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

The travails of a football supporter

Yesterday I had lunch with a Arsenal fanatic and resident of Hove. He was exasperated by the stubbornness of Arsene Wenger. Their young defender Calum Chambers was taken part by the Anderkecht winger resulting in 3 goals conceded. The following game against Swansea a further 2 late goals were [...]

November 12, 2014 // 0 Comments

Albion assessed

It was the same old, same old at Brighton and our league record says it all: three wins, eight draws, 6 defeats. 20 goals conceded is better than Brentford in sixth place, but 17 goals scored the fifth least in the league. Of those 17 goals, only three have been scored by forwards. We laboured [...]

November 9, 2014 // 0 Comments

Albion assessed

We notched up our third win of the season beating Wigan 1-0 but it was much of the same. After scoring in the first minute and not through a striker but Craig Gardner we were hanging on by the end and were somewhat fortunate to get all 3 points. I know Hyppia has lost Ulloa, and the injuries to [...]

November 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

Albion assessed

Brighton is a hilly place but our football and indeed the whole club is flat. I largely blame Sami Hyppia for this. Whilst it is true we have sold our best players you expect a manager to build a team which he has failed to do – notably in the striker department. We have now gone 9 games [...]

October 26, 2014 // 0 Comments

Brighton in dreck

Brighton have not won for 8 games and Sami Hyppia is coming under pressure. His defenders say that in the past 2 seasons the Seagulls have moved on their three best players – Bridcutt, Upson and Ulloa – so he has less resources than Poyet and Garcia. However his buys have been [...]

October 21, 2014 // 0 Comments

Brighton frustrating and frustrated

We are now unbeaten in our last 4 games, 3 in the Championship, but in the league we have both conceded and scored just the one goal in this sequence of draws. Last night against managerless Cardiff we started brightly and clearly under orders to be more direct in the final third. This did result [...]

October 1, 2014 // 0 Comments

Brighton beached

It was the same old same old Brighton with little cutting edge. Only one league goal has come from a striker all season and Colunga and Baldock struggled up front. Colunga had an excellent chance in the first minute but scuffed his shot. Blackpool were happy to let the seagulls come to them and [...]

September 21, 2014 // 0 Comments

Football update

ALAN TANNER With Fulham lying bottom below Blackpool, a team that going into the season had only 6 registered players, the description shambles is the one most fans apply. I would like to know the answer to these questions: 1) Why did Shahid Khan buy the club? 2) Why, when he knew so little about [...]

September 15, 2014 // 0 Comments

Brighton briefing

I continue to be in both a state of awe and excitement in being invited to contribute to the National Rust. Alan Tanner explained to me that the sports editor Tom Hollingworth believes that real fans know much more about their club, and in some cases soccer, than journalists so if I am a bit [...]

August 28, 2014 // 2 Comments

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A la Colthard/The Arlington

May 18, 2024 // 0 Comments

As the saying goes: “If it’s not broken, don’t fix it …” The Arlington has the same location, decor and menu as La Caprice – the only difference is the [...]
On the trials and tribulations of modern life

May 17, 2024 // 0 Comments

Yesterday at about 3.00pm in the warm mid-afternoon sunshine – after a relatively sedentary day to that point – my “other half” and I decided to go walking at a local [...]
Beryl Cook

May 15, 2024 // 0 Comments

Many years ago I was at the National Theatre for a play I have long forgot. In the interval I went to their bookshop and came across THE WORKS by Beryl Cook. The cover alone [...]
The Tanner Report: Fulham 0 Manchester City 4

May 13, 2024 // 0 Comments

There is no disgrace in losing to Manchester City even though it was a thumping defeat containing only one Fulham attempt on goal. Nor should this defeat disguise the fact [...]
Exeter Chiefs 58 Harlequins 26

May 13, 2024 // 0 Comments

Maybe it was that gruelling Investec Cup semi -final against Toulouse – or maybe the injury to Caden Murley leading to a reshuffle with Marcus Smith going to full back [...]