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The Wimbledon team of the late 80s and early 90s was something you had to see to believe. Folklore has painted the ‘Crazy Gang’ as a loveable bunch of rogues who played on the edge and upset the big boys. And look, some of that’s true. But the reality is they were often a thuggish, […]
Sunderland travelled to Villa Park on Sunday lunchtime with the race for European football firmly on following victory over a wounded Spurs side, but with Aston Villa fresh off a Europa League beatdown of Bologna in midweek, Régis Le Bris faced a tough ask to take points back to Wearside. Even though we twice came […]
It’s a short week between playing on Sunday and Friday but we’ve squeezed in a Q&A to answer your questions! On today’s show… All this and more! Get subscribed to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode of our free daily show. If you’re interested in trying NORD VPN, we’ve negotiated a great […]
It was mentioned by one of our distant fans on the Haway The Podcast episode from the International Fans’ Day, that when you’re an ‘exile’, you often don’t have anyone to chat with ‘all things Sunderland’. There could be some exciting game to discuss, or a massive moan that you need to get off your […]
Preston North End were the opposition in this 1934/35 season. Jimmy Connor had picked up an injury in the game at Birmingham just two days earlier in the hectic Easter programme of three games in four days and with the ‘mighty atom’ Patsy Gallacher absent through suspension, the call went out for replacements. George Goddard […]
There’s no easy game in the Premier League. We all know that by now and every weekend, there’s a ‘banana skin’ with somebody’s name on it — and more often than not, it’s been ours. Nottingham Forest will rock up at the Stadium of Light on Friday night. Sixteenth in the table and unbeaten in five […]
Want to have your say on all things Sunderland? Drop us a line and we’ll publish your views! [email protected] Dear Roker Report, I can only assume Dan Ballard was deemed unfit to play a whole match, otherwise it was a costly error not to have started him — we never looked remotely secure at the […]
Welcome to this week’s episode of On This Week, where we take a look back through the history of the football club, talking about some of the important – and some of the not so important – things to have occurred in the world of Sunderland AFC on this week. Join Martin, Kelvin and Andrew […]
All good things must come to an end at some stage and despite a run of seventeen games undefeated, I recall a sense of panic and slight frustration that did surround the 3-1 defeat to Colchester United on this day in 2007. This sense of frustration wasn’t some irrational outrage that we lost a game […]
Anth Gair says… In my honest opinion, let’s not pretend it was anything other than horrendous. Most of the fanbase would probably rather we lost 3-1 and gone home quietly than go through that rollercoaster and still wind up taking nothing home with us. The miss will haunt a few of us for a while […]
For the first time in what feels like decades, Sunderland fans can largely relax, and enjoy the drama playing out above and below us at the top and bottom of the table. We’re in a sweet spot where we have a tantalising goal to aim for in the shape of European qualification, but no real […]
Want to have your say on all things Sunderland? Drop us a line and we’ll publish your views! [email protected] Dear Roker Report, Driving home from Villa Park, our conversation was one for our future. The last ten minutes or so — you don’t script it. Losing, drawing, should’ve won, then lost, but Aston Villa are […]
Be honest: when we made our way to the Stadium of Light for the opening game of the season against West Ham (which frankly feels like a lifetime ago — the result of an utterly intoxicating and unforgettable campaign), what were your hopes and aspirations for 2025/2026? For Sunderland to merely avoid relegation? To enjoy […]
It’s getting to the business end of the season and in most of our ‘on this day’ articles you will no doubt be reading about high pressure games – and this one was huge. To set the scene, Denis Smith had taken Sunderland from Division Three to the top flight in three seasons as manager […]
Fancy going through it all again?! Phil Smith joins Chris & Jonny to pick the bones out of what could have been an epic three points for Sunderland, but 36 seconds after missing achance to win it in stoppage time, we go behind and end up with nowt! On today’s show… All this and more! […]
A famous old ground that’s still fit for the modern era As an ‘old school’ venue, Villa Park is usually able to generate a fantastic atmosphere. It was certainly lively on Sunday afternoon, given the way the game went, so hopefully it’ll be able to maintain its character once the recently-announced renovations are carried out. […]
As I sat down to type this week’s Editorial column and thought about what I wanted to talk about, I couldn’t get Habib Diarra out of my mind. I highly doubt that any of you need me to explain why, but I shall. Sunderland’s unbelievable quickfire comeback at Aston Villa on Sunday almost reached its […]
One of Sunderland’s craziest, most breathless and ultimately gut-wrenching Premier League affairs. A game during which we exhibited sloppiness, solidity, resilience and naivety in borderline equal amounts and that ultimately swung on two key moments. How the hell do you begin to sum up a match like that? If the top flight has been criticised […]
John Wilson says… A landmark goal for Chris Rigg What a great moment in the first half as Rigg curled a beautiful shot into the far corner for his first goal in the Premier League. A lovely team move for a very encouraging equaliser. ‘Til The End…once again! How many times? Beautiful and well-deserved goals […]
THow do you feel after that?! Kelvin and Andrew join Chris to try and decide how they feel about what they just saw! On today’s show… All this and more! Get subscribed to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode of our free daily show. Want to get in touch with us? You […]
Robin Roefs: 6/10 Conceded four times but made some good stops when rushing out to attackers, had a hairy moment from a corner in the first half when he got underneath the ball but was fine other than that. Nordi Mukiele: 6/10 Defended well down the right without ever looking particularly comfortably, put a few […]
Aston Villa currently sit seven points clear of Chelsea in the race for the Champions League. How would you summarise your season so far? Villa have had a bit of an up-and-down season. It was pretty woeful and concerning for the first five games, then a brilliant run across the league and Europe, before another […]
Sunday 19th April 2026 Aston Villa v Sunderland – Premier League Villa Park – Kick-Off: 14:00 Tickets & Match Coverage Tickets: Tickets are sold out. TV/Stream: Full live match coverage is available on Sky Sports. Radio: Full live match commentary available via BBC Radio Newcastle (not online) Don’t forget to follow the blow-by-blow account of […]
Martin Wanless predicts… Score prediction: Villa 1 Sunderland 1 Sunderland’s first goalscorer: Brian Brobbey After an excellent result last Sunday, we have a tough test against a Villa side who’ve done well after a tough start to the season and a midweek European game. The Spurs head-loss has distracted from our good performance but that’s […]
On 19 April 1976, Sunderland AFC clinched only their second ever promotion, courtesy of a 2-1 win over Bolton Wanderers. It was an occasion that some had feared would never come, such was our mediocre league form in the seasons that immediately followed relegation in 1970, but FA Cup success under Bob Stokoe in 1973 […]