Black Cats Chat

All roads lead to Wembley as we are edging closer to the biggest game of the season and in many years when we face Sheffield United this Saturday 24th of May in the Championship playoff final for a place in the Premier League. To look back on an unforgettable last minute goal from Dan Ballard as well as preview the final, Bilbao Black Cats' Lee Thirkell was joined by Peter Showler in Washingto...

Todos los caminos llegan a Wembley ya que el Sunderland AFC se enfrenta al mayor desafío de la temporada en la final de los playoffs contra el Sheffield United por un puesto en la Premier League. Junto a Lee Thirkell de los Bilbao Black Cats para hacer la previa de la final tenemos a Mili en Córdoba (Argentina) y un debut de Marçal en Barcelona. Música: Eneko Cabanillas Hilario

Sunderland AFC se ha clasficado a la final del playoff de la championship despues de superar al Coventry City. Estamos a un partido de la Premier League. Solo nos queda un rival. El Sheffield United nos espera en Wembley el sabado 24 de mayo. Daniel Bernal en Chile y de la cuenta Sunderland_LA en X acompaña a Lee Thirkell de los Bilbao Black Cats para hablar sobre la semi final y la final. Música:...

A last minute headed equaliser from man of the match in both legs, Big Dan Ballard helped the lads to a 3-2 aggregate win over Coventry which takes us to the playoff final on the 24th of May in which we'll play Sheffield Utd. Lee Thirkell from the Bilbao Black Cats was joined by Dan Dimitrov from the Bulgarian Sunderland Supporters Association, Ian McNee from the German Black Cats and Paul Cla...

The lads produced a determined performance and grabbed a 1-2 win to take back to the Stadium of Light thanks to goals from Wilson Isidor and Eliezer Mayenda. A special mention must go to Dan Ballard who was absolutely immense at the heart of the defence. Bilbao Black Cats members Lee Thirkell & Mark Beston caught up to review the match and preview the 2nd leg. Music: Eneko Cabanillas - Can&#39...

We're just a day away from the 1st leg of the playoffs vs Coventry City so we decided to dig out (not exhume Jimmy Hill's remains) a blues fan who we know quite well. Friend and colleague of Lee & Jonny from the Bilbao Black Cats, Tom Jupp joined us for a chat to discuss Coventry's season, life after Mark Robins and life under Frank Lampard as well as looking forward to the tasty e...

We're just a few days away from the playoff first leg vs Coventry. To give us some knowledgable insight into the league campaign, the recent run of form and a preview of the playoff, Lee Thirkel from the Bilbao Black Cats was joined by Bulgarian Premier League reporter and the chairman of the Bulgarian Sunderland Supporters Association Dan Dimitrov and former Real Madrid TV reporter and Sunder...

Los partidos de liga han terminado, así que ha llegado la hora de la verdadera prueba que todos estábamos esperando. Los playoffs comienzan esta semana, cuando el Sunderland se enfrente al Coventry City a ida y vuelta a partir del viernes en el estadio de la CBS. Junto a Lee Thirkell de los Bilbao Black Cats para repasar la última parte de la temporada y la previa de los playoffs estuvieron Miguel...

Thankfully, the league fixtures are done and dusted with as the lads fell to their 5th defeat in a row at the hands of QPR in the last league game of the season. Attention now turns to the playoff semi final in which we will play Coventry City starting with an away leg at the CBS stadium on Friday the 9th of May with the home leg on Tuesday the 13th of May. To mull over the QPR game, the recent ru...

Oxford condemned the lads to a 4th defeat in a row despite Regis Le Bris fielding a strong starting 11. To go over the match Bilbao Black Cats founders Lee Thirkell and Jonny Cockburn were joined by our mate Ian McNee from the German Black Cats. Music: Eneko Cabanillas Hilario

Regis made 7 changes for the visit of Blackburn Rovers which inevitably led to a 0-1 defeat and means we have lost 3 on the bounce and only won 2 in 8. Bilbao Black Cats' Lee Thirkell was joined by Jeff Barker in Menorca and Irish Black Cats' Michael Dunne to review the game and discuss whether the performances and form is a concern going into the playoffs. Music: Eneko Cabanillas Hilario

The lads fell to a 2-1 defeat to Bristol City yesterday, though manly in part to a terrible decision to send Trai Hume off with only 7 minutes on the clock. Eliezer Mayenda put us in the lead with a fantastic solo effort from the edge of his own box. However, we weren't able to cope being a man down and sadly Bristol City got 2 goals to get the 3 points. Joining Lee in Bilbao were 2 guests fro...

En el último episodio del podcast Black Cats Chat en español, hablamos con Daniel en Santiago de Chile y con un nuevo invitado. Un debut en el podcast para Tomás en Montevideo, Uruguay. Charlamos sobre los últimos acontecimientos en el Sunderland AFC y miramos hacia el resto de la temporada que incluye un semi-final y esperemos un final en los playoffs que esperamos nos lleve a la Premier League....

We came, we saw, we conquered as Black Cats Chat successfully navigated through its first ever pre-match live stream on Youtube with over 20 guests from USA, Canada, Uruguay, Argentina, Colombia, Dubai, Taiwan, Spain, Germany, Czech Republic, Thailand & Australia. We heard from 3 fans in South America who told us how they became Sunderland Supporters along with several other topics of interest...

It was a bittersweet weekend for Sunderland AFC as we lost 0-1 to Swansea while on the other hand International Fans Day was celebrated with dozens of fans from all over the world gathering on Wearside for the weekend. To go over the match and discuss the growing concerns over performances before the playoff campaign, Gavin Frater in Florida, from SAFC NASA and Dermot Ledwith in Madrid joined Bilb...

With International Fans Day 2025 just around the corner, we were delighted to have been joined by Sunderland AFC historian Rob Mason. Rob and Lee Thirkell from the Bilbao Black Cats chatted about Sunderland AFC's influence on clubs and countries around the world, matches against european teams, Diego Maradona, Rob's favourite foreign managers and our all time Sunderland 11 consisting of pl...

Sunderland made it 3 clean sheets from 3 and 7 points from 9 after a 0-0 draw with Norwich City. Robin Bond from the SAFC Czech Republic Branch joined Bilbao Black Cats' Lee Thirkell to go over the performance and discuss the upcoming International Fans Day game Vs Swansea City this Saturday. Music: Eneko Cabanillas Hilario

Sunderland AFC made it back to back 1-0 wins thanks to a bullet from the boy from Ballymena that is Trai Hume. Joining Lee Thirkell from the Bilbao Black Cats to go over the match was returning guest Craig Hill in Sollentuna, Sweden and a debut for Chester-Le-Street born Peter Showler who now lives in Washington state in the USA. Peter also shares his Sunderland story. Music: Eneko Cabanillas Hila...

Proper football was back after the international break as the lads took on Millwall at the Stadium Of Light. To go over the 1-0 win, Lee Thirkell from the Bilbao Black Cats was joined by Martin Steffner from the German Black Cats and Danny Dimitrov from the Bulgarian Sunderland Supporters Association. Music: Eneko Cabanillas Hilario

Sunderland AFC fell to a 3-0 defeat away to Coventry City in probably the worst performance of the season. Joining Bilbao Black Cats' Lee Thirkell to try and make sense of what happened and where we go from here was Jesse Burch in Los Angeles, USA and Dermot Ledwith in Madrid, Spain. Music: Eneko Cabanillas Hilario

Romaine Mundle came off the bench and produced arguably Sunderland's goal of the season with a stunning curling effort into the top corner late on to salvage a point against a Preston team which displayed some of the most bizarre timewasting tactics ever seen on a football pitch. To go over the match and look ahead to this weekend's trip to Coventry, Lee Thirkell from The Bilbao Black Cats...

Sunderland AFC volvió a ganar por segundo partido consecutivo con un 2-1 a contra el Cardiff City en el Stadium of Light lo que fue el partido numero 5000 de liga para el club. Para hablar del partido, Lee Thirkell de la peña Bilbao Black Cats fue acompañado por Miguel Matias de Cordoba, España de nacimiento pero ahora vive en Sunderland desde 2001. Música: Eneko Cabanillas Hilario

The lads completed back to back wins following back to back defeats with a 2-1 home win in front of just over 40,000 fans over relegation candidates Cardiff City. Joining Bilbao Black Cats' Lee Thirkell to go over the match was Michael Dunne from the Irish Black Cats, who was at the match yesterday and a debut for Sunderland born Anthony Smith-Wells who now lives in Alice Springs, Australia. M...

The lads put the disappointment of back to back defeats behind them as they bounced back with a 1-2 dogged win at Hillsborough vs Sheffield Wednesday. Bilbao Black Cats' Lee Thirkell was joined by SAFC NASA members Sean Coxon in New Jersey, USA and Jonathan Williams in Edmonton, Canada to go over the match. Music: Eneko Cabanillas Hilario

Black Cats Chat in Spanish returns after a short break. Guests were Mili Briozzo in Cordoba, Argentina & Miguel Matías from Cordoba, Spain but has been living in Sunderland since the early 2000s. We review the current situation at Sunderland AFC. Black Cats Chat en español vuelve después de un breve descanso. Los invitados fueron Mili Briozzo en Córdoba, Argentina y Miguel Matías de Córdoba, E...