About

Welcome to Hove and Away.

Whether you’re here just for a month or two to see what we have to offer, or you’re committed for the next year we appreciate your support.

I hope the first thing you notice is how easy it is to access our content.

No pop-ups, no click-throughs, no annoying videos you can’t close – just independent and intelligent commentary on Sussex cricket.

I (Bruce Talbot) have been reporting on Sussex cricket since the late 1980s. Some of you may remember me from my 17-year stint covering Sussex for The Argus. Luckily for me it coincided with the most successful period in the county’s history. Great days!

Now and again, we will be revisiting that period and other players and games from the rich history of Sussex.

My co-editor Paul Weaver’s association with Sussex goes further back than me, to the 1960s and the days of Dexter, Parks and Snow. Between us we’ve seen a lot of Sussex games and written millions of words on the players and the issues affecting the club.

We’re still covering Sussex. The match reports you read on websites like Cricinfo and BBC Sport will have been written by one of us. That will continue this summer, but you won’t find day-to-day details of runs and wickets here.

Instead, we aim to offer intelligent, insightful comment, analysis and features – and after what has happened at the club in the last few weeks there’s plenty to comment on. We will interview the players and coaching staff, but H&A is not the place for ‘we put the ball in the right areas’ and ‘we left a few runs out there.’

We like to think we can do a bit better than that.

Hove and Away is one of several websites covering different counties going live in 2026 under the umbrella of CounterPress.

Launched by Sam Morshead, the former digital editor of The Cricketer in 2024, CounterPress is filling the gap for quality journalism on cricket and football left by the demise of the regional and weekly press over the last decade or more.

We’ll have guest contributors, and in a few weeks you will be able to view Hove and Away on an app.

Anyway, that’s enough about us. Dive into the content and please let us know what you think – good or bad – and any ideas you think it’s worth us exploring. Email me at bruce@fromtheseaend.news or Paul at paul@fromtheseaend.news

Thanks again for your support of Hove & Away.

Hove & Away is an independent publication hosted by CounterPress Media and edited by Bruce Talbot. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the supporter forum “From The Sea End”, which continues to operate independently.