Podcast
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.
- Soccer chart
- #186
- Episodes
- 419
- Releases
- Weekly
- Typical length
- 1 hr 2 min
- On air since
- 2017
- Latest episode
- 6 days ago
Episodes
419 episodes, newest first
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59 min
The Albion Roar - 28th October 2026 with guest Matt Stelling
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No goals. NO GOALS.
But there is talk of a race across the world.
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1 hr 2 min
The Albion Roar - 21st October 2026 with guests Andy Bass and Werner Schröer
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Another gloatfest, featuring nine unanswered goals.
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1 hr 2 min
The Albion Roar - 14th October 2026 with guests Vicki Rees and Nick Szczepanik
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Vic and Nick join Ady & Al to go over the Sunderland away performance, including a subsequently overturned red card for Pascal Struijk, and we pay tribute to Doug Loft.
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1 hr 5 min
The Albion Roar - 7th October 2026 with guest Robert Townsend
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Rob Townsend, who worked for the Albion for a long time alongside his Mum Sally, has a new book out, 'Long Way Together'. He joined Ady & Al on the Roar to talk bout this and more besides...
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1 hr 4 min
The Albion Roar - 23rd September 2026 with guests Stephen Lewis and Matt Goulson
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A gloatfest, basically.
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1 hr 2 min
The Albion Roar - 17th September 2026 with guest Andy Bass
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A more upbeat week on Planet Albion - eight goals, several scorers, excellent performances and a rise in confidence ahead of the weekend. Just remind the TV pundits of this, the radar we are flying under seems to have been smashed to bits.
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1 hr 1 min
The Albion Roar - 9th September 2026 with guests Justin Brentnall and Mark Brailsford
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Justin rejoins Ady & Al to go over the Leeds game, while Mark - for those of you just jetting in from Mars, is putting on a play - A PLAY, NOT A DOCUMENTARY – called 'Stand or Fall' at the Theatre Royal in Brighton, so has come on to tell us all about it.
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1 hr 4 min
The Albion Roar - 2nd September 2026 with guests Brian Owen and Andy Bass
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A look back at the Tromsø and Chelsea matches, plus a look at a manic last few days of the transfer window, which kept Brian Own very busy indeed.
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1 hr
Albion Roar 25th August 2026 Villians & Trolls
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On The Roar this week Ady is joined by Jason Thackeray & Tom Hylands for a look back at Nordic adventures, Trashing Villa, adding some Promise to our squad & pleanty more besides
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1 hr 3 min
The Albion Roar - 19th August 2026 with The Band
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Back for our 20th consecutive season (count them), Vicki, Phil, Andy and Marcus join Ady and Al to discuss what's happened over the summer (we could talk about the World Cup, but we can't afford the lawyers), and our hare-brained predictions for 2026/27.
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1 hr 58 min
The Albion Roar Season Review 2026
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UNEDITED. So our grizzling will be heard!
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1 hr 1 min
The Albion Roar - 27th May 2026 with guest Nick Szczepanik
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A defeat by Manchester United greeted with celebrations as the Albion return to Europe. Plus a look ahead to the Women's FA Cup Final, and a temporal faux pas, as Ady, Al and Nick all look forward to next season with Solly March. Guess what happened an hour after recording...
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1 hr 4 min
The Albion Roar - 21st May 2026 with guest Tom Hylands
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A defeat at Leeds, labelled 'Lucky' by Daniel Farke, after a dominant display, and the Players' Awards 2026 are up for discussion this week.
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1 hr 3 min
The Albion Roar - 13th May 2026 with guets Jason Thackeray and Aby Shepherd
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Aby Shepherd of the Shegulls OSC, and Jason Thackeray join Ady and Al to discuss a comfortable 3-0 home win for the men's team over Wolves, and a manic 3-2 FA Cup semi-final victory for the Shegulls over Liverpool.
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1 hr 1 min
The Albion Roar - 6 May 2026 with guests Andy Bass and Vicki Rees
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An unwarranted - and rare - defeat in Newcastle, where the Toon's goals weren't the barndoors the Albion needed them to be. Plus we get a further lowdown on the news of the Albion's new women's stadium plans.
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1 hr 1 min
The Albion Roar - 3rd May 2026 with guests Justin Brentnall and Mark Brailsford
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A rare thing for the Roar these days - a live show! Justin Brentnall and The Treason Show's Mark Brailsford join Ady & Al to discuss the women's new stadium plans, and the run-in to the end of the season.
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4 min
Reverbathon 2026 Advert
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1 hr 3 min
The Albion Roar - 23rd April 2026 with guest Sam Morton
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Sending other teams into despair. Two 'Big Six' clubs at that. Spurs away and Chelsea at home, and lots of fun with it.
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1 hr 1 min
The Albion Roar - 16th April 2026 with guest Brian Owen
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The victory in a sunny blizzard at Turf Moor, the possibility of a Dutch exit, and a look ahead to our two matches against Brighton Old Boys.
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1 hr
The Albion Roar - 11th April 2026 - with guest Jim Daly
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Ady chats with stand-up comedian Jim Daly, and with Al as we gear up for the season's final run-in.
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