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The Albion Roar
Established in 2007, The Albion Roar is an hour-long independent football radio show, run by and for fans of Brighton & Hove Albion, and broadcast every Wednesday at 8pm on RadioReverb 97.2FM - Community Radio for Brighton & Hove.
Hosted by Ady Packham & Alan Wares.
Episodes
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - Ian Hart on lockdown and solitude
Ian Hart opens up on loneliness, solitude and depression, not helped by being in the middle of a socially-distancing isolation period for us all.
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 16 January 2021 with guest Ian Hart
Former Gull's Eye editor, campaigner and phone-in host Ian Hart joined Ady & Al to look back not just at the Newport and Manchester City games, but at Harty's…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 9 January 2021 with guests Chad Kelly-Klate and John Baine
Ady & Al, alongside Attila, try to make some sense of the mad 3-3 draw against Wolves. Plus Ady spoke to South African football writer Chad Kelly-Klate about…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 2 January 2021 with The Band
Back in our 15th calendar year for a reflective look at our 14th, Ady & Al are joined by Marcus Hancocks and Andy Bass. Best and worst moments of 2020, and our…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 19 December 2020 with guests Jason Thackeray and Henry Winter
Ady and Al were joined by former Albion blogger, Jason Thackeray and the chief football writer at The Times, Henry Winter. Football without fans, Hughton's…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar -12 December 2020 with guest Derren Howard
The Brighton & Hove Independent's chief footy writer, Derren Howard, joined Ady & Al to discuss the Southampton game, wrong VAR decisions, defending…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 5 December 2020 with guest Simon Medhurst
Penalties, offsides, VAR, missed sitters, abysmal yellow cards. No, not Ady's singing - the Liverpool match. Plus guest Simon Medhurst has a new book out…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar Extra Time Special - with guest Peter James
As filming around Brighton & Hove came to a close for the first series of 'Grace', the books' author Peter James joined Ady & Al for an exclusive to see what…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 28 November 2020 with guest Andy Bass
Shandy rejoined Ady & Al to mull over the Aston Villa game, and all its thrills and spiils. Plus we discussed the return of the 2,000, and paid tribute to…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 21 November 2020 with guests Tim Quelch and Guy Butters
Former Albion defender Guy Butters joined Ady & Al to let us know what was happening with Albion In The Community during lockdown, plus his views on short…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 14 November with guests Polly Bancroft and Brian Horton
Former Albion skipper and manager Brian Horton joined Ady & Al from the Midlands for over an hour's nattering. We asked him about his time at the Albion, in…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar Extra Time 14 November 2020 - with guest Polly Bancroft
Ahead of Women's Football Weekend, Al spoke to the Albion's new Women's & Girls' General Manager, flighted in from UEFA to talk about her career so far, and…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 7 November 2020 with 'The Band'
The Band (Ady, Al, Andy Bass and Marcus Hancocks) record a morning-after-the-night-before show to go over the Spurs and Burnley games, and point out that (a)…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 31 October 2020 with guests Johnny Cantor and Andy Naylor
Ady & Al were joined by two stalwarts of Albion reporting - Andy Naylor of The Athletic, and Johnny Cantor, commentator for BBC Sussex. On the agenda were the…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 24 Oct 2020 with guests Andy Bass and Neil Atkinson
Roar regular Andy Bass joined Ady & Al to talk over the frustrating Palace match, dreadful refereeing, incorrect use of VAR and much more. Also in the week…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 17 October 2020 with guests Kieran Maguire and Kevin Miles
Football Supporters' Association chief executive Kevin Miles joined Ady, Al and football finance expert and all-round dude Kieran Maguire for a discussion on a…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 10 October 2020 with guest Martin Perry
Executive Director Martin Perry was finally allowed to retire this month after 23 years on the Board of Directors at Brighton & Hove Albion. He took out an…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 3 October 2020 with guests Andy Bass and Jason Thackeray
Ady, Al, Andy Bass & Jason Thackeray pay tribute to next week's guest Martin Perry, cast fire & damnation upon Simon Hooper and his own psychedelic Laws of the…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 26 September 2020 with guest Brian Owen
Two away wins, two cleans sheets to talk about; the 3-0 Premier League victory over Newcastle United, plus the League Cup win at Preston. Plus we say thanks…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 19 September 2020 with guest Ralph Brown
Actor, writer, musician and all-round dude joined Ady & Al from Brooklyn, NY to discuss all things Albion. Chelsea, Portsmouth, TV repeat fees, The Mean…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 12 September 2020 with 'The Band'
Andy Bass and Marcus Hancocks joined Ady & Al for a quick look back at what went right and wrong last season, and a few predictions for this season. Shirt of…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 5 September 2020 with guests Andy Bass and Nick Szczepanik
Ady, Al, Andy and Nick look back a the previous week's limited capacity friendly with Chelsea, while all four discuss the legacy of 111-goal Glenn Murray. We…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 29 August 2020 with guests Tony Kybett and John Baine
In a week where we bid farewell to the services of Aaron Mooy and Martin Montoya, and Lewis Dunk left wondering what he has to do to get into the England…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 22 August 2020 with guest Paul Camillin
The Albion's Head of Media Paul Camillin joined Ady & Al on Zoom for an hour-long natter about behind-the-scenes goings-on at the Amex during lockdown for…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 1 August 2020 with guest Paul Barber
A longer-than-usual end-of-season natter with Albion Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Paul Barber. It has been a hectic time since Covid lockdown, so Paul…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 25th July 2020 with guest Adam Virgo
Former Albion skipper Adam Virgo joined Ady and Al from London ahead of him commentating on a Serie A match. Newcastle United game discussed, plus Adam gave…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 18th July 2020 with guest Paul Hayward
Ady and Al were joined by Brighton fan - and multi award-winning sports writer - Paul Hayward to discuss, among other things, the Manchester City thumping, the…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 11th July 2020 with guests Russell Guiver and Justin Brentnall
A mixed bag of two games to discuss this week - the ugly win over Norwich, and the pleasant-on-the-eye defeat to Champions-elect Liverpool. Plus Ady talks…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 4th July 2020 with guest Andy Bass
Roar regular Andy Bass joins Ady & Al for a look back at what happened against Manchester United, a look ahead to the upcoming games, while Al wishes he never…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 27th June 2020 with guest Andy Naylor
The Athletic's Andy Naylor joined Ady & Al for a post-week discussion on the Arsenal and Leicester matches, plus a look ahead to the Manchester United game…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 20th June 2020 with guests Darren Gallis, Brian Owen and Roz Bassford
On the day the Albion's Premier League season kind of resumes, fan-free, we talk to Darren Gallis, MD of Seagull Travel - badly hit by the coronavirus -…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 6th June 2020 with guests Andy Bass and Bettie Furminger
With the confirmation of the fixtures for the remainder of the 2019/20 season announced, Ady, Al, Andy and former Albion Mag writer Bettie Furminger debate the…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar: Mark Lawrenson pays tribute to Michael Robinson
Former Preston NE, Brighton, Liverpool and Republic of Ireland international Mark Lawrenson pays tribute to the late former Preston NE, Brighton, Liverpool and…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 23rd May with guests Andy Bass and Brian Owen
With the lockdown still on us (well, most of us it seems), Ady, Al, Andy and Brian discuss the short- and medium-term future of the Premier League on the…
The Albion RoarFROM THE ARCHIVES: Liam Rosenior (November 2016)
Al's favourite Roar show featured the brilliant Liam Rosenior, recovering from the thug-like challenge that caused a long-term injury. His articulacy, his…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 9th May 2020 with guests 'The Band'
The band, consisting of Ady, Al, Marcus Hancocks, Andy Bass and sponsor Phil Shelley all reconvened for the first Albion Roar in quite a while. Topics included…
The Albion RoarInterview with Rise UK
Nicola and Alex from Rise UK, the domestic abuse charity in Brighton & Hove came in for a natter to explain their work, both to football fans and to wider…
The Albion RoarFROM THE ARCHIVES: Chris Cattlin (2 January 2010)
For the very first Albion Roar of the decade, we went back three decades to talk to former Albion full-back and, later, manager Chris Cattlin. At least he…
The Albion RoarFROM THE ARCHIVES: Gary Chivers (October 2013)
Former Chelsea, QPR and Albion full-back, ooohh Gary Chivers popped into the Roar studio for a chat about his time at The Goldstone Ground. DO NOT LISTEN WHILE…
The Albion RoarFROM THE ARCHIVES - Beer, Wine & Pies (2013 / 2017)
Some of us have been ordering Piglet's pies online. So the next question is, which beer or wine goes with the pies? We asked Andy Wiseman, then of Sheridan…
The Albion RoarFROM THE ARCHIVES: Iñigo Calderón - 16th March 2013
For our next retrieval from the archives, we go back seven years when the Basque Love God, Iñigo Calderón turned up at the Old Steine basement studio on a…
The Albion RoarFROM THE ARCHIVES: John Vinicombe - 10th April 2010
In the first of our released series 'From The Archive', we rewind to April 2010, when former Argus Football Correspondent John Vinicombe joined Richie, Ady &…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 21st March 2020 with guest Joanna Hunter
With all food now being rationed by selfish Supermarket Sweep bastards, Al wandered the 300 yards over from his home to Piglet's Pantry to see how they were…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 14th March 2020 with guests Kieran Maguire and Paul Barber
With a higher league football shutdown in operation, football finance expert Kieran Maguire and Albion deputy chairman Paul Barber join Ady & Al to discuss…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - REVERBATHON 2020 SPECIAL
For the first time ever, Ady & Al broadcast The Albion Roar live from a pub. The Hope & Ruin in Queens Road, Brighton were good enough to host Radio Reverb for…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 29 February 2020 with guest Adam Stenning
The Argus' new sports reporter Adam Stenning joined Ady & Al in the studio to talk about the Sheffield United game, VAR (but of course) and the silly idea of a…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 22 Feb 2020 with guests Justin Brentnall and Di Cunningham
Back after our 'Winter Break', Ady & Al are joined by Justin Brentnall to discuss, among other things, the Watford game, Arsene Wenger's offside proposal, the…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 8 Feb 2020 with guest Werner Schröer, Lido Schuffelers-Bron, Andy Lewers and Bob Booker
A mad West Ham game, an opinion or two from a fan of the day's opposition, plus a view from the Netherlands of the Premier League, and Davy Pröpper in…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 1 Feb 2020 with guests Brian Owen and Marcus Hancocks
The Argus' Brian Owen took time out from a mad day to join Ady, Al and Marcus in the studio and discuss the press' view on the ludicrous circus that is…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 25 January 2020 with guest Matt Potter
Two disappointing results - a draw against Aston Villa, and an away defeat at AFC Bournemouth - have left Brighton fans feeling nervous of imminent relegation…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 18 January 2020 with guest Attila The Stockbroker
A very wheezy John Baine, aka Attila The Stockbroker, arrived (a tad late) at the Open Market studio to join Al in chewing over his thoughts on how modern…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 11 January 2020 with guests Steve Agace and James Wharton
A dissapointing FA Cup defeat, Albion fan Steve Agace joined Ady & Al in the studio to contemplate the game, and consider far worse FA Cup exits. Plus Ady had…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 4 January 2020 with guests Marcus Hancocks and Peter Smith
The first show of the new decade features band member Marcus joining Ady & Al in the studio to run the rule over the Christmas games, while ranting a lot about…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 28 December 2019 with guest Andy Bass
The two middle-aged blokes reminisce - sorry, look back on - 2019, its downs and ups. And we look back at an incredible decade in the Albion's history, while…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 21 December 2019 with guest Louis Myles
For the penultimate show of the year, film director and producer Louis Myles joined Ady & Al in a noisy Open Market to discuss the frustrations of the Palace…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 14 December 2019 with guests Matt Potter and Kieran Maguire
Omnipresent football football finance expert Kieran Maguire joined Ady in the studio to mostly not talk about football finance. Matt Potter, Ady and Kieran…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 7 December 2019 with guest Andy Bass
On this week's Roar, Andy Bass comes in to discuss the Liverpool and Arsenal games, we discuss the best defenders of the 2010s, and we have a fabulous…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 30 November 2019 with guest Jason Thackeray and Neil Atkinson
Ady & Al were joined in the studio by a returning Jason Thackeray to discuss the Leicester City game, and who our favourite goalkeeper of the 2010s was. We…
The Albion RoarThe Albion Roar - 23 November 2019 with guest Brian Owen
The Argus' head sports writer swung by a noisy Open Market to talk about the season so far. We heard from a (pretty accurate) Leicester fan about their set up…