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It’s MATCHDAY! The red and white wizards are heading down to Aston Villa to take on Unai Emery’s side, and we’ve got all of the build up ahead of the game. Join Martin, Bomber and Andrew as they have the crack about: Sunderland’s chances of picking up a point or three Will Dan Ballard come […]
Want to have your say on all things Sunderland? Drop us a line and we’ll publish your views! [email protected] Dear Roker Report, Up until last weekend, I’d been considering purchasing a stone on the Legends’ Way at the Stadium of Light. But when the club announced the lineup for the so-called legends, I immediately changed […]
The Lads head to Villa Park this weekend and we catch up with Neil Dunworth from For The Love Of Paul McGrath podcast, to bring us up to speed on Aston Villa ahead of the game! On today’s show… All this and more! Get subscribed to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode […]
Regis Le Bris said that Dan Ballard was fully fit again and back in contention for today’s game at Villa Park, but also said he wouldn’t be rushed back into the action, suggesting Luke O’Nien could well keep his place. Elsewhere in the team, the only question mark could be Chris Rigg, however I do […]
1997/1998 was the first season that Sunderland played in their new home at the Stadium of Light. We’d been relegated the season before after our final game at Roker Park and I always remember thinking how fitting it would’ve been for the Lads to play in the Premier League during our first season at the […]
Before our focus is fully on Villa Park ahead of Sunday’s game, we thought we’d gather as Bomber, Andrew & Ant join Chris to get up to speed with all the latest news! On today’s show… All this and more! Get subscribed to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode of our free […]
Dear Roker Report, I have sent the below to the legends way support: Good evening, I have purchased a stone to be positioned next to ‘a legend’. I know that your FAQ says people can not decide their location, but I feel strongly about this given the announcement yesterday of who has been chosen for […]
After such a swashbuckling run of form where Sunderland played some fantastic football under their new head coach Lee Johnson, the team had slowed down a bit at just the wrong time of the season. Away to Blackpool on this sunny Saturday in April, hopes were high for fans back in Wearside, with the games […]
Right, lads and lasses, gather round. The end of the season is creeping up on us, and that means one thing: that every Tom, Dick and Premier League sporting director is about to start eyeing up our players like they’re a bargain bucket at the local chicken shop. It comes with the territory of being […]
Nordi Mukiele used to play with Lionel Messi, but he had a certain view of the Argentine World Cup winner and instead, dedicated himself to coming and playing for Régis Le Bris. Exaggerated song lyrics or not, Mukiele has flourished since landing on Wearside. His spell here has helped Sunderland and after seeing his name […]
Welcome to this week’s Q&A episode – and there’s never a shortage of things to talk about at Sunderland is there?! On today’s show… Is the Spurs head loss the most extreme we’ve ever seen? The ‘Legends’ chosen for the Stadium project? Is a review needed? Are Sunderland getting the credit we deserve? What are […]
Anthony Gair says… In my opinion, Dan Ballard is the best player in the team, and it’s not even close. We signed him for around £2 million, and I honestly believe he’s priceless now. Every game he’s out there, throwing his body on the line, winning every ball in the air and being an absolute […]
I’m going to start this with an apology to those ‘up the road’. For years, I’ve been firmly convinced that our neighbours were the biggest set of entitled wet wipes in football. Punching police horses and wrecking their own city centre in the wake of yet another derby defeat, constantly trying to link themselves to […]
Peter Reid’s Sunderland promotion charge had gathered considerable pace since the turn of the year, and with just four points needed from the final four games to confirm the team would play in the top flight next season, the eyes of everyone associated with the club were turned to what would happen when we were […]
After a month away from home, Sunderland returned to the Stadium of Light looking to build on the feelgood factor with a visit from relegation-threatened Spurs, who were under new management. Despite our poor Premier League record on Sundays when facing teams not named ‘Newcastle United’ paired with recent performances on International Fans’ Day Weekend […]
Joe Cowan: 6/10 Had a couple of tidy finishes go past him early on, which he couldn’t do anything about and was mostly a spectator from then on. Did what he needed to comfortably though. Finlay Holcroft: 7/10 Was comfortable down the right all evening, not many forays forward but kept Blackburn at bay defensively. […]
Every year, thanks to Sunderland AFC & the BLC, we celebrate International Fans Day, where SAFC supporters from every corner of the globe jet in to be on Wearside for the weekend. Last Friday night, things kicked off with the annual Fan Party at the Fans Museum, and we were there to get in amongst […]
Last weekend’s game took place on International Fans’ Day weekend, and Friday night at the Fans Museum was a chance for all of our visitors and some of the Roker Report team to meet up and chat all things Sunderland. It was my first experience of the IFD; beforehand, I’d only ever listened to episodes […]
It still amazes me, five decades and more later, and with all the relegation battles that have come and gone since, that we gave ourselves a chance going into the final game of this dreadful campaign. The start of the 1969/1970 season had been bad by any definition — we’d had failed to score a […]
In the early hours of Tuesday morning, the news broke that after fifty years of innovation, all-time great live performances and the development of a catalogue of classics that would put most bands to shame, Iron Maiden — for years apparently seen as a poor fit and shamefully overlooked — are to be inducted into […]
It’s another Sunderland history epic today, as Martin, Andrew and Kelvin take a jaunt down memory lane to delve into all things related to Sunderland AFC that happened On This Week in years gone by! On today’s show: All of this and more, so sit back (or go for a really long run or drive) […]
Sunderland played eight times during their April 1982 programme and whilst results at either end of the month were alarming, what happened in between was a lot more positive. A poor showing against Middlesbrough on April 3 left Sunderland bottom of Division One and seemingly in dire straits, but in the days that followed, a […]
Joseph Tulip says… Comparisons between two sides a quarter of a century apart are difficult because the game has changed in that time. Peter Reid’s team, during two second tier seasons ahead of the 1999 promotion, was known for playing attractive, attacking football. You could say it was possession-based in an era when most sides […]
Want to have your say on all things Sunderland? Drop us a line and we’ll publish your views! [email protected] Dear Roker Report, First off I just want to say what a fantastic fansite this – I check it out everyday along with the podcasts. I wondered whether the issue of early leavers and post match […]
The prelude to Sunday’s game was a little special as planned to coincide with the visit of Tottenham was a reunion on the Saturday evening for those who left Houghton School’s Sixth Form in 1982. Meeting up with people — some of whom you haven’t seen for forty four years — was both exciting and […]