Haway The Podcast – Sunderland AFC

Good morning Sunderland supporters, and welcome to today’s Q&A pod. Martin, Andrew and Ant are here to answer your questions once again!  On today’s agenda:  How will Sunderland cope with the AFCON? Who's missing and for how long? Will the club 'plan' suspensions for Xhaka and Sadiki before the derby? Transfer guru Ant outlines the players we should be signing in January. And next summer. And the...

Good morning Sunderland supporters, and welcome to today’s Q&A pod. Martin, Andrew and Ant are here to answer your questions!  On today’s agenda:  Dan Ballard - how good?  The club is getting a lot right at the moment – all credit to them  How good is this group of players, and what’s their ceiling?  Is there really anything to fear in the Premier League?  All this and more in today’s pod. If you’...

Good morning and welcome to your regular dose of SAFC history fuelled by hazy memories and reliable record books! No Chris this week, so Martin, Andrew and Kelvin took a look at some big – and not so big – events in the history of Sunderland that happened on this week. On today's agenda... Niall Quinn leaves... for the first time! Len Ashurt's testimonial takes place at Roker Park – without Alan B...

We might have only taken a point but it feels like a win as the Lads went toe-to-toe with league leaders Arsenal and took a point with another late goal! Gav & Jeff Brown walk us through all the talking points with Chris... On today's agenda: What a performance! We discuss Arsenal's dark arts... How long can we talk about Dan Ballard?! Brian Brobbey's acrobatics! All of this and much more - get su...

Join the lads as the gather for a pint after the final whistle to go through another epic late show at the Stadium of Light as Le Bris' side become the first two score twice against Arsenal this season to remain unbeaten at home! On today's agenda: Best home performance of the season so far? How good was Ballards goal?! This side just don't know when they're beaten! Brobbey has his moment! All of...

The Lads are unbeaten at home and Arsenal are looking to extend their run of five successive victories, will one of these records go today?! Andrew, Jonny, Gav & Chris gather to give their thoughts on today's game and to be as optimistic as possible as we face league leaders Arsenal! On today's show: How does our record look against Arsenal and does it matter?! Do we think we might be taking on th...

Is this the year that the Gunners end their wait of over twenty years for a league title?! We caught up with The Athletic’s Arsenal reporter (and huge Gunners fan!) Amy Lawrence to talk to us about all things AFC! On today's agenda: How big a fan of Sunderland was Amy when she was young?! Is this wait for a title on a scale of Liverpool & Manchester United in the past? Sunderland used to try and b...

Martin and Andrew got together to start the build up to Saturday's big game at home to Arsenal by looking back over some Sunderland v Arsenal clashes of the past! There were some hugely important games in the early days – with one game in 1935 tipping the balance of power back to the north east In 1997, we faced Arsenal twice at home in a matter of days – with Dennis Bergkamp making headlines on b...

Welcome to today’s Haway The Podcast, and because we were in action against Everton on Monday night we’ve had to hold this week’s episode of  On This Week over until today! Join Martin (who’s a bit more dopey than usual after having a wisdom tooth removed), Chris, Andrew and Kelvin as the lads take another stroll down Sunderland memory lane, looking back on events that took place between 3-9 Novem...

Up to fourth in the Premier League, another sold out Stadium of Light, Granit Xhaka scored, and we're still unbeaten at home in the Premier League - life is pretty good right now at Sunderland AFC! Joining us to chat about the draw with Everton is debutant Jason Jones, who writes for the Sunderland Echo! On today's show... Why were we so poor in that opening 25 minutes? Granit Xhaka and Enzo Le Fe...

Brett, Michael & Chris gather straight after the final whistle to give their immediate thoughts on the Lads draw against Everton at the Stadium of Light… On today's agenda: Was it the worst half an hour of the season? Can we pinpoint why?! The Lads showed guts to turn it around… Are we disappointed with a point out of the game? Is it reassuring to think we can get even better at home?! All of this...

It feels like we've waited forever for it, but today's the day that Sunderland return to action in the Premier League, looking to extend our unbeaten home record with a win against Everton. Gav - back after an extended break - is in the host's chair, ably assisted by Andrew and Brett as we look ahead to tonight's epic clash at the Stadium of Light! On today's show: How optimistic are we about Sund...

Ahead of tomorrow's game we've delved into the archives once again to go through just a few (good and bad!) clashes between the Lads and Everton on Wearside! How does our record look against Everton at home?! Did our Jonny bag a couple against them?! Were you there for the last competitve game at Roker Park?! We look back at the FA Cup quarter-final replay under O'Neill! How good was that win agai...

There’s plenty going on at Everton considering they have changed manager and moved stadium in the last twelve months, so we caught up with The Athletic’s Everton reporter (and Everton fan!), Patrick Boyland to talk to us about all things Everton! On today's agenda: How good is the new stadium & was it sad to leave Goodison? Are Everton still recovering from a few years of changing manager and spen...

Paul Bracewell takes the time out for us to talk all things Everton & Sunderland and how he’s looking forward to going to the Stadium of Light on Monday for the big game - and to meet up with a few former teammates! On today's agenda: What's he up to now?! How has Everton's move from Goodison gone? What did he make of Sunderland's play-off win! How impressed has he been with Sunderland's recruitme...

We've had so many questions this week we've had to record two Q&A pods! Martin, Ant and Andrew got together again to tackle your burning questions, including • How does this team compare to the 99-00 side? • What do we need to do in January? • Will the vultures start to circle? • How to we tackle the Everton game? All of this and more - please make sure you subscribe to Haway the Podcast so you ne...

Ian Murtagh talks to Jonny & Chris about how good things are feeling around Sunderland at the moment and how it feels different this time... How impressive has Regis Le Bris been so far this season? We discuss the performance at Stamford Bridge! Why did it take until beating Chelsea for the national media to take notice?! Will more clubs be a bit more savvy against us in the second half of the sea...

Martin, Andrew and Ant got together to answer a whole host of questions you've sent in for our latest Q&A podcast! There were so many we'll do 2 Q&A pods this week. On today's agenda... • Is it time to go 5 at the back more often? • How does this team compare to Peter Reid's 99-00 side? • Does a good sub performance mean you should be in the starting XI these days? • Have we actually played anyone...

Unfortunately no Martin this week, but Andrew, Kelvin (for most of it until he forgot to put 50p in the meter!) are here to guide you on a spooky ride through a week in the history of Sunderland AFC that includes Halloween - and there have been a few nightmares at Sunderland on that day! Among today's topics: Did you wander the streets of Sunderland as a kid with a turnip on Halloween?! Was Andrew...

We’re going to be talking about this game for a while, and who can blame us?! Former Sunderland defender Danny Collins joins Martin and Chris to chat all about that memorable win at Stamford Bridge as the lads claim another three points to go SECOND in the Premier League! On today's agenda: What a performance – just what did Regis do to stifle the Blues? For a newly promoted team, this is seriousl...

Where do we begin with this one?! What a goal! What a performance! Is it time to get carried away?! What a win! Has there been a more organised Sunderland team?! Second in the Premier League!!!!!!! How far can this team go?! Did I say we came from behind to win! All of this and more - get subscribed to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit pod...

IIIIIIIIIIT'S MATCHDAAAAAY! Andrew, Bomber & Chris gather to look ahead to Sunderland's trip to Stamford Bridge... We run through the manager's press conference... What was the team news? What will the back four look like?! How can we get at Chelsea?! What's our prediction? All of this and more - get subscribed to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Learn more about your ad choice...

It's a big test for the Lads this weekend as we travel to Stamford Bridge to take on Chelsea! So we caught up with Simon Johnson from The Athletic so he could tell us about covering Chelsea for the last 20+ years! Did Chelsea help change the face of the Premier League in the 1990's? What was it like covering Chelsea following the Abramovich takeover?! What's his memories of Sunderland travelling t...

Ahead of this weekend's game we've delved into the archives to have the crack about Sunderland travelling to the capital to take on Chelsea - but our record down there isn't great! The lads share a few more thoughts on Saturday's win! Who can remember our League Cup semi-final in 1985?! Were you there when John Byrne gained us a replay in 1992?! We've had one or two drubbings there over the years!...

Already thinking of Christmas ideas for a fellow Sunderland fan?! Well we might have just the thing, because a new book is about to become available in November (available for pre-order now!), called 'Got, Not Got Sunderland - The Little Book of Mackem Memories', and today we speak to the author Bill Hern! How far back does Bill's love of Sunderland go back?! Where did the idea for the book come f...