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On This Day (18 April 1998): Red, White And Crewe As Sunderland Stay In The Hunt!
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 […]
Haway The Podcast | NEWS ROUNDUP | Big Sam, Defoe, Legends Way, Rumours And Much More!
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 […]
Fan Letters: Legends’ Way Controversy – Do We Need A Re-Vote? Plus Le Bris Manager Of The Year?
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 […]
On This Day (17th April 2021): Johnson Dismisses Top Two Hopes After Blackpool Defeat!
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 […]
An Intriguing Summer Lies Ahead For Sunderland!
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, Nordi, Nordi…!”
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 […]
Haway The Podcast | Q&A | Spurs Fallout | ‘Legends’ | Team Selection | Europe Chances
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 […]
Who Are Sunderland’s ‘Must Keep’ Players For 2026/2027?
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 […]
A Generational Tottenham Headloss!
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 […]
On This Day (16 April 1996) Reidy’s Kings Fry Brum To Edge Nearer Promotion
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 […]
Talking Tactics: Spurs (H) — De Zerbi Outwitted By Le Bris!
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 […]
Andy’s Player Ratings: Sunderland u21 4 – 2 Blackburn u21 – Whittaker Double Clinches Final Berth
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. […]
Haway The Podcast | IFD 2026 | Sunderland Fans Worldwide On Why They Love The Lads!
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 […]
International Fans’ Day Weekend Reflections: “Nancy’s Story”
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 […]
On This Day (15 April 1970): “So Near, But Always Too Far”
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 […]
Contention Reigns With Sunderland’s Legends’ Way Honorees
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 […]
Haway The Podcast | On This Week 13-20 April | McMenemy Departs | Sunderland Promoted! | Play Offs
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) […]
On This Day (14 April 1982): Sunderland Build On Their Hot Streak
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 […]
Two Great Sunderland Sides…But Which Is Best?
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 […]
Fan Letters: “The Sky’s The Limit!”
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 […]
If Carlsberg Did International Fans’ Day Weekends…
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 […]
Striker. Inspiration. Derby Day Hero — That’s Brian Brobbey!
Yes, ‘Sliding doors moments’. Yes, Chelsea’s recall of Marc Guiu after a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it loan spell at the Stadium of Light. Yes, a move that opened up a window of opportunity for Sunderland to sign a striker whose numbers for Ajax were more than impressive before an unthinkably traumatic series of off-field events derailed his career […]
Haway The Podcast | Monday Supplement | Nick Barnes On Spurs Win!
BBC Radio Newcastle’s Sunderland commentator Nick Barnes joined Chris and Martin on Monday morning to look back on Sunderland’s 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur that leaves the lads eyeing Europe and the North Londoners in deep relegation trouble. On today’s show, we cover: Sunderland’s performance against Spurs – did we see significant improvement from our […]
Matchday Musings: A Narrow But Priceless Victory For Sunderland!
In years gone by, parallels could regularly be drawn between Sunderland and Tottenham: football’s ‘nearly men’, the “Why’s it never us?” tandem, the sport’s banter boys — and even the ‘Spursy and Sunderland-y’ reputations that preceded both clubs bore similar traits. Of course, the North Londoners have been competing in a completely different ballpark to […]
Talking Points: Sunderland Hit Their Stride Against Spurs
Back at home and back to winning ways! And so this wonderful, exciting and memorable season continues. The afterglow of our stunning derby triumph certainly kept us warm during the international break and last weekend’s FA Cup hiatus, but there’s nothing like the resumption of the league to really stoke the competitive fires and given […]
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