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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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Routine win against struggling Spurs… In the build-up to the game I mentioned that it’s coming up seven years since Spurs played in the Champions League final and we haven’t beaten them in the last 15 meetings going back to 2010, but they hardly put a glove on us. We kept them at arms length […]
John Wilson says… This football club! Back in the Stadium of Light with the sun shining. The wind spoilt proceedings a little, but the crowd was up for it at the start. The fourteen legends were announced and the international fans were given their day, showcasing that on and off the pitch, things are moving […]
Looking through rose-tinted specs, the transition of moving to the Stadium of Light seems to have gone smoothly if you look at the points tally of 90 in the first season and 105 in the second – but it was a little bumpy to start with. For a start, our first season there was on […]
We’re back to winning ways at home and the lads headed straight for a pint after the full-time whistle to give their reaction! On today’s show… All this and more! Get subscribed to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode of our free daily show. Want to get in touch with us? You […]
Robin Roefs: 7/10 Made a hugely important save on the stroke of half time and then tipped over a driven Porro shot near the end but was a spectator for most of the game with his defence shielding him superbly, did get lucky with a spilled catch that ended on the roof of the net […]
It’d usually be a bit odd to think of making a number of changes to a team that’s just beaten their rivals 2-1 away from home, but three weeks and a number of players coming back from injury means Regis Le Bris will almost be starting from stratch with team selection today. It’ll be nice […]
It was never supposed to be this easy. The euphoria following Tommy Watson’s winner enjoyed a long shelf life but it was tempered ever so slightly, with a gnawing trepidation about what awaited as memories of our most recent Premier League campaigns — perennially spent fighting relegation — resurfaced. The laws of probability offered no […]
Martin Wanless predicts… Score prediction: Sunderland 2 Spurs 0 Sunderland’s first goalscorer: Chemsdine Talbi After being able to enjoy the derby win for three weeks, it’s back to Premier League action and — to channel my inner Régis Le Bris — this is an interesting challenge. Spurs have been awful recently but another change of […]
1981/1982 saw an ultimately-successful relegation battle for Sunderland, thanks in part to the efforts of Colin West — the Lads’ precocious young forward who was proving himself ready for the big time. With the club’s future looking bleak, West had infamously approached manager Alan Durban and assured him he was the man to get the […]
After failing to win in 2026, Thomas Frank was sacked as Spurs boss back in February. What do you think were the key factors that went wrong? Thomas Frank’s time at Tottenham was unsuccessful after a fast start where we went toe to toe with PSG who had won the Champions League last season are […]
Sunday 12th April 2026 Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur – 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 on Sky Sports. Radio: Full live match commentary available via BBC Radio Newcastle (not online) Don’t forget to follow the blow-by-blow account […]
It’s been fun to talk abut our last fixture for a while, but it’s good to be talking about the next one as the Lads entertain crisis club Tottenham Hotspur this weekend at the Stadium of Light! So we caught up with Elias Burke from The Athletic to find out just what the hell is […]
Want to have your say on all things Sunderland? Drop us a line and we’ll publish your views! [email protected] Dear Roker Report, After reading a number of stories about people’s memories of the 1973 FA Cup final, I thought your readers might find my little story amusing. Back in 1973, I was an apprentice at […]
As the years go by, many Sunderland wins may fade with memory loss, but never if it’s against Manchester United, so it makes me feel decidedly old to say I remember this win over the Red Devils very well! It was to be the-then Sunderland captain Tony Towers’ twenty-fifth birthday two days later, so it […]
Dear Roker Report, My good friend’s Dad played for Sunderland. His name was Tim Gilbert and he came through the youth intake at Sunderland and played for them from 1976 to 1980. Sadly Tim died at a very young age. It is his son’s 40th birthday in July and he is about to become a […]
On a spectacularly misty, foggy and rainy night on Wearside, Chris Coleman’s Sunderland yet again let a glorious opportunity to pull themselves out of trouble in the Championship relegation battle after conceding a late equaliser to Norwich City at the Stadium of Light. For the neutral watching on (if any), this was an entertaining encounter […]