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“Plenty Of Movement Inside The Box…BALLARD!”
We’ve all seen it about a million times and from hundreds of angles, but none of us are probably sick of it — even a year down the line. When Dan Ballard headed the ball in off the crossbar and over the line in the 122nd minute on 13 May 2025, it sent the Sunderland-supporting […]
“One Night In Red And White Heaven”
Prior to the visit of Coventry City just over a year ago, you’d have to travel back to 2004 for the last time a Championship playoff semi-final second leg was staged at the Stadium of Light. After falling short of automatic promotion during 2003/2004 and putting up a determined fight during the first leg at […]
Noah Sadiki: A Man In Demand?
Joseph Tulip says… I’m both understanding and very comfortable with the way we operate as a club these days. We invested a sum of money in a quality young player, knowing full well that if he was successful, his value would increase and he would attract attention from other clubs. I’m content with that approach […]
Haway The Podcast | Q&A! | Club For Sale? | Referees | Ideal Signings!
Welcome to today’s edition of Haway The Podcast, and we’ve got another Q&A episode for you today! On today’s show, Martin, Andrew and Ant discuss… Refereeing standards and VAR – how has it got so bad? Rumours are the club’s up for sale? Or is it?! We think about next season, and name some ‘realistic’ […]
What Could The Future Hold For Matty Young?
Gav says… I’ve always been pretty interested in Young’s progress as a young player from afar, but that interest was piqued recently when Salford City released a mini-documentary about him on their YouTube channel, which really spotlighted him as one of the most important players at the club during what’s been a hugely successful season. […]
On This Day (13th May 1963): Sharkey’s Sunderland Double Makes The Hatters Mad!
For Sunderland, Alan Brown kept faith with Nic Sharkey up front, despite calling expensive mid-season signing Andy Kerr (along with Cec Irwin) down from Sunderland to link up with the team that played so well at Swansea two days earlier. Colin Nelson continued at right-back despite Irwin’s presence in the squad. The team retained a […]
Haway The Podcast | Q&A | Geertruida’s Future, Black Dogs And Two Up Front!
Welcome to today’s edition of Haway The Podcast, as you join Martin, Andrew and Ant as they tackle all of the questions you lovely people have sent our way this week! On today’s agenda: • Geertruida’s performance on Saturday has had people talking. Last week he looked like he was definitely off – this week…? […]
On This Day (12th May 1980): Sunderland’s Promotion Secured in Style Against the Hammers
Sunderland went into this game in fourth position in the Second Division on fifty-two points. The teams above us had played all their games and could do no more but wait on us playing our final game at Roker Park against the West Ham. With two points for a win (three points would be introduced […]
Fan Letters: Is Trai Hume Best Suited To A Role At Full Back?
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 believe Trai Hume is a very good full back but I don’t think he’s good enough to play in midfield. Hume has started thirty two league games — nineteen at full back […]
Trai Hume Is Sunderland’s Selfless Warrior
Amid the ongoing chatter about his supposed Premier League quality and whether his ‘natural’ position is one in which we may need to upgrade in the future, two things are true of Trai Hume. The first is that he is not, never has been and never will be ideally suited to the kind of peculiar […]
Haway The Podcast | ROKER REWIND | How Close Was Don Revie To Being Named Sunderland Boss?
In the second and final part of our look at Don Revie’s relationship with Sunderland, Martin, Kelvin and Chris delve into the summer and autumn of 1964, and discover just how close – or not – Revie was to leaving Leeds and joining Sunderland as manager. In today’s show, we look at: All this and more! […]
Dave Watson: A Battle Bigger Than Football
Dan Ballard’s sending off against Wolves dominated discussions around Sunderland last week, with the club deciding to appeal against his VAR red card for the now much-talked about hair pull. However, while the club waited for the FA to predictably reject their appeal, elsewhere, a far more significant – but much less publicised – decision regarding […]
Editorial: A Great Performance, Club Sale Rumours, National Headlines & The Puzzle Of Geertruida
A Great Performance… There are a few bits, so best to break this up, and I’m going to start with Saturday’s performance – because the Lads deserve a lot of credit. They came out of the blocks after kick-off with an intensity that we maybe haven’t seen for a while – potentially when we completed […]
Passing On Lutsharel Geertruida Could Be A Misstep By Sunderland
On Match of the Day’s coverage of Sunderland’s iconic victory over Newcastle United at St James’ Park, it was arguably down to sheer dumb luck (or possibly just a superb piece of TV direction), that as the Lads celebrated Brian Brobbey’s late winner with emotions running highly in front of the Leazes End, a pitchside […]
On This Day (11th May 1997): An Agonising End To The Final Season At Roker!
I started last week’s OTD in a similar theme, because as a group we’ve been doing this for five or six years now, and we usually check to see what others in the group have written about before us before we pick one and get going. At this time of the season, however, you realise […]
Haway The Podcast | SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT | Nick Barnes Joins Us To Review The Lads Draw Against United!
It’s always big when Manchester United are in town and we’ve got podcaster, author and United It was the most entertaining goalless draw we’ve seen for some time, but if you luck at the national headlines you would think Sunderland were lucky to scrape a draw! Luckily for us, Nick Barnes joins Jonny and Chris […]
Talking Points: Sunderland “Quick On The Draw” As United Are Held
Sunderland’s recent progress is highlighted once again It’s often the football club that draws the most attention to the city of Sunderland, and even when the headlines are focused on other aspects, the Lads can still be an example of what’s needed for things to be at their best: folks from different backgrounds coming together […]
2 Up, 2 Down: Gritty Sunderland Give Manchester United A Scare
Ciaran McKenna says… A much improved performance from the Lads We moved the ball quickly and were a threat on the attack. After the last few poorer performances, it was nice to see us being positive with the ball and giving the fans something to get behind. We didn’t give them a look in for […]
On This Day (10 May 1975): Sunderland Fans Count The Cost Of Their Support
10 May seems like it could be an expensive day to be a Sunderland fan, with the club announcing season ticket prices on that date for two years running in the mid-1970s. In 1974, moderate increases were announced and exactly twelve months later, the club issued a fresh set of letters to season ticket holders […]
Matchday Musings: Sunderland’s Progress Continues At Home To Manchester United
On the beach? Checked out for the season? Disheartened after the European dream had faded somewhat in recent weeks and perhaps a touch edgy following a disastrous performance last time out at home against Nottingham Forest? Absolutely not. If Sunderland’s players had been showing signs of feeling the pace at the end of a long […]
Haway The Podcast | MATCHDAY PUBCAST | SAFC 0-0 MUFC | The Lads Dominate But It Ends Goalless!
Join Gav and the lads live and direct from the pub straight after Sunderland’s face-off in the Premier League against Manchester United! 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 can drop us an […]
Andy’s Player Ratings: Sunderland 0-0 Man Utd – Red Devils Frustrate Black Cats In Stalemate
Robin Roefs: 7/10 Made a really important save late on to ensure he kept a clean sheet, got a little lucky after a heavy touch with a Man Utd player bearing down on him but he was a spectator for long periods. Lutsharel Geertruida: 9/10 Came in at right back and was very good, solid […]
Haway The Podcast | MATCHDAY PREVIEW | SAFC v Manchester United | It All Hinges On This!
If Sunderland still want to have something to play for going into the games against Everton and Chelsea, you can’t help but feel that we need to get something today against Manchester United. Join the Lads as they preview this afternoon’s action at the Stadium of Light! All this and more! Get subscribed to Haway […]
Starting XI: One Change Predicted For Sunderland Against Manchester United
We’re without Dan Ballard today because a braid hit his hand (violently, apparently), and that’s a big blow as we don’t have another centre back like him to come in and take his place. The question of who will replace Ballard will be answered by what Le Bris does with Trai Hume – whether he […]
Score Predictions: How Will Sunderland Fare Against Manchester United?
Martin Wanless predicts… Score prediction: Sunderland 0 Man Utd 2 Sunderland’s first goalscorer: N/A I’m not too confident about today’s game — United are in really good form overall and they must be in title winning-form since Carrick took over. Hopefully we can finish the season strongly and if I’m wrong, I’ll be delighted! ‘The […]
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