The Albion Roar - 19th March 2025 with guests Brett Mendoza and Jason Thackeray
Jason and Brett join Ady & Al to discuss a first point at the Etihad, our Mothering Sunday competition winners announced, and a charity football match to promote. All this and more on this week's Roar...
59m Mar 20, 2025
59m
The Albion Roar - 12th March 2025 with guest Vicki Rees and Tom Hylands
Tom & Vicki join Ady & Al for a look back at the Albion's sixth win in a row, PLUS we have another competition, courtesy of Flowers Unlimited.
1hr Mar 13, 2025
1hr
The Albion Roar - 4th March 2025 with guest Kieran Maguire
As Brighton march on with gay abandon into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, spreadsheet super-boffin, Kieran Maguire offers his words of wisdom about the Albion's bounceback and runs the rule over the club's latest set of figures, which came out last week.
1hr 11m Mar 04, 2025
1hr 11m
The Albion Roar - 26th February 2025 with guest Andy Bass
Kings of the South Coast! What a spurious boast. Andy Bass joins Ady & Al to marvel at two very different victories.
1hr 3m Feb 26, 2025
1hr 3m
The Albion Roar - 20th February 2025 with guests Jason Thackeray and Hans Kraay
Jason floated onto the show on the back of the wins against Chelsea, to talk about Mitoma's worldie. Meanwhile, former Albion player Hans Kraay was in town, so Ady & Al caught up with him. In the pub.
1hr 2m Feb 20, 2025
1hr 2m
The Albion Roar - 13th February 2025 with guests Andy Bass and Justin Brentnall
 Andy Bass and Justin Brentnall join Ady & Al to discuss the Cup win over Chelsea, and 'the season of transition'. And the ongoing disturbingly dark case of Joel Veltman. In association with Flowers Unlimited
1hr 2m Feb 13, 2025
1hr 2m
The Albion Roar - 6th February 2025 with guests David Devlin-Folz, Laura-Ellen Ashcraft and Lucas Denney
Three Stateside friends join Ady & Al to talk about the Forest debacle and why Laura-Ellen, David, and Lucas have all chosen the Albion to be part of their way of life. Plus, we reveal our Flowers Unlimited competition winner!
1hr 10m Feb 06, 2025
1hr 10m
The Albion Roar - 29th January 2025 with guest Clive Steed
Clive from the Albion's Fans Advisory Board joins Ady & Al to discuss the Everton debacle (it's not that bad once we've finished with it), playing Chelsea at a bloody stupid hour – twice, and we have a competition!
1hr 2m Jan 29, 2025
1hr 2m
The Albion Roar - 22nd January 2025 with guest Brian Owen
Following yet another victory at Old Trafford, The Argus' Brian Owen joins Ady and Al to dissect this match and the two others on the road before it.
1hr 3m Jan 22, 2025
1hr 3m
The Albion Roar - 18th January 2025 with guests Nick Szczepanik and Vicki Rees
Now we own East Anglia... Brighton finally work out how to win games and not concede - for now. Nick and Vick join Ady and Al for comment, debate and appreciation while marvelling at Brighton's latest Dutch master in the dark art of shithousery.
1hr 2m Jan 18, 2025
1hr 2m
The Albion Roar - 9th January 2025 with guest Paul Barber
Albion CEO and Deputy Chairman Paul Barber joins Ady and Al for the club's perspective on the upcoming Football Governance Bill, plus news of the building work and renovations taking place at the stadium, and an update on the new women's stadium.
1hr 8m Jan 09, 2025
1hr 8m
The Albion Roar - 1st January 2025 with guest John Baine
A look back on 2024, a look ahead to 2025, the story of how 'a bunch of Brighton punks and skinheads' nearly got to go on Top of the Pops in 2005. And we pay tribute to Brighton's own 'Boring' Bob Grover.
1hr 2m Jan 01, 2025
1hr 2m
The Albion Roar - 18th December 2024 with guest Fabian Hürzeler
There are certain times when you stop and ask, "Blimey, is it really him?" Yeah, it's him.
58m Dec 18, 2024
58m
The Albion Roar - 11th December 2024 with guests Matt Potter and Tom Hylands
While we never win at Fulham, we have now mastered the concept of squandering comfortable leads. Matt and Tom join Ady and Al for a therapy session.
1hr 3m Dec 11, 2024
1hr 3m
The Albion Roar - 4th December 2024 with guests Steve North and Werner Schröer
Actor and writer Steve, and Dutch Seagulls Werner join Ady & Al for a natter on supporting the Albion from afar, writing two essential Albion books, and the bizarre notion of being disappointed in an Albion performance that elevated us to second place in the Premier League. Plus... we have the result of last week's competition, and we have a new competition. Aren't we lovely?
1hr 1m Dec 05, 2024
1hr 1m
The Albion Roar - 27th November 2024 with guest Vicki Rees
Vicki Rees, long-standing Albion fan, and the person who came up with the idea of 'flowers for Prescott 20 years ago, joins Ady and Al for a look back at the Bournemouth game, our tribute to John Prescott, and a Christmas Competition!
1hr 2m Nov 28, 2024
1hr 2m
The Albion Roar - 20th November 2024 with guests Clive Steed and Paul Camillin
Clive Steed is Chair of the Brighton Fan Advisory Board – he tells Ady & Al all about it, and what its aims, campaigns and functions are. Meanwhile, Paul Camillin talks about ticket terms and conditions, and what's happening to the 'Stand or Fall' film next.
1hr 1m Nov 19, 2024
1hr 1m
The Albion Roar - 13th November 2024 with guests Brian Owen and Andy Bass
Basically, a Manchester City gloat-in.
1hr 2m Nov 13, 2024
1hr 2m
The Albion Roar - 6th November 2024 with guests Dan Tester, Kieran Maguire and Dean Gallagher
Dan has a new book out, Kieran has a show in Brighton to promote, while Dean, who volunteers for the Samaritans and is the beneficiary of the Price of Football in Brighton, tells us about his work. And we talk about some football.
1hr 4m Nov 06, 2024
1hr 4m
The Albion Roar - 2nd November 2024 with guests Justin Brentnall and Chris Beaumont
59m Nov 04, 2024
59m
The Albion Roar - 22nd October 2024 with guests Mark Brailsford and Justin Brentnall
Justin and The Treason Show's Mark Brailsford join Ady & Al to discuss - among other things - the Newcastle win, Fab's tactics, Day Guy Welbz, Withdean & I, the ascension of the women's team - and much more...
1hr 1m Oct 22, 2024
1hr 1m
The Albion Roar - 9th October 2024 with guests Andy Bass and Nick Szczepanik
Two days, three games, 17 goals, nine points. Some Albion weekends are pretty good, ya know...
1hr 3m Oct 09, 2024
1hr 3m
The Albion Roar - 2nd October 2024 with guests Ian Hart and Robert Codner
Albion old boy, Robert Codner, and the original Albion fanzine editor Ian Hart pay tribute to the late Barry Lloyd, with both revealing a largely unknown side of Lloyd's time as Albion's manager and managing director.
1hr Oct 02, 2024
1hr
The Albion Roar - 25th September 2024 with guest Piers Benjamin
Another red card for Albion's opponents this season. Two of them - and their fans - really do struggle with the Laws of the Game on this. Piers joins Ady and Al from Berlin to discuss this - and more...
1hr 3m Sep 27, 2024
1hr 3m
The Albion Roar - 20th September 2024 with guest Tom Hylands
A draw against Ipswich and a League Cup win over Wolves are the talking points of this week's show, as the Albion somehow remain unbeaten.
1hr 2m Sep 20, 2024
1hr 2m
The Albion Roar - 11th September 2024 with guest Vic Bragg
For the past 30 years, Vic Bragg has been nurturing boys' talents at Brighton & Hove Albion. Having just retired from that role, Vic spent an hour with Ady & Al to talk about his past three decades with the club.
1hr 1m Sep 11, 2024
1hr 1m
The Albion Roar - 4th September 2024 with guest Kieran Maguire
The UK's leading football finance expert (not a word he likes to use, but nothing else appropriate exists in the English language), Kieran Maguire joins Ady & Al for a chat about the popularity of football finance, the Albion's finances after a busy summer, and the tedious, incessant grizzling of Arsenal fans – and their client pundits – for not understanding the Laws of football.
1hr 2m Sep 03, 2024
1hr 2m
The Albion Roar - 28th August 2024 with guests Andy Bass and Jason Thackeray
With Ady in Spain, Al hosted a natter with Jason and Andy on the two Red Devils matches and ran the rule over the new signings.
1hr 3m Aug 29, 2024
1hr 3m
The Albion Roar - 21st August 2024 with guest Brian Owen
This week, The Argus' chief sports writer, Brian Owen joins Ady & A for a natter on Albion-related topics, including the inexhaustibly engorged squad size, the victory over Everton, plus Brian's excellent travelogue from following the Albion to Japan during the summer.
1hr 2m Aug 22, 2024
1hr 2m
The Albion Roar - 14th August 2024 with guests The Band
On New Season's Eve, it's time for a look ahead to the season, even though we almost certainly haven't assembled the entire squad yet, and we give our psychedelic pre-season predictions, based on little other than guesswork and Pimm's. Enjoy.
1hr 1m Aug 14, 2024
1hr 1m
The Albion Roar - 7th August 2024 with guests David Costa and Sebastian Stafford Bloor
Ady & Al are back for the Roar's 18th season (count them). With a new manager – Fabian Hürzeler – in place, we sought the views of German football specialist, Seb Stafford Bloor. Also, with a new show sponsor in place, we sought the opinions of David Costa, owner of Flowers Unlimited.
1hr 2m Aug 08, 2024
1hr 2m
The Albion Roar - 23rd May 2024 with guests 'The Band' plus 'The Manager'
Marcus, Andy and Phil join Ady & Al for the last time this season for a bumper edition to run our rule over the season - the highpoints and the lows, and offer our opinions on the all-too-brief reign of Roberto de Zerbi.
1hr 41m May 24, 2024
1hr 41m
The Albion Roar - 15th May 2024 with guests Tom Hylands and Nick Szczepanik
Recorded before the Chelsea match, hence the lack of ire for the match officials. Instead, we look back on a decent performance against Newcastle, themselves running out of steam as the season draws to a close.
1hr 5m May 16, 2024
1hr 5m
The Albion Roar - 8th May 2024 with guests Paul Samrah and John Baine
Gnarly old campaigners Paul Samrah and John 'Attila The Stockbroker' Baine, so pivotal in both saving the Albion from its destructive board in the 1990s, and in gaining planning permission for the new stadium in the noughties, join Ady & Al for a look back on those days, a review of the Villa game – and Paul has a life-saving mission which needs your help...
1hr 8m May 09, 2024
1hr 8m
Move On Up Reverbathon Special - 28th April 2024
As well as The Albion Roar, Al has a show on RadioReverb, playing an hour of soul, ska, mod and funk tunes. For the Reverbathon, Al closed the weekend with this hour of hot northern soul tunes, and a very distorted mic!
58m May 01, 2024
58m
The Albion Roar - 27th April 2024 Reverbathon Special with guests John Palfrey and Steve Agace
With thanks to our main sponsor, oldfootballshirts.com, alongside Reverbathon sponsors Ridgeview Wine Estate, Flowers Unlimited, and NSure, and guests Steve and John, we bring you our secion of Reverbathon 2024...
59m Apr 28, 2024
59m
The Albion Roar - 17th April 2024 with guest Russell Guiver
It was the best of own goals, it was the worst of own goals... Fellow podcaster Russell Guiver of Brighton Rock podcast joins us to talk about his favourite own goals, his own European adventure, and we pay tribute to Bushfire Erskine.
1hr 1m Apr 17, 2024
1hr 1m
The Albion Roar - 10th April 2024 with guests Mark Brailsford and Claire Highton-Stevenson
Mark and Roar debutant Claire join Ady & Al to discuss the state of women's football at Brighton, while Mark talks of how his acting workshop has clearly paid dividends to one Arsenal player...
1hr 9m Apr 11, 2024
1hr 9m
The Albion Roar - 3rd April 2024 with guest Kieran Maguire
The Albion has just posted some record-breaking, eye-watering profits, unprecedented for a club of our size. Kieran Maguire turns these profit and loss spreadsheet figures into plain English.
1hr 1m Apr 02, 2024
1hr 1m
The Albion Roar - 28th March 2024 with guest Vicki Rees
A truncated, podcast-only show this week while Albion fans indulge in some thumb-twiddling. This week's show features an 'Albion So Far This Season' Quiz between Vicki and Ady. How well will you get on? Shirt of the Week is absolutely Grötz.
47m Mar 28, 2024
47m
The Albion Roar - 20th March 2024 with guests Andy Bass and Tom Hylands
With the Albion exiting the Europa League, Andy and Tom join Ady and Al in an eight-match review of a simply brilliant time had by (mostly) all. More, please. Oh, and Shirt of the Week was the first time every guests got it right immediately.
1hr 13m Mar 20, 2024
1hr 13m
The Albion Roar - 13th March 2024 with guest Jason Thackeray
Jason joins Ady and Al to take a look back two contrasting performances and results for Brighton, against Roma and against Nottingham Forest.
1hr 1m Mar 13, 2024
1hr 1m
The Albion Roar - 6th March 2024 with guest Paul Camillin
The Albion's Head of Media and Communications, Paul Camillin - now in the 23rd year of his role - revisited Roar Towers to talk about all things Albion since his first days at the Goldstone, all the way through to a visit to Rome.
1hr 6m Mar 05, 2024
1hr 6m
The Albion Roar - 1st March 2024 with guests Nicky Bandini and Monica Fletcher OBE
Italian football expert Nicky Bandini returns for the first time since RDZ's appointment to offer a progress report through the Italian media's eyes, plus a look forward to the matches against AS Roma. Meanwhile, the BBC's own 'European Tour Correspondent' Monica Fletcher offers her pearls of wisdom on the season so far, and gives a lowdown on her amazing professional career.
1hr 13m Mar 01, 2024
1hr 13m
The Albion Roar - 21st February 2024 with guest Nick Szczepanik
Nick joins Ady & Al once again to look at the 5-0 demolition of Sheffield United, who have now become the Premier League's pariah club. Plus we discuss Adingra's return, Sam Jewell's leap into the abyss and more besides. We couldn't have got Shirt of the Week more wrong if we tried.
1hr 2m Feb 22, 2024
1hr 2m
The Albion Roar - 14th February 2024 with guests Rahman Osman and Marcus Hancocks
Straight after Simon Adingra comes home from the AFCON with a winners' medal and Young Player of the Tournament award, Africa football expert Rahman Osman tells Ady & Al about the effect it is having on the Cote d'Ivoirians. And how Brighton may well benefit from a new audience fanbase.
1hr 3m Feb 15, 2024
1hr 3m
The Albion Roar - 7th February 2024 with guest Vicki Rees
Palace on the rocks. Much mirth. Everything else is a footnote.
1hr 3m Feb 07, 2024
1hr 3m
The Albion Roar - 1st February 2024 with guest Tom Hylands
From hat-trick Joao to being wowed by the Hatters. Ady, Al and Tom go over the FA Cup win over Sheffield United, and the brutal thumping handed out by Luton Town over an insipid Albion.
1hr 1m Feb 01, 2024
1hr 1m
The Albion Roar - 24th January 2024 with guests Bob Booker, Nicky Keig-Shevlin and Justin Brentnall
Ahead of the FA Cup tie against Sheffield United, former Albion assistant manager Bob Booker joins Ady & Al for a natter on all things Brighton. As did former Southern FM presenter Nicky Keig-Shevlin (not that Ady could pronounce her name - obvs). Plus some exemplary bon mots from Justin. Shirt of the Week was upside down.
1hr 2m Jan 25, 2024
1hr 2m
The Albion Roar - 17th January 2024 with guests Joanna Hunter and Neill Rees
With Reading fans invading the pitch, and generally cheesed off with their club's owner, we talk to Neill Rees of 'Sell Before We Dai' about the situation there. Plus, the effervescent Jo Hunter, founder of Piglet's Pantry reveals all about her quest for world domination.
1hr 1m Jan 17, 2024
1hr 1m