@bobbysix.bsky.social
Author of Long Way Together - out September 2026. Brighton & Hove Albion supporter, former Argus columnist, ball boy at the Goldstone, ex-ticket office manager at #bhafc
Great news!
27.02.2026 07:29 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Writer Robert Townsend and Dolores O’Riordan from The Cranberries.
If you want to read about the time I met Dolores O'Riordan, then visit/subscribe to my substack. Later this week, I’ll post my interview with her, which i think is my best piece of music writing. Lots more music/football stuff to come too
bobbytownsend.substack.com
#TheCranberries #doloresoriordan
Fair enough. I thought we defended well.
21.02.2026 17:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Credit where it’s due, that was one of the best performances of the season. Defensively solid and dangerous on the attack. Hard to choose a player of the match as everyone put in a good shift, but I thought Milner and Van Hecke were particularly impressive. #bhafc
21.02.2026 17:14 — 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
This is the LAST CHANCE to preorder my book, LONG WAY TOGETHER, with 25% off. It follows my 40-year #bhafc journey as a ballboy, staff member, newspaper columnist and fan. It’s about childhood, adulthood, hope, sadness, joy, familiarity, belonging. It’s a bit Fever Pitchy. Deal ends 23:59 on 20/2/26
20.02.2026 20:56 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Thanks so much Ben! I hope you enjoy it!
20.02.2026 17:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Author Robert Townsend playing football on the Goldstone Ground pitch as a teenager.
Long Way Together Waterstones presale promotion.
⏳WATERSTONES DISCOUNT OFFER: LAST CHANCE!⏳
Today’s the final day to get 25% off the Long Way Together pre‑order.
⚽️ The book follows my 40-year journey with the football team I love, #bhafc, as a ball boy, staff member, newspaper columnist and fan.
🔐 Code: FEB26
🔗 www.waterstones.com/book/long-wa...
I bet he’s sweating now.
19.02.2026 13:36 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
📘WATERSTONES DISCOUNT OFFER LIVE
⚽️ My book, Long Way Together, follows my 40-year journey with #bhafc in four different divisions/home grounds
📖 Hardback out in September
🔥 25% OFF pre‑order now live
🔐 Use code FEB26 between 17–20 Feb
👇 Order now
🔗 www.waterstones.com/book/long-wa...
#WPreorder
Yeah 88/89 sounds right. Gary Chivers was one of my favourite players. Lovely bloke.
18.02.2026 20:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Gary Chivers celebrates in front of the North Stand at the Goldstone Ground.
Here’s me as a ballboy celebrating a Gary Chivers’ goal at The Goldstone in the 80s. I’ve written a book called Long Way Together about my 40-year journey with #bhafc. It’s published in September and there’s currently 25% off preorders at Waterstones. Go here:
www.waterstones.com/book/long-wa...
My husband Bobby has WRITTEN A BLIMMIN’ BOOK! It’s about #BHAFC. But it’s more than that - and it’s not just for football fans.
I’m so proud, and sure, I’m biased, but it is dead-set a brilliant read. It’s out this September, and available to pre-order NOW!
www.waterstones.com/book/long-wa...
📘WATERSTONES DISCOUNT OFFER LIVE
⚽️ My book, Long Way Together, follows my 40-year journey with #bhafc in four different divisions/home grounds
📖 Hardback out in September
🔥 25% OFF pre‑order now live
🔐 Use code FEB26 between 17–20 Feb
👇 Order now
🔗 www.waterstones.com/book/long-wa...
#WPreorder
Great thanks so much! ⚽️⚽️⚽️
17.02.2026 14:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Oh no! Try this one? www.waterstones.com/book/long-wa...
17.02.2026 14:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Here’s the synopsis of my debut nonfiction book, Long Way Together. See previous post for details of a Waterstones presale offer! #bhafc
17.02.2026 08:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Long Way Together, the cover of Robert Townsend’s debut book. The cover features Brighton and Hove Albion players and stadiums.
🚨WATERSTONES DISCOUNT OFFER DROPPING SOON🚨
⚽️ My debut book, Long Way Together, follows my 40-year journey with the team I love, Brighton & Hove Albion, as a ball boy, staff member, newspaper columnist and fan.
👀 A special pre‑order offer drops on 17 February! Stay tuned for more details!
#BHAFC
Thanks so much! There are lots of stories and memories in the book from the good old days and the not so good old days!
13.02.2026 23:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Long Way Together, the cover of Robert Townsend’s debut book. The cover features Brighton and Hove Albion players and stadiums.
🚨WATERSTONES DISCOUNT OFFER DROPPING SOON🚨
⚽️ My debut book, Long Way Together, follows my 40-year journey with the team I love, Brighton & Hove Albion, as a ball boy, staff member, newspaper columnist and fan.
👀 A special pre‑order offer drops on 17 February! Stay tuned for more details!
#BHAFC
Robert Townsend at an event
Robert Townsend as a child, wearing Brighton and Hove Albion kit.
🚨NEWS🚨I’m thrilled to announce that my debut nonfiction book will be published later this year. I’ll share more details soon. For now though, please sign up to my (totally free) substack, where I will regularly post all manner of stuff about the book ahead of release📕
bobbytownsend.substack.com
Robert Townsend at an event
Robert Townsend as a child, wearing Brighton and Hove Albion kit.
🚨NEWS🚨I’m thrilled to announce that my debut nonfiction book will be published later this year. I’ll share more details soon. For now though, please sign up to my (totally free) substack, where I will regularly post all manner of stuff about the book ahead of release📕
bobbytownsend.substack.com
Still my favourite ever Albion game. What a day that was.
27.01.2026 07:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Just seen the Welbeck offside again. It’s the wrong call, isn’t it? I didn’t think arms were considered when judging offside? Whatever, I said it on Monday and I’ll say it again, VAR has completely ruined football. If you can’t even celebrate a goal anymore then, honestly, what’s the point? #bhafc
24.01.2026 18:42 — 👍 16 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0No idea how we’ve lost this game. #bhafc
24.01.2026 16:51 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A modest tally this year in our new flat. #biggardenbirdwatch
24.01.2026 11:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Wrapped up warm in our shed and the #biggardenbirdwatch has begun! @rspb.bsky.social 🐦
24.01.2026 10:21 — 👍 69 🔁 6 💬 3 📌 1
"10 Birds You’d Be Lucky to Spot on Your Big Garden Birdwatch" features ten bird species. Top row: Hawfinch with a large bill and chestnut plumage, Corn Bunting with streaked brown feathers, and Skylark with a crest and buff colouring. Middle row: Linnet with a red breast and brown wings, Lesser Redpoll hanging upside down with a red cap, and Brambling with a striking orange chest. Bottom row: Marsh Tit with a black cap and pale underparts, a male Yellowhammer with bright yellow plumage and a female with streaked brown, a Green Woodpecker with a red crown and green body, and a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker with black and white markings and a red patch on the male’s head.
The countdown is on and our final ‘10 birds’ guide is here...
Spotting these on your patch? Now that’s lucky! 😍
Don't forget to sign up: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
#BigGardenBirdwatch
VAR has ruined football, hasn’t it? I think a draw was a fair result, by the way, but I’m just so very sick of what VAR has done to the game. #bhafc #VAR
19.01.2026 22:20 — 👍 15 🔁 0 💬 5 📌 0
A black working cocker spaniel sits in a person’s lap.
Lola says hello 🐾
#cockerspaniel #dog #workingcocker #animal #pet #dogs
The FA Cup draw brings back memories of my favourite ever Albion game, our 1991 visit to Anfield at the same stage of the competition. A thrilling fightback from 2-0 down to earn a replay, which was just as breathless. Great memories. Was anyone else at either of these games? #bhafc
13.01.2026 13:54 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 1
