Pete are joined by sports writer, journalist and Albion fan Spencer Vignes and regular guest contributor Andy Bass to discuss the Villa match, Spencer‘s new book about two firm friends and former colleagues at the Albion and the upcoming sham that is the Qatari World Cup. Stand or fall! UTA! F*^# FIFA!!! @BrightonRockPod brightonrockpodcast@gmail.com Part of the Sport Social Podcast Network that can be found in all their glory at this rather suitable address: www...
Nov 17, 2022•2 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast All the chat from up at The Emirates as The Mighty Albion got another thoroughly De Zerbied victory on North London soil. Then on the Saturday, Pete and Russ went ground hopping to Sutton and took time to talk about the Arsenal game and to have one final rant (for now! 😉) about Graham ‘Easy Life’ Potter! Stand or fall! UTA! @BrightonRockPod brightonrockpodcast@gmail.com Part of the Sport Social Podcast Network that can be found in all their glory at this rather suitable address: www.sport-socia...
Nov 13, 2022•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast No time to talk about Albion’s latest win! We’ll cover that later, as this episode sees our first ever players’ wives and girlfriends guest join us, namely Alexis Mac Allister’s charming ‘other half’ Camila Mayan. On Monday, Russell met up with her in Brighton to chat about her experiences coming over to England to join up with Alexis in the middle of the pandemic of 2020, what’s she’s made of life in Brighton, why the cafes close too early! and whether Mac gets grumpy after a bad game - not tha...
Nov 08, 2022•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast A bumper cast of characters, namely Russ, Pete, Andy Bravery, Andy Knott and Alan, descended on Brighton Rock Towers to celebrate the pod’s 250th episode milestone and THAT win vs Chelsea, in the aftermath of a right old post-match row over the vigorous and sustained booing of the club’s recent but now estranged heroes. Russ invented a new word, “ramblage” and I think Peter may have popped one on there too! There’s some first rate ranting to be had about swollen media imbeciles Andy Jacobs, Jami...
Nov 04, 2022•2 hr 30 min•Transcript available on Metacast They left, they returned, they got battered. Say no more! 😂👏💙 Stand or fall! UTA! Poetic justice! 💙 @BrightonRockPod brightonrockpodcast@gmail.com Part of the Sport Social Podcast Network that can be found in all their glory at this rather suitable address: www.sport-social.co.uk Please follow us for automatic downloads of new episodes and if you want to make us really happy please rate us five stars on Apple and any other platforms that provide the opportunity to do so! Why not write a revi...
Oct 31, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Pete and Russ buggered off to Newport in Wales to tick off their shared 85th ground visited out of The 92. So after a brief intro from there the pod went off to Manchester in the company of guest MDS host Alastair, who spoke with (now local to there) friend of the show Dominic Wales and (already long standing local to there) Nick Ansley - his niece is a Team GB hockey star, you know! After all that, Russ cast a critical - and we mean critical - eye over the game, having watched the 90 mins in fu...
Oct 24, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Another game, another night of frustration, as Albion failed to beat a very poor Forest side, despite utter domination of the ball and copious attacks on goal. Listen in to experience just how frustrating it all was! Stand or fall! UTA! Trossbar is BACK! @BrightonRockPod brightonrockpodcast@gmail.com Part of the Sport Social Podcast Network that can be found in all their glory at this rather suitable address: www.sport-social.co.uk Please follow us for automatic downloads of new episodes and if ...
Oct 21, 2022•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast At the weekend, it was time for our latest non-league day trip feature, so we decided to pop down to the seaside in Easternmost East Sussex (more or less) to visit The Pilot Field, home of Hastings United Football Club. Pete and Russ imbibed of some local refreshments before meeting up with octogenarian trio Ray, Alan and Geoff, who invited us to make their Matchday journey in Ray’s car to the ground. What top fellas they are, with plenty of stories and memories! And the team gave a good account...
Oct 18, 2022•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Russ popped down The Gladstone with his new fanzine chums Parker, Rich and James on Thursday night for some tikka pies and tasty alements to ease our post-Spuds woes. Under discussion were Spurs, the Dogma fanzine of course, Paul Barber’s handcuffs, tins of warm John Smith and thoughts ahead of our visit to Brentford. After two parts of that old waffle, we moved to Friday and Part 3: our latest Matchday special (MDS). If you would like to check out Dogma, they can be found at www.dogma brighton....
Oct 15, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Albion ultra Tom Hylands joined us for his BRP debut to tell us his Albion backstory and to review the disappointing 0-1 reverse at home to Peter’s favourite club and player 😉 We also lament the announcement that first team midfield dynamo Enoch Mwepu, The Computer, has had to retire from the game due to heart related issues. In this bumper episode there’s also a Brentford preview and a major rant about the inconvenience to law abiding fans of the new ad hoc spot checking system which starts wi...
Oct 12, 2022•2 hr 58 min•Transcript available on Metacast It’s time, it’s time! The RDZ era is up and running with a performance that perfectly fits the description of his past exploits. Albion went to Anfield and came away unbeaten for a third successive time as they rushed into a two-goal lead, found themselves behind in the second half and then snatched a late equaliser in a pulsating game on Saturday. Albion were excellent as they took The Reds to task, with Leandro bagging the club’s first PL hatrick and only the third such hatrick scored by any o...
Oct 05, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, we invited onto the show for his debut Phil Shelley from oldfootballshirts.com to tell us about his Albion backstory, his love of football kits, his Worthing affiliation and his thoughts on our new head coach. We also welcomed his old mate Andy Bass back to join in the chat. In part two, the always excellent Neil Atkinson from The Anfield Wrap joined us once again to preview the latest encounter between our sides. And then there’s a short third part in which Russ rants about duplicito...
Sep 28, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Here we go! After 10 days living in excited anticipation about who our next Head Coach would be we finally have the answer - and what an answer!!! Albion’s first choice and pretty much everybody else’s amongst the fanbase once they became familiar with his work and glowing credentials was officially confirmed on Sunday night (18th Sept), as Roberto De Zerbi, the 43 year old former Sassuolo and Shakhdar Coach. Rumours became widespread that the deal was done and that he’d been spotted in town. It...
Sep 19, 2022•2 hr 50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Russ, Pete and Andys Knott, Bravery and Bass converge to vent, mourn, lament and moan about the departure, announced this very day (Thurs 8th Sept) that Albion’s greatest ever coach so far Graham Potter has left the club with immediate effect in order to join Chelsea, or “some grubby leftovers out of the bins” as Andy Bass called them! The departure, it’s timing, the connotations and the future incumbent were under discussion in this pod extra. Stand or fall! UTA! Rest in peace Queen Liz II !!! ...
Sep 08, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast A spectacular day at the AMEX Stadium as the Albion notched their highest goal tally of 5 in the course of thrashing Leicester City to secure their place in the top four for another week and give themselves a chance of going top when they play Bournemouth next weekend. But just won the skies could not have been bluer for the club, a dark cloud loomed in Chelsea shape as they sacked their manager Thomas Tuchel on Wednesday morning and quickly moved to ask for permission to speak to our Graham. …....
Sep 07, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Russ and Pete returned to The Glad for a transfer chat over a few beers. There was then a follow-up chat over some different beers on Saturday on the way to the St Albans v Worthing game and then finally Russ spoke to the fine fella that is Chris Forryan from Leicester Til I Die to gauge the mood ahead of Sunday’s game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 04, 2022•2 hr 58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Russell and co. at the game, then Russ and Pete back at their beloved Gladstone for the pies, the beers and the match review. Stand or fall! UTA! Chicken Tikka Pies! 🤤 @BrightonRockPod brightonrockpodcast@gmail.com Part of the Sport Social Podcast Network that can be found in all their glory at this rather suitable address: www.sport-social.co.uk Please follow us for automatic downloads of new episodes and if you want to make us really happy please rate us five stars on Apple and any other plat...
Aug 31, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Pete and Russ were joined by friend of the pod Emilio Di Nello to review the weekend’s games and to look ahead to the latest intriguing encounter between Albion and Emilio’s beloved Fulham at Craven Cottage on Tuesday evening. There’s Jesse Marsch (terrible spelling!!!), a typical dirty Leeds team, arrogance and delusion as usual but in the end it was another win for the good guys, thanks to some perfect Pascal placement following a glorious 13 pass move. Can the run continue though, against the...
Aug 29, 2022•2 hr 30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Yes folks, for the first time we’ve decided to double up our match day specials by having two in one episode. This one covers our delightful win at the London Stadium on Sunday plus our comfortable victory in Nailsworth on Wednesday night as we advanced to the next stage of the League Cup, despite a curry sauce atrocity!. Russell was there for both, with some of the usual suspects and the bonus balls: the Albion Roar boys at the West Ham match. It’s all here! Stand or fall! UTA! Bernard!!!!!! @B...
Aug 26, 2022•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Russ and Pete were delighted to welcome to the pod West Ham stalwart John Moncur to talk about his career in the game, Upton Park, what he’s up to now, his thoughts on the current West Ham team, his impressions of our exciting Albion side and to give us his prediction for Sunday’s encounter between our two teams. Stand or fall! UTA! Will Albion’s unbeaten BUBBLE burst on Sunday?! @BrightonRockPod brightonrockpodcast@gmail.com Part of the Sport Social Podcast Network that can be found in all thei...
Aug 18, 2022•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Russell meets up with…Russell! The Geordie kind. There’s a post match special, chatting about the game followed by a separate interview with Ian “Harty“ Hart, talking about women’s footy, Newcastle and football in general. Stand or fall! UTA! Howay The Despotivians! @BrightonRockPod brightonrockpodcast@gmail.com Part of the Sport Social Podcast Network that can be found in all their glory at this rather suitable address: www.sport-social.co.uk Please follow us for automatic down...
Aug 16, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
