There is a complete player directory of everybody who ever turned out for the Tigers teams - and that is quite an achievement in itself bearing in mind the scarcity of statistical information from the pre-war and immediate post war periods - as well as lots of great photos of many of the stars. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. We need facilities that are easy to get to and I think people just want to join up together again to socialise and do things that we haven’t been able to do.”

When Earls Court failed to open immediately after the war Bobby rejoined the “Tigers” as player-manager and moved to the position of centre-ice. Under his management he took the “Brighton Tigers” on to win all three major tournaments in the 1946-7 season and in the following years won International and World-wide fame for the team! Find sources: "Brighton Tigers"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( February 2013) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

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In 1936 the coach of the “Brighton Tigers”, Don Penniston, approached Bobby, who was then in his early twenties, and signed him up to play in England. After one season with the “Tigers” Bobby was talent spotted and went on to play for Earls Court for the next two seasons. Book arrived yesterday, thank you. I've got to say how very impressed I am with it. You should be very proud. An everlasting history of the famous Brighton Tigers and an absolute must for Tigers (Bengals) fans everywhere and for sports fans generally in Brighton.” - Gordon Wade, Heineken League statistician. The opposition came mostly from London: The Lions and Monarchs at Wembley’s Empire Pool (now the SSE Arena), the Racers and Greyhounds in Harringay Arena (demolished long ago) and the Tigers’ great rivals up the A23 at Streatham.

Really enjoying the book - Great work! And a real history lesson too, makes me wanna get the skates on!” - Gary O'Brien, son of Tigers' legend Mike O'Brien. She said: “People are looking at doing staycations and we must remember that so many people have lost their jobs because of the pandemic. It was during those early days in England that he met his wife to be (Billie) and he was married in the October of 1939. With the outbreak of the war they both went to Canada where Bobby joined the RCAF.

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While the main thrust of this book is, obviously, the Tigers teams of the 1930s to the 1960s there is a very interesting introduction that tells of earlier rinks in the Brighton area – namely the Victorian circular rink that operated from 1897-1901 and then a more modern facility at Hove (1929-1932). The Brighton Royals team, founded in 1977, included some Tigers players. The Royals had some success in the 1980s before folding in 1988. [4] Further reading [ edit ]