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Haway The Podcast | CHIT-CHAT | We Catch Up With Ian Murtagh On SAFC’s Fantastic Season!
After more than three decades covering north-east football, Ian Murtagh had probably thought he’d seen it all! But he joins us today to catch up on what has happened since we last caught up with him just before the derby at St James’! On today’s show… All this and more! Get subscribed to Haway The […]
On This Day (7th June 1972): Bomber’s Italian Plan Fails To Come Off
Sunderland wound up their 1971-72 season, which in league terms had been fair to middling at best, with a stab at the Anglo-Italian Cup – and after a bruising trip to the continent earlier in the month, they were now back on home soil to see out their group game obligations. The Roker Park treatment […]
Thanks, Dennis, And Good Luck For The Future!
Alex Charlton says… What a journey it’s been — from League One to the Premier League. In your early days on Wearside, you were plagued by injury and I always feared whether you’d get the chance to fulfil your potential, but you’ve played an integral part in the club’s development and progress up the divisions. […]
Haway The Podcast | SEASON REVIEW Pt. 2 | We Continue Our Deep Dive Into The 2025-26 Season!
Well… the first part to this review took twice as long to cover half the amount of games as we’d planned! So how long will part two be and will we need a third?! Join Martin, Andrew, Gav and Chris as they pick up from Stamford Bridge to cover our season review! On today’s show… […]
Sunderland’s Stars On The World Stage…Who’ll Go The Furthest?
Just for a bit of fun, which Sunderland player will go furthest in the World Cup? We have Granit Xhaka (Switzerland), Brian Brobbey and Robin Roefs (Holland), Noah Sadiki and former Sunderland defender Arthur Masuaku (DR Congo), Wilson Isidor (Haiti), Habib Diarra (Senegal), Chemsdine Talbi (Morocco), Omar Alderete (Paraguay), Nilson Angulo (Ecuador) and Simon Adingra […]
How(e) To Get It Wrong!
The horrific images that have accompanied the launch of ‘the Visitors’ new Adidas home shirt serve as a salutary reminder of just how much Sunderland AFC are getting right in so many areas of the club. On the pitch, things could not have gone any better – a talented and committed squad (many of whom […]
On This Day (6th June 1957): Gary Rowell – The Local Lad Who Became a Sunderland Legend
Lord Rowell of Seaham was born on this day in 1957. He joined Sunderland AFC as an apprentice in 1972 before turning professional in July 1974. He made his league debut for the Lads in the 1975/76 season, helping us to promotion from the old Second Division into the top flight. He scored 102 goals […]
Who Was Sunderland’s Best Find — And Which 25/26 Away Day Stood Out?
Alex Charlton says… Sunderland’s surprise package: Robin Roefs According to reports, we’d missed out on several goalkeeping targets and given how little I knew about him, the division he was playing in and his price tag, I had my reservations about his ability. To be honest, I was also slightly disappointed that Anthony Patterson was […]
Haway The Podcast | TOP 10 | 1-5 | We Complete The Best Moments Of SAFC’s 2025-26 Season
We can’t get enough of Sunderland’s 2025-26 season so we go on a little deep dive to go through it We created a shortlist of ten and we’ve covered the first half, but today we go through our top five! Join Andrew, Jonny, Gav & Chris to go back through the top moments from last […]
Jack Ross at Sunderland – Success, Failure or Something Between?
Today marks the birthday of our former manager Jack Ross, a figure whose time on Wearside continues to divide opinion among supporters as to whether it was a successful tenure or not. While his reign ultimately ended in disappointment, Ross also played an important role in stabilising the club during one of the most turbulent […]
Roly Gregoire, Roker Park, and a Day I Cannot Forget
I have found myself in the last week or so comparing and contrasting the best of my sixty years of supporting the Lads. It has been a great way to idle away sunny afternoons in my retirement. I am a Sunderland supporter of unquestionable allegiance. Through thick and thin, win or lose, this club has […]
Sunderland’s Evolution Is Continuing Apace
The winds of change are blowing at Sunderland once again. Another end-of-season detox, more reflections on the campaign that’s just finished and on Tuesday evening, an emotional farewell statement from Dennis Cirkin, confirming his Wearside exit. The long-serving left back’s final bow hardly came as a surprise following a 2025/2026 season during which he found […]
Sunderland Must Seize The Chance They’ve Been Given!
After two of the most amazing seasons in our recent history, most of us can scarcely believe how far we’ve come from the not-so-long ago days of League One. Going back over sixty years or more Sunderland have typically followed up a season of promotion from the second tier with an objective no greater than […]
Was Sunderland’s 2025/2026 Campaign Underrated Or Unappreciated?
The winner of the Premier League ‘Manager of the Season’ award is pretty inevitable these days, with eleven of the past twelve winners being in charge of the team that won the title, yet when there’s this much predictability, it does raise the question of whether there’s much meaning in this award. Mikel Arteta picked […]
Sunderland Linked With €25m Player-Plus-Cash Offer For Spain International Winger
Osasuna winger Victor Muñoz is a player in demand this summer, following an eye-catching season in La Liga, despite his club finishing just outside the relegation zone. Sunderland have previously been linked with him, Newcastle United are said to have made a bid for the player, and Real Madrid had been rumored to be interested […]
Haway The Podcast | TOP 10 | 10-6 | Best Moments of Sunderland’s 2025-26 Season
We can’t get enough of Sunderland’s 2025-26 season so we go on a little deep dive to go through it What were your big moments of Sunderland’s fantastic season?! We create a shortlist of ten and today we go from ten to six in our list! Join Andrew, Jonny, Gav & Chris to go back […]
The Red And White Wall: A Tribute To The Lads’ 25/26 Defence!
I started this piece with the intention of trying to work out who our best defensive signing of the season had been and it didn’t take me long to realise what a pointless exercise that was — it would’ve been a discussion that was unlikely to reach a consensus, such is the quality of player […]
Racism in Football & Society
This has been a truly remarkable season for Sunderland fans, reaching our highest Premier League points total for 25 years, which ended with the team qualifying for Europe. We exceeded expectations on all fronts, and recruitment over the past 12 months has been a very strong point. As fans, we have savoured many great victories […]
On This Day (4 June 1996) Sunderland Linked With Quartet as Reid Looks to Strengthen Squad
Sunderland’s promotion in 1996 was down in large part to the team spirit Peter Reid had managed to conjure up. It wasn’t solely morale, of course – there were some exceptional performances from the returning Paul Bracewell in the centre of the park, while Shay Given’s heroics in the latter part of the season were […]
Reader’s Corner: Ahead of Schedule – And Finally Trusting the Sunderland Process
Schedules matter. You set goals and you try to hit them. As a fanbase, we’ve been through a spell where our ambitions got completely torn apart. We were humbled. In League One, people accused us of arrogance, and I remember feeling a bit taken aback that Wycombe players were taking the piss out of us. […]
Haway The Podcast | SEASON REVIEW Pt. 1 | We Take A Deep Dive To Review Our Season!
We can’t get enough of Sunderland’s 2025-26 season so we go on a little deep dive to go through it all again! Join Martin, Gav & Chris to go through part one and to see if they can reach the half way point of the season! On today’s show… All this and more! Get subscribed […]
Dennis Cirkin Deserves a Fond Farewell from Sunderland
Whilst we’re all dusting off our passports and getting ready for a European adventure in 2026/27, it’s easy to forget about the players who’ve helped, in some way, lay the foundations. Although the news that broke directly from Dennis Cirkin – that he would be leaving the club when his contract comes to an end […]
A Summer Without Sunderland? Not a Chance
On Saturday night, I sat down to watch the Champions League final, and you might find this odd, but I couldn’t really care less about Champions League footy and have never really paid much attention to it, so the fact I even bothered to put the match on was a change of pace for me. […]
On This Day (3rd June 1889): The Day Sunderland Found Tom Watson
“As a matter of fact, I found him eventually in a pub. He looked distressed and down at heel. He said to me, ‘Well ye beggor Jack, what’s th’deeing heor hinny’.” And so began the career of Sunderland’s most successful manager (to date). The football club that became Sunderland AFC had crept rather than sprung […]
“HANDS OFF!” — Who Sunderland SHOULDN’T Sell This Summer
Calum Mills says… The one player I can see being pinched is Noah Sadiki. He’s every top four club’s dream central midfielder due to his engine, dynamism and tenacity. There were strong comparisons to N’Golo Kante at the start of the season and I easily think he could surpass him as a player. Whether it’s […]
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