Haway The Podcast – Sunderland AFC

Morning everyone, and welcome to another episode of Haway The Podcast! Today, we're joined by someone you may have spotted on Sky Sports this summer as well as on a previous episode back in late-June, because we welcome Dougie Critchley back onto the podcast to talk to us more about our crazy summer! Is Dougie relieved the window is closed?! What does he think of the amount we've spent overall? Ho...

We carry on our top ten series in typical fashion as we disagree on almost everything as Chris, Jonny & Andrew try and sort out our shortlist of the top ten Sunderland centre midfielders of the Stadium of Light era! Do you agree with the shortlist and how we've picked it?! The honourable mentions - which former Sunderland players can count themselves as lucky to have not made this list? How has th...

Chris caught up with the star of stage and screen that is Richard 'Ian Porterfield’ Short about his career and his love of Sunderland AFC... • Did he have any other choice to follow the Lads after being given his middle names?! • We talk about Richard's career and how he started out... • Did moving to the US open more doors? • How did he first meet David Bruce in the US? • And how did he celebrate...

As the transfer window closes, Martin, Andrew and Chris sat down to reflect on just what has happened between Wembley and today! • Just how surprised have we been at the scale of ambition shown by the club? • How important was Jobe's sale to get the ball rolling? • Florent Ghisolfi's arrival – was this a key marker to demonstrate we'd stepped up a level? • A flurry of signings arrived, but was Gra...

Chris, Jonny & Ant get together to record live as the transfer window closes and we discuss what was confirmed and what we expect to come! Listen to us discuss the deals as they happened! Are we running out of words to describe this transfer window? Did we expect more to leave? What deals were done and what were we waiting for?! All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never mi...

Welcome to Haway The Podcast's On This Week - our weekly trip down Sunderland memory lane! Joining the crew once again is Sunderland AFC's club historian Rob Mason! • An epic 8-1 win over Charlton in 1956 • The infamous game of three halves in 1894 • Brian Clough's return to action in 1964 • Sunderland's first ever programme! • Billy Hughes – or is that Billy's Shoes? • Plus Willie McPheat! We've...

Reggie's mighty mackems got their second win in three games yesterday with another late rally, this time putting Brentford to the sword! Joining Chris and Martin is our old marra, the ex-Sunderland winger Kieron Brady, to bring his unique and intellectual brand of wisdom to the pod! Kieron was grafting at yesterday's game, so had a close-up view of all the action The Lads run through all the actio...

GET IN THERE! Sunderland clung on to the death to defeat a valiant Brentford side at the Stadium of Light this afternoon, so Gav and Sam got together in the pub after the match to chat all about it! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

[Apologies off the top, but Gav's audio isn't as good as normal for the first half an hour of today's pod - bear with it, hopefully you still enjoy!] Sunderland are hoping to make it back to back home wins in the Premier League this afternoon against Brentford, so Gav got together with Jonny and Andrew to chat about the big game at the Stadium of Light! It's been a humbling week on Wearside, so wi...

Sorry folks, but Chris (A.K.A. Judith Chalmers) is away on his hols again, so you're stuck with Gav as he's joined by Sam Tabuteau, a journalist who writes about Brentford FC for the London Evening Standard, to help us preview this weekend's game between The Bees and Sunderland at the Stadium of Light! It's been a summer of huge change for Brentford, and Sam tells all about how losing lots of impo...

Deadline Day is on Monday, and Sunderland are going to be very busy - so, in attempt to work out what business we may do, Gav and Jonny got together to share their thoughts on our squad composition! Will Sunderland sign Jhon Lucumi... and could we even add ANOTHER centre back on top of him? Will we sign a winger... or a striker... or both?! With 17 (or 16 according to Gav, who forgot about poor Na...

Martin, Brett and Ant gathered at full time to have the crack about Sunderland's League Cup exit at the hands of Huddersfield. On the agenda today: • Why was the first half so poor? • Who impressed... and who didn't? • Nice to see Lynden back at the SoL • Anyone play themselves into contention for Saturday? • Plus, Jenson Seelt's run up! Make sure you follow Haway The Podcast for your daily Sunder...

Cup action is back on Wearside tonight, as is Lynden Gooch who returns to his former home at the Stadium of Light with his new side Huddersfield Town. Join Gav, Andrew and Ant as they look ahead to the game! The Lads chat about the expected attendance, ticket prices and the fact the club only open up a few stands at a time... How much do we all want a cup run, and how big an opportunity is this fo...

Chris, Kelvin and Andrew are back for their regular ramble through events that took place on this week in the history of Sunderland AFC. On the agenda this week: • Beating the mags and getting lucky against them! • Are we saying Sunderland became the best team in Europe in the early 80s?! • Kicking off the 1990/91 season when Spurs came to town! • Kelvin tells us all about Bobby Kerr! • And loads...

Martin and Gav are joined by BBC Radio Newcastle's Nick Barnes to discuss all things SAFC in the aftermath of the Burnley game! Being gracious in defeat - and why Sunderland fans will have to get used to losing games... What were the key moments in the match that swung the momentum in Burnley's favour? The lads talk about some of the over the top reaction to the result on social media... Perspecti...

Sunderland unfortunately lost 2-0 away at Burnley on Saturday afternoon, so Jonny and Bomber got together to react to the performance and chat about the fallout from the defeat! What went wrong for us on the afternoon? How pivotal was the Ballard injury, and Mayenda's miss? Burnley scored two goals and defended well - can anyone argue that they didn't deserve the victory? What positives can we plu...

Sunderland's first away trip of the new Premier League season takes us to Burnley - a familiar foe who we had a few run ins with last season! If you've already listened to Chris' pod from yesterday with the fantastic Andy Hodgson, we've got even more match preview goodness for you this morning - and joining us is James Copley from the Sunderland Echo! How much bearing do last weekend's results for...

Can Sunderland follow up our opening day win and how unlucky were Burnley at Spurs?! We're joined by someone you may recognise from Century Radio back in the day or being the gadget expert on This Morning, Andy Hodgson - who just so happens to be a massive Clarets fan! On today's show: Just how much has Andy done over the years?! Can you remember Andy from Century Radio or The Day Today DVD?! How...

Good morning everyone! We're back this morning with a bit of a news round up that was supposed to be 20 minutes or so but ended up being the best part of an hour! Blame Chris. And Martin. And maybe Jonny too. On the agenda today... • Jhon Lucumi – will it happen, and does it make sense? • Jonathan Rowe and Abdul Fatawu linked... will we get another winger in? • What about players leaving? Who'll b...

Chris caught up with the University of Sunderland Vice-Chancellor about all things education, Sunderland and how they success of the football club mirrors the city in general... • How long did it take for him to start supporting Sunderland AFC? • What have been his favourite memories following Sunderland? • How does Sunderland being in the Premier League help institutions like the university? • .....

It might be a few days later, but we want to talk more about our win against West Ham United! So Chris & Martin were joined by Ian Murtagh to chat about the weekend and the opportunity ahead for Sunderland... • Was Ian surprised how much the club pushed the boat out in the summer? • Have we been clever in the mix of players we've brough to the club?! • How big a call was it to throw so many new pl...

Almost two months since he last joined us, Alex Barker from The Athletic is here to give his expert insight into Nordi Mukiele, who signed for Sunderland on Sunday, and Jhon Lucumi - the Bologna defender who we've tracked all summer and seem closer than ever to signing! Since it's been a while, we pick Alex's brains and ask him what he thinks of Sunderland's recruitment! Alex's research tells him...

Martin, Kelvin and Andrew are back for their regular ramble through events that took place on this week in the history of Sunderland AFC. On the agenda this week: • Stan Varga's Sunderland debut – was it really as good as we remember?! • The story of Slim Jim Baxter at SAFC • A night to remember from 1980 at Maine Road • Marcos Alonso being deemed too expensive! • And loads more! Don't miss an epi...

Good morning everyone, and what a good morning it is! We're joined today by James Hunter to chat about a sensational victory on the opening weekend of the 2025/26 Premier League season for Sunderland as they thrashed West Ham United... On today's pod... • Just how good was Sunderland's performance yesterday? • Or was it also to do with West Ham being bad?! • A whole load of new faces on the field...

What an unbelievable game! Join the Lads from the pub beer garden as they attempt to react to Sunderland’s outstanding 3-0 win over West Ham in the opening game of the Premier League season! What do you even say about that?! We go right through the side and praise them all - and Le Bris! Three epic goals WE ARE TOP OF THE LEAGUE (wey, for now..) All this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast s...