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Haway The Podcast | MONDAY SUPPLEMENT | Sunderland vs The Visitors With Scott Wilson
Good morning Sunderland supporters! Yes, that did just happen. We beat The Richest Club In The World™ without them laying a tea towel on us, and we extended our unbeaten Premier League run against them to 11 games. Martin and Andrew got together with Scott Wilson from the Northern Echo to relive the game, and […]
Talking Points: Sunderland Stand Tall As The Mags Are Sent Packing
Newcastle outfought by Sunderland’s warriors! From the first minute, it was clear that the Lads wanted this more than the scared Geordies. The match featured precious few chances for either side but Sunderland’s spirit, hunger, drive and pride was on full display. The midfield battle was won by Granit Xhaka, Noah Sadiki and Enzo Le […]
2 Up, 2 Down: Derby Day Delight As Sunderland See Off Newcastle!
Alex Charlton says… Régis Le Bris gets it right! Whilst the players deserve all the praise that comes their way, I think Le Bris must be given immense credit. His selection was spot on; four at the back was the correct call and Brian Brobbey did a stellar job up top holding up the ball. […]
Matchday Musings: Derby Success On A Poignant Day For Sunderland
A full-blooded performance to savour. An atmosphere to revel in, and a result that’ll go a long way to showing that in the inter-city battle for North East supremacy between ourselves and Newcastle, Sunderland aren’t the plucky underdogs; the wide-eyed kid who finds himself playing with the big boys and is merely happy to participate […]
On This Day (15th Dec 1962): “Magnificent – That’s The Only Way To Describe This Thriller!”
Following the shock of relegation from the top flight for the first time in our history in 1958, Alan Brown had a big job on his hands to rebuild the club. Not only did the club’s reputation require a rebrand after allegations of illegal payments made to players resulted in the highest-ever fine imposed on […]
Haway The Podcast | MATCH REACTION | Sunderland 1-0 Visitors | Was The Result Ever In Any Doubt?!
GET IN THERE! Gav & Co. meet up in the bar after the final whistle and tell us all how good it is to beat the mags… enjoy! On the agenda: This episode of Haway The Podcast is sponsored by LiveScoreBet, a principal partner of Sunderland AFC. For more information visit LiveScoreBet.com or download the LiveScore Bet […]
Andy’s Player Ratings: Sunderland 1-0 Newcastle – Derby Day Delight!
Robin Roefs: 9/10 Didn’t have to make any dangerous saves of note but the command of his box and footwork were flawless today, very aggressive in coming for high balls into the box and was always successful. Nordi Mukiele: 10/10 Absolutely shut down the right hand side of the pitch, pocketed Gordon in one half […]
Score Predictions: Can Sunderland See Off The Mags At Home?
Martin Wanless predicts… Score prediction: Sunderland 2 Newcastle 1 Sunderland’s first goalscorer: Granit Xhaka A big, big day on Wearside. This is a huge game in our resurgence — and a win here could be the cherry on top of what’s been an exceptional 2025. It’ll be a tough game, but I’m hoping beyond hope […]
Gary Rowell: A Dear Club Legend
At Roker Report, we have put together a number of tributes to ex-players and club legends down the years, but this feels like one of the most difficult. Gary Rowell was a true club legend, and his hat-trick at St. James Park will forever be cemented in club folklore. He had earned a legendary status […]
On This Day (14th Dec 2024): Sunderland’s March Back Continues
Christmas comes earlier every year supposedly, but for Sunderland fans it currently feels as if the club is light years on from where it was 12 months ago, when a remarkable come from behind win against Swansea City had us all in raptures. We are just 365 days on from that trip to Wales but […]
Today Is The Day To Make More Memories!
My first ever Sunderland game was on 24 February 2002 — a Wear-Tyne Derby. This was the first game my father brought me to and I recall the build up like it happened yesterday. The face paint, putting on my Sunderland jersey with “Phillips” on the back (because the club shop had run out of […]
Reader’s Corner – Remembering Gary Rowell
Gary Rowell’s greatest moment was probably the hat trick he scored against Newcastle in a 4-1 win for the Lads away at Sid James Park. In 1979 I was just a naïve teenager scared of my own shadow and definitely scared of football ‘hooligans’. But football was my obsession, and when my older and much […]
Starting XI: How Will Sunderland Line Up For The Derby?
Well, here it is folks – the game we’ve all been ‘looking forward to’. Putting aside all of the noise surrounding the fixture, it’s going to be intriguing from a team selection persepective as to how Regis Le Bris approaches this game. Will we attack from the off or will we try to to soak […]
Haway The Podcast | MATCHDAY PREVIEW | Derby Day | Remembering Gary Rowell
Good morning and welcome to Haway The Podcast on Derby Day. Martin, Andrew, Ant and Jonny got together on Saturday morning to preview the game against Newcastle game today, however the sad news of Gary Rowell’s passing broke last night, which puts a whole different dimension on the game today. Martin and Andrew got together […]
Match Preview: Sunderland v Newcastle United — It’s The One We’ve Been Waiting For!
Sunday 14th December 2025 Sunderland v Newcastle United – Premier League Stadium of Light Kick-Off: 14:00 Tickets & Match Coverage Tickets: Tickets are sold out. TV/Stream: Full live match coverage is available via Sky Sports. Radio: Full live match commentary available via BBC Radio Newcastle (not online) Don’t forget to follow the blow-by-blow account of […]
The Passing of Gary Rowell
Extremely sad news is reaching many Sunderland fans tonight of the passing of one of our great players Gary Rowell, Seaham born and Sunderland fan. It is fifty years to the day that he made his debut for Sunderland as an eighteen-year-old, coming off the bench for Mel Holden in the 71st minute and helping […]
Wear-Tyne Derby: Sunderland’s Moment of Truth
How Sunderland fans thought they might feel ahead of the first Wear-Tyne derby for nine years when languishing in the depths of League One is difficult to recall. Being stuck in the maelstrom of Fleetwood, Rochdale, and Accrington away while up the road Newcastle United were becoming the “Richest Clerrrb in the Werrld” [TM] was […]
Derby Nerves? Not This Time – Sunderland’s Bigger Picture
I’m really looking forward to this first derby in almost ten years, but unlike a lot of my RR brethren, I am quite surprised that I haven’t been nervous really. I’ve had hardly any butterflies at all. On match day itself I will generally get twitchy pre-match, and in the game the tense and nervous […]
Haway The Podcast | PAST MEETINGS | Our Favourite SAFC Wins v NUFC On Wearside
It’s the day before the big game so the lads gather to go through two epic Sunderland victories over Newcastle in detail to build-up to the big game! On today’s agenda: All of this and more – get subscribed to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode of the show! This episode of […]
Fan Focus: What can Sunderland expect from Eddie Howe’s Newcastle team? Writer Sean reveals all!
After a more difficult start to the Premier League season than expected, Newcastle have now won three of their last four – is there a sense on Tyneside than your season is now getting into full flow? Yes and no. Newcastle’s performances have certainly turned a corner since the November international break and actually the […]
The Wear-Tyne Derby: Bring It On!
Sunderland vs Newcastle is a game we all fear and dread in equal measure. Games against that lot from up the road are rarely dull, and the last nine years saw us drop to our lowest point. We’ve gone from losing at Bolton and Cheltenham to tussling with the best in the country every week. […]
On This Day (13th Dec 2014): Poyet’s Sunderland Stutter To Draw With West Ham
Whilst four defeats in sixteen games doesn’t sound so bad, the fact that Gus Poyet’s side had drawn ten and only won two games at this point of the season was beginning to become a worrying trend. After Poyet’s heroics of last season, where the team sensationally stayed up after being cut adrift for so […]
This Derby Is Ours: Sunderland Reborn And Ready
A lot has changed in the last 10 years – Brexit, a global pandemic, and Donald Trump being elected… twice. But the more things change, the more they stay the same, and after nearly a decade apart Sunderland are finally ready to meet Newcastle in the league once again. This then is no normal derby. […]
Derby Eve: A Lifetime of Red-and-White Passion
It’s derby eve, and a quiet sense of purpose and intensity has settled on me, as it has done many times before this game. I was brought up in Morpeth, in a house that was split between the Toon and Sunderland. I had good friends growing up who were every bit as daft on the […]
Haway The Podcast | WEAR-TYNE DERBY | North-East Journalist Mark Douglas On Sunday’s Clash
This weekend’s game between Sunderland and Newcastle is creeping closer and closer, so today we’re joined by a Haway The Podcast debutant – Mark Douglas, the Northern Football Correspondent for i News. He covers both clubs in the north east and has done for many years, so he knars his onions… On today’s agenda: All […]
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