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On This Day (22nd May 2021): McGeady Inspires as Sunderland Fall Short Against Lincoln
After a 2 – 0 first-leg defeat at Lincoln, Lee Johnson’s Sunderland had it all to do to overcome their opponents at the Stadium of Light. This game was the first that allowed fans back into our home ground and, despite there only being just under ten thousand in attendance, the noise these fans created […]
Sunderland Are The Underestimated Entertainers – One More Show Awaits
Chelsea getting European football ahead of Sunderland would be a bit like a billionaire kicking a homeless person in the bollocks to pick up 10 pence from the floor from under his nose. Unnecessary, unfair and mean. The fact I’m even writing that sentence almost a year on from one of the most incredible May […]
Fan Letters: Luke O’Nien Proves The Doubters Wrong Yet Again!
Want to have your say on all things Sunderland? Drop us a line and we’ll publish your views! [email protected] Dear Roker Report, Well, it’s that time again! I’m talking about it being humble pie time for me — in huge dollops. Over the past few months, I’ve had a bit of a go at Luke O’Nien. […]
Let’s Go ‘Til The End Once Again!
May 24 2025 was a key date in Sunderland AFC’s recent history, the day we secured promotion back to the Premier League after eight years away, doing so dramatically with one of the last kicks of the game. Exactly twelve months on, we’ll be playing our final game of a fantastic first campaign back in […]
Call To Arms — Let’s Give It Our All… ‘Til The End
There are football matches, and then there are days that can define a generation. Sunday is one of those days. For months, this team has fought for every point, every tackle, every moment. They’ve given us memories we’ll talk about for years — nights under the lights, limbs in the stands, late winners, impossible moments, […]
Haway The Podcast | NEWS ROUNDUP | Hume To Real Madrid?! And… ‘TIL THE END!
Welcome to this week’s Sunderland news roundup, and with the summer approaching us the transfer stories – both mad and, well, slightly believable – are already coming thick and fast! Join Gav and Andrew as they chat all about the latest SAFC news, including: All this and more! Get subscribed to Haway The Podcast so […]
Witness For The Defence, Sunderland AFC Edition
Dear Premier League: An Open Apology From Sunderland AFC, Before the final ball of our first season back is kicked on Sunday afternoon, Sunderland AFC would like to take a moment — with characteristic Wearside humility — to issue a formal apology for the 2025/26 campaign. In our defence: we didn’t mean to do any […]
Talking Tactics: Everton (A) — “At Home In The Hill Dickinson!”
Sunderland returned to the Hill Dickinson Stadium for the second time this season (following their FA Cup tie back in January) looking to replicate the result on the final away day of the 2025/2026 season. With the prospect of European football for next season quickly fading into the distance, Sunderland required a win to keep […]
A Last Stand Or A Statement Of Intent From Wilson Isidor?
After Wilson Isidor applied the gloss to Sunderland’s 1-3 away victory over Everton on Sunday, slotting the ball neatly into the bottom corner of the Toffees’ goal after a swift attack and potentially confidence-boosting assist from Habib Diarra, there was almost as much focus on his ‘cupped ear’ celebration as there was on the goal […]
On This Day (21 May 1928) Johnny Cochrane Officially Takes Charge At Roker!
More often than not, managers today have somewhat fleeting relationships with clubs; they come, they go, often interchangeable, if not indistinguishable. Go back 100 years or so, and it was a very different landscape for what were then termed ‘secretary managers’. For the first time in 23 years, Sunderland had been on the lookout for […]
Haway The Podcast | Q&A Pt. 1 | O’Nien, Isidor And Getting Hold Of Away Tickets!
It’s the final away game of the season, and Sunderland travel to Everton’s brand-spanking new for the second time! We speak to Stephen Hornby from The Toffee Blues to find out about their season and his thoughts on the game! On today’s show… All this and more! Get subscribed to Haway The Podcast so you […]
The ‘Not Good Enough’ Kid Strikes Again!
It’s the Hill Dickinson Stadium, it’s 23 minutes into the first half against Everton and the Big Guy from Paraguay, Omar Alderete, is struggling to continue. There are options for Régis Le Bris to consider – Trai Hume is playing an advanced role and could drop into defence. That would allow either him or Lutsharel […]
On This Day (20th May 1955): The Day Sunderland Almost Signed John Charles
Argus had tracked and reported this story with some enthusiasm in the Sunderland Echo in the spring of 1955. It was not the first time he had committed to print to tell readers the club were chasing the signature of “this great player”. Sunderland were known as the Bank of England club in the 1950s. […]
Away Days to Remember During Sunderland’s Premier League Return!
Sunderland’s first season back in the Premier League has thrown up some memorable away days. Across nineteen league fixtures, there have been a couple of very disappointing afternoons where the Lads really didn’t turn up — but set against that have been some outstanding performances when the team has gone onto opponents’ turf and more […]
Sunderland Are On The Rise…Bring On Chelsea!
If one hallmark of the longtime Sunderland fan is a lingering sense of pessimism and a worry that we can’t enjoy the heady times and the memorable moments without being shadowed by an imminent sense of doom and feeling vulnerable to a sudden downturn in fortune, what of the emotions we’re all doubtless feeling at […]
Roker Roundup: Trai Hume linked to… Real Madrid?!
Granit Xhaka has not been short of praise this season for his performances in a Sunderland shirt — not just from our fans, but from supporters of other clubs and pundits who have watched on and admired the brilliant job that he’s done as the captain of our team. One of those pundits that he’s […]
Haway The Podcast | ROKER REWIND | Gary Bennett
We all know and love Gary Bennett – but how much do we know about his football career before Sunderland? In this episode of Roker Rewind, Martin, Chris and Andrew take a look at: All this and more! Get subscribed to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode of our free daily show. […]
Editorial: Ladies And Gents, This Is The Moment You’ve Waited For
Well, if you had told me one year ago that in 12 months time we’d be going into the last game of a Premier League season with a chance of claiming a European place I would’ve looked urgently for the fellas in white coats to get you locked up pronto. But here we are. In […]
One Step from Europe: Sunderland Dream on at Everton
It’s hard to believe that this incredible season is nearly over. The last twelve months since that incredible, transformative play-off campaign seem to have passed in the blink of an eye and, as always with Sunderland, there has been no shortage of highs and lows. With just two fixtures remaining and a decent-sized points gap […]
Fan Letters: “What A Great Final Away Day On Merseyside!”
Want to have your say on all things Sunderland? Drop us a line and we’ll publish your views! [email protected] Dear Roker Report, What a great final away day on Merseyside. Full credit to the Everton fans and the club in remembering Bradley Lowery. The banner before kick-off was a great tribute and I’m sure Bradley […]
Sunderland Never Stopped Believing — And We Never Will!
This coming weekend, the sun will shine, the clock will strike 4:00pm and Sunderland will embark on their most important game in a generation — a mere twelve months after their last generationally important game. Sunderland have never done things easily. We’ve never done things normally and yet again, we’re exposed to a season that, […]
On This Day (19th May 2021): It’s Advantage Lincoln As Sunderland Lose The First-Leg!
Bloody hell. This was five years ago. It feels like a lifetime, and in some ways, it feels like it didn’t happen at all. If you had told us a few years before this that Sunderland would be getting beaten in the third-tier play-offs by Lincoln City, at the end of a season behind closed […]
Haway The Podcast | MONDAY SUPPLEMENT | Sunderland’s European Dream Is Alive!
Jason Jones from the Sunderland Echo joins Gav and Martin for a chat about Sunderland’s win against Everton, which keeps our hopes of qualifying for Europe alive right until the final day of the season! All this and more! Get subscribed to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode of our free daily […]
Matchday Musings: Sunderland’s European Dream Remains Alive!
It’s a strange quirk of Sunderland’s 2025/2026 season that many of our away wins have carried extra weight — either in terms of building momentum, sending a message and in the case of this latest impressive outcome, keeping the Lads on track for what would surely be one of the most extraordinary achievements in our […]
Talking Points: Sunderland Shine On The Banks Of The Royal Blue Mersey
Another blue-riband away day for the Lads When Sunderland fell behind to Merlin Röhl’s (what a name, by the way!) deflected strike at the Hill Dickinson Stadium on Sunday — the goal coming at the end of a half during which we’d played some good football without finding the killer touch or the dead-eye finish […]
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