Haway The Podcast – Sunderland AFC

The voice of Sunderland AFC, BBC's Sunderland Match Commentator Nick Barnes, joins Gav and Chris for a summer catchup and to help us map out the season ahead for the football club! On today's show... Where does the last year or so rank since Nick started covering the club? We chat about Régis Le Bris - how much credit does he deserve, and what does the future look like under his leadership? Are Su...

Good morning everyone and welcome to your Friday morning episode of Haway The Podcast - and today we've got another BUMPER show for you as, thanks to all our lovely listeners, we've got a sh*t-tonne of questions to get through - mainly on Sunderland's summer transfer activity! How many players do we NEED to sell this summer? Is it normal that we're so quiet? What positions do we need to strengthen...

It's the great British summertime (which generally lasts about a fortnight) so, of course, we fancy taking advantage of it and meeting up in person to record from time to time! Joining Gav and Andrew over at the excellent Sheepfolds Stables in James Copley from the Sunderland Echo! On today's show... Sunderland have been linked to a couple of players as the transfer window starts to ramp up - are...

If you thought part one had a slightly controversial choice then part two may have you throwing something at your device! Andrew & James move away from the World Cup and in part two they throw in some of their big football pet hates! Let us know if you agree! On today's show... What is it with football TV directors? Do you throw something at the TV when Shearer is on?! Is there a decent footy movi...

We're back with another Room 101 and in part one we deal with Andrew & James' World Cup choices! On today's show... Did you stay up for the England game? James is struggling! Which cameras do you hate? Do you just hate it when people clean up after themselves? Who will get theirs into Room 101?! All this and more! Get subscribed to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode of our free da...

Good morning everyone and welcome along to your Monday morning episode of Haway The Podcast - and today, we're wagging our chins at all of the latest news coming out of Sunderland AFC! Join Gav, Jonny and Andrew as they chew the fat over: Eliezer Mayenda's statement on Instagram after leaving the club hit us all right in the feels - is the Big Man a big softie at heart? Pre-season starts this week...

Welcome to our latest Q&A pod, and despite it being the close season there’s always tonnes to talk about. On today’s show, Martin, Andrew and Ant delve into our virtual mailbag, and attempt to answer your questions. Remember if you have a question for our next Q&A episode, email HawayThePodcastSAFC@gmail.com. This episode was recorded before the news about Xhaka staying broke, so we’ve cut out all...

It's a select group of players who have won at Wembley twice in a Sunderland shirt, but Patrick Roberts is one of them! And he takes his time out from pre-season training at Birmingham City to talk to us about his time Sunderland! On today's show... How tough is pre-season? We talk about how quickly his reputation grew! How was his debut? How was the first trip to Wembley? His partnership with Ama...

It's never dull at Sunderland, is it? The short-lived "will he, won't he?" Granit Xhaka appears to be over as it has been confirmed that our captain will STAY on Wearside following interest from Chelsea, so the Lads jumped on shortly after the news broke for a chinwag! On today's show: So then... how many people are furiously deleting posts on social media now then?! In all seriousness, this is gr...

To our terrible shame it's the first time in 2026 we've caught up with Andy Sixsmith! After we apologise and Chris butchers his name, we get into what it was like behind the scenes as Sunderland closed on the Europa League, and his catch up with Florent Ghisolfi a couple of weeks ago! On today's show... We beg for forgiveness... How much did he enjoy the season?! Derbies a great advert for the nor...

After a few days of radio silence following Gav & Ant jumped on for an emergency pod at the weekend, Andrew & Jonny joined Chris to talk about where we currently stand on the whole saga and we talk about how it might play out! On today's show... The start of the rumours... Is it a betrayal? Does it just bring forward finding a replacement? How might it play out? And the other SAFC news! All this a...

We haven't caught up with Tony since our Christma Eve episode so we thought we'd catch up with all things Footy Manager, SAFC and the World Cup! On today's show... What's the latest on FM26? Is it the end of an era? What's next and is there room for something different? Will clubs go down the eSports route more? What did he make of the end of the season and the summer so far? All this and more! Ge...

Welcome to an episode of Roker Rewind, where we take a look back at some of the people, games, myths, legends, incidents, and occurrences that combine to create the history of Sunderland AFC. On today's show, we've got the second part of our deep dive into the legend of The Little General, exploring just what makes Bobby Kerr such an influential figure in Sunderland history – aside from lifting th...

Welcome to an episode of Roker Rewind, where we take a look back at some of the people, games, myths, legends, incidents, and occurrences that combine to create the history of Sunderland AFC. On today's show, we take a look at the legend of the Little General, and explore just what makes Bobby Kerr such an influential figure in Sunderland history – aside from lifting the FA Cup! Martin, Kelvin, An...

We have an early leader from part one but who will come out on top?! Martin, Andrew and Kelvin line-up with Chris as host and we compete our Summer Quiz! On today's show... What was strange about the Ivor Broadis transfer? When did the FA Cup first arrive on Wearside? How will the lads get on with guessing attendances? How many League winners can you name? Who will end up victorious? All this and...

Some bombshell news dropped on Saturday evening - Granit Xhaka is wanted by Chelsea, is understood to be in favour of a move, but Sunderland have said they don't want to sell! Join Gav and Ant as they react to the news as it unfolded. 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 can drop us an email at HawayThePodca...

Ant & Bomber join Chris to talk through all the news that has come out of Sunderland AFC over the las couple of weeks! On today's show... New strip launch! The latest rumours! World Cup chat! EFL Trophy draw! ... And everything else! 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 can drop us an emai...

We haven't gone done a quiz since our Christmas Quiz, so here's our Summer Quiz! Martin, Andrew and Kelvin line-up as Chris hosts and we have the first four rounds in part one! On today's show... Can you name the players in round one?! Who scored the first hattrick at the SoL?! Who did we last play on Boxing Day at Roker?! How many FA Cup semi-finals have we reached! Who is in front at the end of...

Sunderland's Elvis Presley-inspired away kit for the 2026-27 season has finally been revealed, so Gav and Andrew got together to chat about it! Initial reactions, then - do we like it? It seems to have had a mixed reaction on the socials... But, this is a big deal for the club! What could collaborating with the most famous singer of all time mean for kit sales? All this and more! Get subscribed to...

The Lads were over at the Stadium of Light for a supporters meeting, so rather than waste an opportunity they headed afterwards to Sheepfolds for a pint and to chat some shite! Join Gav, Andrew, James and Ian as they mull over all kinds, including: Getting to meet Sunderland AFC's new CEO Tom Burwell for the first time - what were our first impressions having heard what he had to say about our pla...

There were so many questions we needed a second part! We had some corkers for Andrew & Jonny to muse along with Chris! On today's show... Why do kits take so long to release?! How much would O'Nien be worth?! What constitutes a SAFC legend?! We're given a time machine! What picture sums up the last twelve months?! All this and more! Get subscribed to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another epi...

We haven't had a Q&A for a while so Andrew & Jonny join Chris to try and answer all of your questions! A big thank you once again because they are always fantastic and hopefully we answer one or two! On today's show... How's Andrew's decorating going?! Excited about the World Cup or new fixture list?! Do we have an issue with homegrown players?! Anyone from the World Cup impressing us?! Are you wa...

This morning we’ve got the third and final part of our G-Force trilogy, looking back at Eric Gates and Marco Gabbiadini’s time at Sunderland, and the glorious finish of the 89-90 season! On today’s show, Martin, Kelvin and Andrew look back at: Eric Gates’ retirement plans – will he, or won’t he? (He’d have been terrible on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire) Denis Smith’s post-Christmas struggles His F...

If you haven't listened to part one you might be waiting for this part two of our room 101! Jonny and Andrew move away from World Cup picks to get going on some of their football pet hates! On today's show... How much should five-a-side hurt?! Do throw-ins get you angry?! What are your favourite goalpost type?! Do away fans bug you?! Do we have a winner?! All this and more! Get subscribed to Haway...

Jonny & Andrew join Chris for a special World Cup edition of Room 101! Will they be a bit more successful than their last try at getting their pet hates into Room 101?! On today's show... How much will we go off topic this time?! Jonny goes all Hugh Grant on us! What do you think about the English media?! Andrew gets serious! All this and more! Get subscribed to Haway The Podcast so you never miss...