Articles by Ivan Conway

About Ivan Conway

Ivan Conway will be reporting on Sussex sport. He is a member of the 1901 club at Brighton HAFC, Sussex County Cricket Club and an enthusiastic horse race goer. After selling his freight forwarding and conference business he settled in Hove. His other interests are bird watching, brass rubbing and bridge. More Posts

Managerial merry go round

Fabian Hürzeler is the latest Head Cosch to feel the pressure. He was booed on sunday aftsr Brighton’s disappointing lise to arch rivals Crystal Palace. I composed with Alan Tanner a list of possible sacking and resignations namely Eddie Howe Scott Parker Sean Dyche Thamas Frank Pocchetino [...]

February 10, 2026 // 0 Comments

Fulham 2 Brighton 1

No doubt about it. Fulham have got the wood over us. Even Marvo Silva admitted a draw would be the fairer result. In Carlos Baleba we had the most effective player on the pitch – we had a goal chalked off and – Mituma was always a threat. Yet we lost. once again to a very late goal. [...]

January 25, 2026 // 0 Comments

Sussex sport

Last night I watched Brighton HSFC draw 1-1 with south coast rivals Bournemouth in a game sometimes labelled El Coastico. The Seagulls started brightly but it was the visitors who took the lead after VAR overruled the referee’s decision to book the Cherries’ Adly for simulation. After the [...]

January 20, 2026 // 0 Comments

Manchester United 1 Brighton HAFC 2

Tom Hollingsworth called it right on giantkilling. . I’m old enough to remember Brighton in the old 4th division and buying Spurs double winner centre forward the burly Bobby Smith for £5000. Then à away victory for the seagulls over Man. United would be termed giantkilling but now it’s [...]

January 12, 2026 // 0 Comments

Seagulls and sharks

Brighton – aka ‘The Seagulls’ – have had an active summer. Joao Pedro has gone to Chelsea for big bucks, like Calcedo and Sanchez previously, and Pervis Estupian to AC Milan. Igor is rumoured to be going too. À crop of youngsters have been signed, so Fabian [...]

July 27, 2025 // 0 Comments

Final day: Sussex beat Worcestershire

Sussex beat Worcestershire by 47 runs, making heavy weather of it. The morning was grey and dank but the moisture in the air assisted seam. Ollie Roberson bowled his heart out, beating the bat on several occasions, but took no wickets. His spell of 9 overs on the bounce belied his image of lack of [...]

May 13, 2025 // 0 Comments

Sussex v Worcestershire/first day

It was a topsy turvy day at Hove. The Sussex pace attack was denuded by the loss of Jayden Seales and Danny Lamb – so John Hayes was borrowed from Nottinghamshire – and Ari Karvalas was selected.Tom Haines and Dan Hughes set up an opening platform of 80 but wickets then tumbled either [...]

May 10, 2025 // 0 Comments

Sussex on top

Sussex now sit atop Division One – after predicting being at the other end of the table – having played Warwickshire, Somerset and three time champions Surrey, achieving 2 draws and a win. A flat docile pitch was prepared at Hove which offered nothing to seam or spin. However, the [...]

April 22, 2025 // 0 Comments

Sussex v Somerset

Sussex’s first home game v Somerset had been long in the diary. We had made a more than creditable start with a draw at Warwickshire – a Test ground side – and accordingly more affluent than Sussex. Edgbaston is as much a conference venue as a cricket ground, hosting numerous [...]

April 12, 2025 // 0 Comments

Brighton falter & new cricket season starts

Brighton were badly beaten 3-0 at the Amex last night by Aston Villa. We played well without creating too many chances. The number 10 position poses a problem for Fabian Hürzeler since Pascal Groß departed back to Germany. Six players have been tried there but the most obvious candidate is [...]

April 3, 2025 // 0 Comments

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Managerial merry go round

February 10, 2026 // 0 Comments

Fabian Hürzeler is the latest Head Cosch to feel the pressure. He was booed on sunday aftsr Brighton’s disappointing lise to arch rivals Crystal Palace. I composed [...]
Beryl Cook

February 9, 2026 // 0 Comments

Many years ago I went to the National Theatre with a good friend who alas has now passed. I remember her but not the production. In the interval we wondered around the NT [...]
Thoughts on the Six Nations

February 8, 2026 // 0 Comments

It was no surprise- ar least not to me-that France best Ireland 36-14 as ‘les blues’ have so many world class players ( Bielle Barrey, Dupont , Ramos ) and the men in [...]
The Tanner Report : Fulham 1 Everton 2

February 8, 2026 // 0 Comments

This was the classic game of 2 halves. Fulham dominated the first and should have gone into half time more than one goal up but David Moyes must have stirred his lads into [...]
Tv drama: new and old

February 5, 2026 // 0 Comments

I watched the final episode of “THE NIGHT MANAGER” and was disappointed. Aside from the acting of Hugh Laurie as Richard Roper, the amoral arms dealer, there was [...]