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Match Preview: Sunderland v Chelsea — It’s The Final Day Of A Great Season!
Sunday 24th May 2026 Sunderland v Chelsea – Premier League Stadium of Light – Kick-Off: 16:00 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 […]
One Year On: ‘Til The End, My Bonny Lads!
The date is the 13th of May 2025 and the match time is 12:00. The unfettered noise and limbs in the Stadium of Light is ear-splitting and unprecedented. Dan Ballard’s goal in the dying embers of extra-time of a tense second-leg play-off semi-final has released a torrent of guttural emotion. It is the kind of […]
Haway The Podcast | OPPO PREVIEW | How Much Do Chelsea Fans Want To Qualify For Europe?!
WIt’s our final opposition preview of the season and there’s not many clubs who would claim to have had a more chaotic season than Chelsea this year! So luckily for us, we talked to Max from the Chelsea Unfiltered podcast to tell us all the goings on at Chelsea ahead of the big game! On […]
Super Sunday for Sunderland
Every time I think about Sunday, my stomach lurches. Normally when thinking ahead to a big game, this is with nerves or apprehension, but instead it is with excitement. It isn’t often that we as Sunderland fans find ourselves in such a positive situation. Victory, combined with other results, could result in the club’s first […]
The Merry Merry Month of May!
This time of year has been an enjoyable one for Sunderland fans in recent years, and 24 May 2025 at Wembley was the most significant day in the club’s history for more than fifty years. In the sunshine and warmth, we watched with dismay as Sheffield United put themselves ahead through Tyrese Campbell. Moments later, […]
Régis Le Bris Is Sunderland’s Tactician Supreme!
A team that collects twenty two points from losing positions in a competition as challenging as a near-full season in the Premier League doesn’t do it accidentally. Rightly lauded throughout the season, much has been made of the collective fighting spirit of this Sunderland squad, often coming from a goal or two down to win […]
How Are We Feeling About Sunday’s European Shootout?
Anth Gair says… How excited am I? I’ve spent the last thirty odd years suffering as a Sunderland fan — which means I, alongside the rest of you, know what the dark days look like. League One. Phil Parkinson. The drift. The years when it wasn’t even fun anymore. So to be sitting here, on […]
Come Sunday Night, Sunderland Could Be In Wonderland!
I was taken to my first Sunderland game at Roker Park in 1966. I mention that fact as it has a bearing on the following statement: this has been the best season I’ve known in my lifetime. I certainly don’t say that lightly, as there have been many fantastic moments and quite a few very […]
On This Day (23 May 1970): A Long-Forgotten European Foray For Sunderland!
As we gear up for what could be an historic moment in our clubs history — a first qualification for European competition via a league position —- on this day in 1970, we bowed out of a (thankfully) almost forgotten European trophy, the Anglo-Italian Cup (‘Coppa Anglo-Italiana’) after a 0-3 defeat away at Fiorentina. The […]
Reader’s Corner: Sunderland’s Rise Has Bred Renewed Belief!
I became a Sunderland supporter in the early 1970s — although “became” probably isn’t the right word. As a young lad in Hebburn, football wasn’t something you ‘chose’ in the modern sense. It was in the streets, in the schoolyard, in the voices coming through the kitchen wireless, in the conversations of men leaning on […]
Haway The Podcast | Q&A Pt. 2 | European Preferences, Chelsea & Sunday’s Atmosphere!
We pick up where we left off in part one as the lads start focusing on the final game against Chelsea, as well as possible impacts of qualifying for Europe! 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 […]
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 […]
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