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Haway The Podcast | NEWS ROUNDUP | Eliezer Mayenda’s Emotional Sunderland Goodbye
Good morning everyone and welcome along to your Monday morning episode of Haway The Podcast – and today, we’re wagging our chins at all of the latest news coming out of Sunderland AFC! Join Gav, Jonny and Andrew as they chew the fat over: All this and more! Get subscribed to Haway The Podcast so […]
Haway The Q&A | World Cup Qs, 5-A-Side Teams, Lasses and More!
Welcome to our latest Q&A pod, and despite it being the close season there’s always tonnes to talk about. On today’s show, Martin, Andrew and Ant delve into our virtual mailbag, and attempt to answer your questions. Remember if you have a question for our next Q&A episode, email [email protected]. This episode was recorded before […]
With Eliezer Mayenda’s Exit Due To Be Confirmed, We Say Thanks To The Big Man!
So, it’s almost official. The lad that hates Sam Fender and plays up front for Sunderland is on his way out, and what an impact he’s had in the three seasons he has been with us. Eliezer Mayenda arrived from Sochaux for 1 million pounds in the ill-fated 2023/2024 season, where Kristjaan Speakman and company […]
Fan Letters: Granit Xhaka’s Future: A Situation Resolved?
Want to have your say on all things Sunderland? Drop us a line and we’ll publish your views! [email protected] Dear Roker Report, On and off the pitch, he did everything perfectly. A man who seemed to understand exactly what Sunderland were about and the upward journey we are on. Would we have achieved a seventh-place […]
On This Day (5th July 2000): Reid Considers The Daz Challenge!
After a successful return to the top flight, Sunderland were preparing themselves for some serious transfer interest during the summer of 2000. Peter Reid’s side had just finished an impressive seventh in the table and had been receiving admiring glances throughout the Stadium of Light’s first season of Premiership action. It felt inevitable that rivals […]
Haway The Podcast | INTERVIEW | We Speak To Patrick Roberts!
It’s a select group of players who have won at Wembley twice in a Sunderland shirt, but Patrick Roberts is one of them! And he takes his time out from pre-season training at Birmingham City to talk to us about his time Sunderland! On today’s show… All this and more! Get subscribed to Haway The […]
Granit Xhaka Reaffirms His Commitment To Sunderland — Reaction!
Dean McDonald says… Huge news. In my opinion, he needs to make a statement after the World Cup to try and mend some bridges but a couple of good performances and the majority will forget all about it. It also goes to show the influence that people like Fabrizio Romano have. If talks with Xhaka […]
Goodbye, Big Man!
Eliezer Mayenda joined Sunderland during a summer window where a lot of pressure was put on the club to bring in strikers. Ross Stewart was injured, and many goals in the 2022/2023 season came via our midfielders and wingers. Mayenda was one of four strikers brought in during the summer of 2023 and with the […]
On This Day (4th July 1954): Former Sunderland Manager Malcolm Crosby Was Born
American Independence Day is also the birth date of one of our more intriguing past managers – Mr Malcolm Crosby. He was born in South Shields, and played most of his football at Aldershot, making 257 appearances for them between 1971 and 1980, scoring 21 goals. He moved to York City in 1981 and was […]
Haway The Podcast | REACTION | Granit Xhaka To STAY At Sunderland – But Mayenda Set To Leave
It’s never dull at Sunderland, is it? The short-lived “will he, won’t he?” Granit Xhaka appears to be over as it has been confirmed that our captain will STAY on Wearside following interest from Chelsea, so the Lads jumped on shortly after the news broke for a chinwag! On today’s show: All this and more! […]
Haway The Podcast | CHIT-CHAT | We Catch Up With Andy Sixsmith!
To our terrible shame it’s the first time in 2026 we’ve caught up with Andy Sixsmith! After we apologise and Chris butchers his name, we get into what it was like behind the scenes as Sunderland closed on the Europa League, and his catch up with Florent Ghisolfi a couple of weeks ago! On today’s […]
On This Day (3 July 1999) Reid Makes Bould Move To Get Top Flight Experience
Sunderland had stormed to promotion in 1998-99, amassing 105 points and blowing away all comers. It had been a season built on a solid defence – with young keeper Thomas Sorensen, enjoying a debut season in English football, protected well by Chris Makin, Paul Butler, Andy Melville and Michael Gray – as well as a blistering […]
Fan Letters: Legends Way Concerns and the Xhaka Transfer Saga
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’ve just received an email stating that my purchased stone in Legends Way will not be laid, as it’s not part of this summer’s phase of the construction. (See attached screenshot.) So, does […]
Can Habib Diarra And Noah Sadiki Use The World Cup As A Springboard?
Dean McDonald says… We all know about Sadiki’s quality, and I think he’ll kick on even further this year. Of all our players, I think he has the highest ceiling and will become by far our record sale. With Diarra, we saw signs early last season of what he can bring, but he had a […]
The Xhaka Saga Shows Football’s Uncomfortable Reality
This week has brought a transfer story that no Sunderland fan wanted, along with a flood of speculation across social media and news sites. This is, of course, the supposed news that Granit Xhaka is trying to force a move to Chelsea to be reunited with his former boss, Xabi Alonso, who has recently been […]
For Brian Brobbey, The Netherlands’ Loss Could Be Sunderland’s Gain
In the latest episodes of Sunderland Players Shining On The World Cup Stage, Noah Sadiki turned in a standout performance as DR Congo were edged out by England, and Habib Diarra registered another confidence-boosting goal as Senegal bowed out at the hands of Belgium. On the flipside, earlier in the week, it was the turn […]
Unlocking the Vault: Why Sunderland Holds All the Cards in the New SCR Era
For a decade, the letters PSR (Profitability and Sustainability Rules) have struck fear into the hearts of Premier League executives, dominated back-page headlines and turned the ordinary football fan into an amateur forensic accountant. But after a chaotic era defined by high-stakes appeals and mid-season points deductions, English football is turning the page. Starting with […]
Haway The Podcast | XHAKA TALK | Where Do We Currently Stand On The Chelsea Rumours?
After a few days of radio silence following Gav & Ant jumped on for an emergency pod at the weekend, Andrew & Jonny joined Chris to talk about where we currently stand on the whole saga and we talk about how it might play out! On today’s show… All this and more! Get subscribed to […]
Modern Football – Sometimes Maybe Good, Sometimes Maybe Sh*t
To borrow a phrase from the brilliantly bonkers Gennaro Gattuso, when I think of modern football I think, “Sometimes maybe good, sometimes maybe shit.” Thanks to a heady combination of scientific intervention and technological advancements, better pitches, coaching, conditioning, tactics and analysis, the modern breed of footballer is comfortably superior to their equivalent from almost […]
Fan Letters: Xhaka, Mayenda and Sunderland’s Transfer Dilemmas
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’m reading that the club are about to sell Mayenda for a paltry £10 million. I think this could be a big mistake, especially if Brobbey continues his excellent form at the World […]
On This Day (2 July 1991) Murray Fights Against Premier League Proposition
It may seem strange to those of you reading this who weren’t around in the late 80s/early 90s, but the formation of the Premier League was massively controversial. In many ways, it was similar to all of the talk of the European Super League a couple of years ago – because, ultimately, it changed the […]
Scouting Report: Óscar Mingueza to Sunderland?
Sunderland’s ambition under Régis Le Bris has taken a bold turn as the Black Cats have reportedly entered the race for one of the summer’s most coveted free agents. According to MARCA journalist and football insider, Matteo Moretto, Wearside officials have actively inquired about Spanish international defender Óscar Mingueza. The 27-year-old former Barcelona academy player […]
Time Spent Wisely? The Usefulness Of The Interval In Modern Football
As with most of us football nuts, I’m watching a lot of the World Cup and being entertained by most of it — especially when keeping an eye on all the Sunderland players involved. However, what I’m not enjoying are the Americans trying to turn it into a game of four quarters; even some of […]
Xhaka Deserves Patience Until the Truth Comes Out
There’s been a lot of vitriol directed at Granit Xhaka over the last few days on Twitter/X. As yet, there has been no official statement from the player, and I’m becoming concerned that the transfer rumours started by various accounts on the platform to unsettle things are working as intended. I think we have to […]
Haway The Podcast | CHIT-CHAT | We Catch Up With Tony Jameson On Footy Manager And The Lads!
We haven’t caught up with Tony since our Christmas Eve episode so we thought we’d catch up with all things Footy Manager, SAFC and the World Cup! 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 […]
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