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

Brighton win and Sussex CCC draw

Brighton HAFC are heading for their best ever finish in the top flight. After away wins over Arsenal, Spurs and – on Saturday – Wolves, the Seagulls are ninth and their last two remaining games are at home against Manchester United and West Ham. We have seven wins away from home and [...]

May 2, 2022 // 0 Comments

Field of Dreams/Patrick Ferreday and James Mettyear

This history of 150 years at the Hove County Ground is very much a labour of love by two genuine Sussex CCC supporters . The first part covers the history of the ground which is inextricably bound with the fortunes of Sussex and the second part some of the characters that moulded it. Sussex over [...]

April 14, 2022 // 0 Comments

A so so weekend for Sussex sport

On Saturday morning I messaged a great Arsenal-supporting friend that his boys would have no problem with Brighton as we cannot score. Oh ye of little faith. Brighton scored twice in a deserved win, both goals via delicate cushioned volleys with the instep from Leandro Trossard and Enoch Mwopu. The [...]

April 12, 2022 // 0 Comments

First day of the County Championship

Yesterday was the first day of the Championship and I was at Hove to herald it. With a high gusty wind it was bitterly cold but thankfully no rain and uninterrupted play. It was good to be there and see old friends. Sussex CCC are very much in transition. Gone are stalwarts ex-skipper Ben Brown, [...]

April 8, 2022 // 0 Comments

Brighton 0 Norwich 0

It’s now over 8 hours since we have seen a goal at the Amex. In the first half the Seagulls did not have a meaningful attempt at goal and that included a Neil Maupay penalty that flew over the bar. In the second half Brighton laid siege but in Tim Krul Norwich had a formidable last line [...]

April 3, 2022 // 0 Comments

Photo session at Hove & Peter Shilton Dinner

Yesterday was a full on sporting day with a photo session of our Players Club at Hove Cricket Ground and a football dinner at the RAC where Peter Shilton was the guest of honour. I arrived at Hove at 8-50. Although I turned 68 recently I still get a kick out of seeing the ground albeit empty. [...]

April 1, 2022 // 0 Comments

Cheltenham on TV and Brighton falter

I was very much a paid up member of the Tv-watching club yesterday. I watched Cheltenham races on the telly and was delighted to see that Brighton chairman Tony Bloom’s horse Energumene win the Queen Mother Stakes beating the favourite Shishkin. I believe Tony did not make it back for the [...]

March 17, 2022 // 0 Comments

The demise of Brighton FC

Brighton have now lost four games on the bounce and descended down the league. Our fans and supporters elsewhere seek an explanation as at one stage we were challenging for a Europa League spot. The simple explanation is that we over-achieved. Even when we dominated games, we failed to translate [...]

March 8, 2022 // 0 Comments

Sport- the great leveller

Yesterday I had two morning visitors both by coincidence called Phil. The first Phil owns a glass company and – like me – is a member of the Sussex CCC players club whose does very nicely thank you when a lusty-hitting batter smashes a glass window or door as happens not infrequently. [...]

February 24, 2022 // 0 Comments

Manchester United 2 Brighton 0

Curiously this match postponed from December because of covid was not televised. BT Sport was committed to the Champions League whilst Sky was showing the Championship match between Cardiff and Coventry. Manchester Utd/ Brighton was on Radio 5 Extra, commentated by Connor MacNamara with Mark [...]

February 16, 2022 // 0 Comments

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ITV COVERAGE OF CHELTENHAM

March 14, 2026 // 0 Comments

I am in the camp of watching on tv rather than attending for the 3 Cs: cost , convenience and comfort. With the cost of travelling and attending Cheltenham and last [...]
Max Schmelling/ The Good German

March 4, 2026 // 0 Comments

In the unlikely event that I would be asked to nominate a Great Life on Matthew Parris ‘ show my choice would be the Black Uhlan Max Schmelling. In the 1930s thee [...]
The Tanner Report : Fulham 2 spurs 1

March 3, 2026 // 0 Comments

Prior to Fulham ‘s comfortable win over Spurs (2-1) I watched the big match Revisited featuring Chelsea 1 Arsenal 2 i guess in the early 70s It would be foolish to [...]
The Six Nations

February 24, 2026 // 0 Comments

The Six Nations continues to throw up surprises. England could not bounce back against Ireland , a resurgent Wales gave Scotland à close game with the Millennium Stadium [...]
Brentford 0 Brighton 2

February 23, 2026 // 0 Comments

The heat is off Fabian Hürzeler with Brighton ‘s 1st win in 13 games. Club owner Tony Bloom was not at the G Tech stadium due to a long planned family engagement but had [...]