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Welcome to Haway The Podcast and we start the build up to Sunday’s big game at the Stadium of Light with a look back at some memorable home fixtures against the lads from West London. Join Martin and Andrew as they look back on: Thanks for listening – don’t forget to subscribe on your podcast […]
Sunderland’s promotion campaign was staying on course. Just. After a draw at Preston in the face of mounting criticism from supporters, the lads took on Brentford at Roker Park, searching for a much-needed three points – via a relatively convincing win – to solidify our position at the top of the table. Results hadn’t been bad – […]
Matches featuring Sunderland and Durham have always carried a certain edge, but beyond the emotional and geographical narratives lies some far more interesting questions. How do Sunderland actually beat them? How does this fixture shape up tactically this season, and where can the Lasses find the spaces, the mismatches and the moments that can tilt […]
Michael Beale’s as Sunderland AFC head coach was — and still is — a period that many fans don’t reflect fondly upon. Beale had the difficult task of replacing Tony Mowbray as the main man at the club after Mowbray’s slightly surprising dismissal as head coach. Mowbray was loved by most fans for his warm […]
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Being promoted to the Premier League is an achievement almost every football club dreams of, but only a certain few can make a reality. In May 2025, Sunderland gained promotion to the top flight for the first time in nearly a decade, in the most exciting and dramatic way possible, and with around a third […]
Sunderland were back in FA Cup action at the weekend, taking a welcome break from the league as they returned to the Kassam Stadium for the first time since May to face an Oxford side who’ve struggled in the EFL this season. With a chance to rest and rotate but the potential for a slip-up […]
Having grown up in Durham yet supported Sunderland all my life has always meant that any fixture between the two clubs feels strangely personal. Once, I wanted both to thrive but now the lines feel more blurred, the loyalties more defined and the question more intriguing than ever: is Sunderland versus Durham a ‘rivalry’, a […]
Following the same criteria as our examination of Sunderland’s homegrown post-war footballers, part two applies the same rules to discover whether we’ve produced any players who scored more than Gary Rowell’s 103 goals for the club. Just as this meant ruling out anyone the club purchased such as Kevin Phillips, Marco Gabbiadini, Brian Clough and […]
There are fixtures where you simply want the result. There are also fixtures where you want the performance — and Sunderland’s meeting with Durham sits somewhere in the middle. It matters for reasons beyond the league table, yet it’s also a game that demands clarity, identity and conviction. Sunderland have been growing into themselves this […]
I was just a lad in the Boys Enclosure of the Roker End for this game, but I remember distinctly coming out of the ground a different person to the one that went in! What was different, you might wonder. Well, when I went into the ground, I idolised Slim Jim Baxter. When I came […]
It feels like a game from a different age. August sunshine, a buoyant Stadium of Light, an utterly confident and dominant Sunderland display and a spectacular opening-day win, and when the Lads kicked off their 2025/2026 season against West Ham, it was two players who now find themselves cast in very different roles that took […]
Welcome to another episode of On This Week, where we take a look back at some of the key things that happened On This Week in the history of Sunderland AFC. On today’s show: We hope you enjoy the show! Email [email protected]
The WSL2 has a way of stripping a team back to its essentials. It’s not a league that rewards reputation, sentiment or history. Instead, it rewards clarity, consistency and the ability to adapt to a division that’s as unforgiving as it is unpredictable. For Sunderland Women, 2025/2026 has been a study in what happens when […]
In the weeks following the premature loss of Gary Rowell, I — along with probably just about everyone else who saw him play for Sunderland — found myself reminiscing about some of his finest moments in a red and white shirt. A glancing header into the net in front of the Roker End, a cracking […]
Sue “Buddah” Smith: The sweetest left foot in the North East! Before Sunderland Women had an academy to be proud of, before the club became known as a production line for England internationals and before the WSL era and the rising profile of the women’s game, there was Sue ‘Buddah’ Smith. She was the kind […]
A technical issue meant we had to cut short our chat with former Sunderland midfielder Gordon Armstrong, but we did get a chance to catch up with him on the transfer window as well as how difficult a tie like Sunderland faced at Oxford could be! On today’s show… All of this and more – […]
Being a Sunderland fan is a funny thing. One minute you’re seemingly teetering on the edge of unholy disaster, then, poof — it can all change in an instant. You’re getting promoted, you’re winning games, and you’re on a cup run. Just as quickly as things can ramp up, stuff goes awry and it’s that […]
A wonderfully evocative article from Barry Jackson has prompted today’s feature, which looks at a game that brought the romance of the FA Cup back to Wearside just as his new love affair with Sunderland was blossoming. The Lads’ battling fifth round showing in Staffordshire forced a replay and despite Stoke City’s top flight status, […]
If the confirmation and timing of Kristjaan Speakman’s Sunderland departure took many people by surprise when it was confirmed on Friday afternoon, the only thing more worthy of animated discussion than his legacy at Sunderland was what his exit might lead to — as well as the precedent the departure of such a notable figure […]
There are players whose progress feels inevitable, even when circumstances conspire to slow their momentum. Ella West is one of them, and her call‑up to the Scotland U19 squad for their upcoming double‑header against Belgium is more than a line on a squad announcement graphic. Instead, it’s a statement, a reminder, and confirmation that the […]
Gav says… When someone mentioned that we’d beaten Oxford on the way to reaching our last FA Cup final in 1992, I did take a look at who else was in the draw to see if any of the other teams we faced that year were still in, and to my amazement, they all are. […]
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Sunderland play the conditions to perfection With question marks over the playing surface and some pretty nasty conditions to deal with, the scene could well have been set for a classic cup shock. However, Sunderland though approached things brilliantly, kept their heads when things got tricky and made sure they will be in the hat […]
It was an intriguing team selection from Régis Le Bris, with Dennis Cirkin, Luke O’Nien, Lutsharel Geertruida, Romaine Mundle and Wilson Isidor all starting despite seeing far less game time in the Premier League, yet on reflection, this worked quite well. O’Nien picked up “player of the match” from the TNT Sports team (I would’ve […]