Black Cats Chat

Despite a disappointing 2-2 draw with Coventry at the Stadium of Light, Sunderland AFC are once again looking likely to be top of the table heading into another international break. To mull over yesterday's match, discuss the recent dip in form, the suspension and injury worries for the next match at Millwall, Lee Thirkell from the Bilbao Black Cats is joined by Michael Dunne from the Irish Black...

A 0-0 draw at Preston in front of over 5000 travelling Sunderland fans means we still remain at the top of the league by 2 points. Joining Lee Thirkell from the Bilbao Black Cats to review the draw was Sunderland born Dermot Ledwith who has lived in Madrid for a canny few years now. Dermot also shares his Sunderland story as well as talking about what other football related things he gets up to in...

After going down to 10 men in the 58th minute, the lads dug in and got a 0-0 draw at Loftus Road yesterday as remain top of the league with a 3 point advantage. To go over the match, Lee Thirkell from the Bilbao Black Cats was joined by Ian Mcnee from the German Black Cats and Michael Dunne from the Irish Black Cats, who went undercover in the home end. We also hear Ian and Michael's Sunderland st...

Sunderland AFC topped off a great Founders week special with 3 wins from 3 in 6 days which sees us sit top of the league on 28 points and open a 5 point gap. Joining Bilbao Black Cats member Lee Thirkell to review the comfortable victory was his fellow branch founding colleague Jonny Cockburn and SAFC NASA member Gavin Frater who hails from Peterlee, County Durham but now lives in Florida, USA. Bo...

Second podcast of the week with a review of the win against Luton. Lee Thirkell from the Bilbao Black Cats is Joined by Justin Warner from SAFC NASA and Danny Dimitrov from the Bulgarian Sunderland Supporters Branch to talk over the victory and look ahead to the Oxford game. We also hear from Black Cats of Italy founder Enrico Milani who travelled over for the match and met up with Danny at the ga...

Lee Thirkell from the Bilbao Black Cats is joined by fellow branch member Mark Beston along with debutant Martin Steffner from the German Black Cats to discuss the 0-1 win against Hull City. Martin also shares his Sunderland story and also gives an insight into what the German Black Cats do. Martin also tells us a bit about Thomas Tuchel and what the reaction has been like in Germany follwing his...

With no match due to the international break, we decided to catch up with Dan Dimitrov and Radoslav Karaasenov of the Bulgarian Sunderland Supporters Branch to hear how they became an official Sunderland AFC branch. Rado also tells us his Sunderland story.

Lee Thirkell from the Bilbao Black Cats is joined by SAFC NASA members Justin Warner and Anthony Stephenson to go over the home games vs Derby & Leeds which leaves us top of the table going into another international break. Music: Eneko Cabanillas Hilario

Lee Thirkell from the Bilbao Black Cats is joined by SAFC NASA member Brennan Schaufert and Barcelona based Paul Clark to mull over yesterday's 2-1 defeat to Watford. Brennan and Paul also share their Sunderland story. Music: Eneko Cabanillas Hilario

Lee Thirkell from the Bilbao Black Cats is joined by fellow branch member Mark Beston for his podcast debut and Justin Warner from SAFC NASA to talk about Sunderland's latest victory over local rivals Middlesbrough Mark also shares his Sunderland story in this latest episode of Black Cats Chat. Music: Eneko Cabanillas Hilario

Lee Thirkell from the Bilbao Black Cats is joined by Anth Stephenson from SAFC NASA & Danny Dimitrov from Bulgarian Sunderland Supporters Branch to talk about Sunderland's start to the season and Anth tell us his Sunderland story in this latest episode of Black Cats Chat. We also have a new feature at the beginning and end of every episode in which we hear from a few Sunderland fans around...

A new Sunderland AFC podcast with an International Fans Theme. Lee Thirkell from the Bilbao Black Cats is joined by Justin Warner from SAFC NASA & Danny Dimitrov from Bulgarian Sunderland Supporters Branch to talk about Sunderland's start to the season and a bit about their respective branches. Music: Eneko Cabanillas Hilario