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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

Meet the new CEO of Sussex CCC

Last night I was invited to a reception to meet the new CEO of Sussex CCC Rob Andrew. Although he has a first class century to his name, he is better known for the oval rather than the white or red round ball. After a distinguished career as fly half for Wasps, Newcastle Falcons and England he [...]

February 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

Huddersfield 3 Brighton 1

There is a memorable episode of The Likely Lads when Bob does his best to avoid knowing the result of a match he has recorded. I felt much the same yesterday as I had arranged a dinner with a young executive Melissa whom I mentor at Sussex CCC. I passed a taxi rank near to my home and one of the [...]

February 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

Sussex role in T20 win

Like many a contributor on the Rust, I am a traditionalist and when it comes to cricket I much prefer the red ball game. However it is not every day – indeed not any day- that two Sussex bowlers have opened for their country so I watched Tyman Mills and Chris Jordan yesterday do so. There is [...]

January 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

Brighton 2 Sheffield Wednesday 1

This may well be remembered as the the most memorable game so far at the Amex. After a tepid first half when ended on equal terms, we saw a saved penalty, 3 red cards and a stirring fight back from the Seagulls which was consummated by the PA system playing the theme of The Great Escape after the [...]

January 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

Brighton 2 MK Dons 0

It speaks volumes for the demise of the FA Cup that the first 3 Brighton supporters I met all wanted the Seagulls to lose this cup tie so we could concentrate on the Championship. This is a view shared by most Premier sides who either have better fish to fry in European competition, or achieving [...]

January 8, 2017 // 0 Comments

Birmingham 1 Brighton 2

The Seagulls after this victory are now 8 points ahead of Reading in third place and set on the promotion so cruelly denied last season. Alan Tanner posed the question after we spoke after both our games last night why did I think Brighton are doing so well? I gave him two linked explanations: [...]

December 18, 2016 // 0 Comments

Brighton 1 Aston Villa 1

Brighton were not exactly outclassed by the resurgent Villa side unbeaten since the appointment of Steve Bruce but we were grateful to come away with a point. From the start Villa harried and pressed the Seagulls. Villa took the lead from a glancing header from Nathan Baker which David Stockdale [...]

November 19, 2016 // 0 Comments

Bristol City O Brighton 2

Once again the Seagulls emulated Fulham with a 2-0 away win against an aspiring side. The match will be remembered for the goal of Steve Sidwell. The ex Fulham man was only a yard or so in the centre circle when he noted the City keeper Richard O’Donnell was off the line and duly lobbed him [...]

November 6, 2016 // 0 Comments

Brighton and Fulham score 5

Over the past two seasons I have not always savoured the thought of our habitual post-match chat with Alan Tanner essentially for two reasons. I don’t like football supporters who gloat and Seagulls have fared better than the Cottagers and secondly, and linked to this, the reason for this [...]

October 30, 2016 // 0 Comments

At The Bernabeu

Alan Tanner and I can now reveal our reasons for being here: we have tickets to see Real Madrid. We thought Real Madrid v Athletic must mean Atletico Madrid but in fact it was another Athletic, Bilbao. The Athletic in Bilbao reflects its English origins. A Bilbao student was sent to London after [...]

October 24, 2016 // 0 Comments

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