The Albion Roar

Former Preston NE, Brighton, Liverpool and Republic of Ireland international Mark Lawrenson pays tribute to the late former Preston NE, Brighton, Liverpool and Republic of Ireland international Michael Robinson.

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 pitch, with an eye to distancing, health... and how it went in Germany.

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 passion, desire and joy of playing for Brighton, while planning his next career move, were great to listen to.

Less so his singing...

This show was from the weekend Brighton were at home to Aston Villa - the game where Southern Railways unilaterally stopped all trains before the final whistle.

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 Covid-19 (obviously) and the Premier League's Project Restart, Albion's best foreign imports, noticeboard (there wasn't one), and Shirt of the Week.

Enjoy.

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 society.

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 didn't swear on this one...

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 EATING A HOT DOG.

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 Coopers Wines in 2013, and Tamara Roberts, CEO of Ridgeview Wine in 2017 for their views.

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 filthy March night to talk about his journey from northern Spain, via Gillingham, to Brighton.

This show was recorded two days before the St Patrick's Day Massacre.

ENJOY.

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 & Al in the Old Steine studios. 

John, then aged 81, came in to talk about his 30+ year-career at the North Road newsroom, and his relationship with every manager from George Curtis to Liam Brady.