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View From The Away End: Craven Cottage Blues For The Lads
After what felt like the tenth international break of the season finally drew to a close, it was time to gear up for a run of games that some pundits have described as the acid test for Sunderland’s Premier League campaign. The narrative from the sceptics and naysayers seems to be that a brutal upcoming […]
Fulham Defeat Hurts – But Perspective Needed For Sunderland
Given we spend half our time reminding ourselves that for most of the last 70 years Sunderland have been crap, it shouldn’t feel completely unfamiliar to us when we lose a game of football and play poorly, but all of us – even me, an eternal optimist – must be feeling even just a little […]
Haway The Podcast | ON THIS WEEK | 24-30 Nov | Shack, Bridges & Stoke (A)
Good morning and welcome to another week in the world of Sunderland Association Football Club – and, as usual, we’re kicking things off with an episode of On This Week, where we take a look back at some of the things that have happened in the history of SAFC on this week in history. On […]
Sunderland Need A Strong Response After Our Loss To Fulham
It’s been a mark of the impact that the Lads have made during the early months of 2025/2026 that few (if any) games have really felt particularly high stakes, and nor has there ever been a sense that the next game — regardless of the result that preceded it — has anything extra riding on […]
On This Day (24th Nov 2006): Manager’s Take The Spotlight As Sunderland Take On Wolves!
On the odd occasion, a fixture in the football calendar has a narrative that has zero impact on the pitch – and this game was one of the biggest examples. This is especially true when the media is driving a relationship between two personalities, and when Sunderland travelled to the West Midlands to take on […]
Fan Letters: Let’s Not Lose Sight Of The Bigger Picture!
Want to have your say on all things Sunderland? Drop us a line and we’ll publish your views! [email protected] Dear Roker Report, They say a week can be a lifetime in politics, but they should apply that adage to being a Sunderland supporter. After our dire display against Fulham, you’d think our world has come […]
AFCON Absences: Chance For Sunderland’s Fringe Lads To Shine
Next month the Africa Cup of Nations will deprive Sunderland of several members of the squad. But their absence will provide opportunities for players who have so far been on the fringes of the first team. Reinildo Mandava, Noah Sadiki, Bertrand Traoré, Chemsdine Talbi, Simon Adingra, and Arthur Masuaku are all either certain or likely […]
Haway The Podcast | SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT | Sky Sports’ Tom White On Fulham & The Transfer Window
Well, it wasn’t to be for Sunderland yesterday away at Fulham, and since he was there in the away end at Craven Cottage we thought it’d be a good time to catch up with our owld marra Tom White! On today’s agenda… All of this and more – get subscribed to Haway The Podcast so […]
Talking Points: Lacklustre performance and poor refereeing cost Sunderland dear against Fulham
Yesterday’s game at Fulham seemed a good opportunity to add to our points haul this season, however Fulham’s home record this season has been excellent – their league position affected by an awful away showing rather than their showings at Craven Cottage. After the international break, Regis Le Bris went in with an unchanged team, […]
Matchday Musings: The Lads Fail To Flourish At The Cottage
When the gaffer started with a back five, I was in two minds. It would’ve been good to be solid at the back away from home, but with Fulham being strong at home, that might’ve meant we were less present in the middle of the park — and that was how it panned out for […]
On This Day (23rd Nov 1889): A Perfect Ten For Sunderland!
1889/1890 was Sunderland’s final season before joining The Football League and as such, their programme consisted mainly of exhibition games and friendlies against clubs from near and far. Scotland regularly provided tough opponents for these contests and having already served up an entertaining 3-3 draw less than twelve months earlier, East Ayrshire outfit Hurlford were […]
2 Up, 2 Down: Sunderland Slip To Defeat At Fulham
Gav says… Traoré looked lively On a day where Sunderland weren’t great from an attacking perspective, the one bright spark was Bertrand Traoré, who was our best player in the first half and created a handful of half chances out of nothing. Alright, you could maybe argue that he could’ve done better with some of […]
Haway The Podcast | MATCH REACTION | Fulham 1-0 SAFC | The Lads Go Down In Dreary Defeat!
It’s the first time we’ve suffered defeat for seven weeks so Chris & Andrew were talking through a weird experience as the Lads are beaten at Fulham by a single goal in an awful game… On today’s agenda: All of this and much more – get subscribed to you don’t miss another episode of Haway […]
Andy’s Player Ratings: Fulham 1-0 Sunderland – Late Defeat In The Capital
Robin Roefs: 7/10 Made some routine saves but was mostly positive in the rain, attempting to be assertive around the box. Thought better than coming for the cross that led to the goal, which led to a bit of confusion with Ballard. Trai Hume: 5/10 Had some sloppy moments defensively, heading a ball out for […]
Haway The Podcast | MATCHDAY PREVIEW | Fulham v SAFC | Can The Lads Pile The Pressure On Silva?!
The Lads are back! We’re done with the international breaks for a few months and we only have Premier League action as far as the eye can see! We get back into the swing of things with a trip to the capital to take on Fulham who desperately need three points, so can Sunderland pile […]
Score Predictions: Can We “Gan Canny” Down At The Cottage?
Martin Wanless predicts… Score prediction: Fulham 0 Sunderland 2 Sunderland’s first goalscorer: Le Fee Yes, Fulham have a good home record this season but I’m confident of us going into any game at the moment and getting something from it. There’ll be a few question marks over players returning after international duty, however we’ve got […]
A Salute To Sunderland’s Coaching Team!
On July 1 2024, a relative unknown called Régis Le Bris arrived at the club. In fifteen months, he’s taken Sunderland from sixteenth in the Championship to fourth in the Premier League — and whilst it’s true that the club and recruitment team have backed him with the tools to do the job, he deserves […]
On This Day (22nd Nov 2003):McCartney Reveals Angry McCarthy dressing down after defeat!
On this day, a chastening and embarrassing defeat at Gresty Road saw manager Mick McCarthy read the riot act to his team in the sixth game that Sunderland had only scored 5 in 8. Narrow wins, along with some 0-0 stalemates, had seen McCarthy’s team lack prolificacy around this time in 2003, but it still […]
Starting XI: Is This How Sunderland Will Line Up v Fulham?
This afternoon’s game against Fulham comes off the back of a two week international break which thankfully seems to have seen no new injury concerns emerge, plus three games in which we played a slightly different shape to what we had done before. Will Le Bris stick with this new tactical approach? Will last-minute hero […]
Match Preview: Fulham v Sunderland — Can We Pick Up Where We Left Off?!
Saturday 22nd November 2025 Fulham v Sunderland – Premier League Stadium of Light Kick-Off: 15:00 Tickets & Match Coverage Tickets: Tickets are sold out. TV/Stream: Full live match coverage is unavailable in the UK. Radio: Full live match commentary available via BBC Radio Newcastle (not online) Don’t forget to follow the blow-by-blow account of the […]
Haway The Podcast | OPPO PREVIEW | The Fulhamish Podcast Joins Us To Talk All Things Fulham!
It’s been an interesting international window for Fulham as the rumours about Marco Silva’s future gather pace – so we caught up with Elizabeth Barnard from The Fulhamish podcast to tell us about everything that is going on at Craven Cottage! On today’s agenda: All of this and much more – get subscribed to you […]
Fan Focus: Fulham Fan Jack On What’s Going Wrong For Sunderland’s Next Opponents
Marco Silva’s future has been under question at Fulham, but he has reportedly been offered a new three-year deal. Are fans hopeful that he’ll stay? It’s not been a great start to the season and things are a bit stale but I’d say the vast majority of Fulham fans are hoping Silva will stay, and […]
RLB’s Reset Mantra: Stay Humble, Go Again at Fulham
Folk are digging out their long coats, scarves, hats, and gloves in preparation for yellow and amber weather warnings, a potential visit from “the Beast from the East”, and even, apparently, “thundersnow”. What they all mean, of course, is that it’s winter! Simples. Regardless of the weather, I for one can’t wait to get back […]
On This Day (21 Nov 1914): ‘Boe Selector!’ — Keeper James Plays Only Game For Sunderland
As regular readers will know, our ‘On This Day’ articles typically focus on major games and significant events at Sunderland AFC. However, the rich tapestry that forms the club’s history is made up of a whole host of games, players and events that happen – and some are rarely talked about again. Take a game […]
American Mackem John: From Wikipedia to Wearside Love
Lars: John, how did you first get involved with football? By that I mean Association Football, or “soccer”, not the American version of football, where they hardly use their feet. John: I was not a fan of English football – in fact not a football fan at all – until I started watching games with […]
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