Haway The Podcast – Sunderland AFC

Sunderland's 2026-27 Premier League fixtures have been announced today, so join Gav and Andrew direct from the Foundation of Light's Fixtures Breakfast event as they react to all the news! On today's show: When are we playing the mags?! What do the Lads make of the opening day? What's our start like? Thoughts on the festive fixtures... What about the end of the season? All this and more! Get subsc...

Chris & Andrew are joined by a special guest who is a broadcaster, author and campaigner who was born in Sunderland and is one of the leading voices on architecture in the UK! To top it off he's also a massive lads fan which can only mean we're speaking to George Clarke! On today's show... How cutting edge was Washington?! Can anyone remember the bus station opposite the Leisure Centre?! New detai...

We'd aimed to get this done in two, hour-long episodes, but join us as we complete our third part in out deep dive into the 2025-26 season! Join Martin, Andrew, Gav and Chris as they pick up where they left off in part two and complete our season review! On today's show... Picking up where we left off! Position going into the derby! Did we feel the chance of Europe was gone?! Our football in the r...

Join Martin, Kelvin and Andrew for part 2 of our deep dive into the legendary G-Force, Eric Gates and Marco Gabbiadini! On today's show, we discuss... Eric Gates' contract dispute that almost derailed preparations for the 88-89 season The strikers Denis Smith tried to sign that summer The striker who Sunderland did sign... (Kelvin's fave) The goalkeeper who forced Denis Smith's hand up front And t...

Did you know that there's a Sunderland AFC goalscorer who scored over 300 goals for the club? Susan Cox (nee Smith) played for SAFC's women's team from its formation in 1989 until 2001, and as one of the founding players from that era, she feels that the club need to recognise the true history of the team properly. On today's show: Sue talks about why she feels so passionately about Sunderland - a...

What's your one opinion on Sunderland AFC that you're a little bit scared to say out loud in case it gets you a clip round the lug? Well, this is a safe space where you can say anything you like... so, join Gav, James, Andrew and Kelvin as they got together for a pint at Sheepfolds to share theirs! On today's show: Sam Allardyce gets a bit of stick from James... Gareth Hall is always on 'worst eve...

On today’s show we look back at the origins of the G-Force – Eric Gates and Marco Gabbiadini – with the ultimate aim of answering the question, ‘was it Denis Smith’s greatest stroke of luck, greatest piece of management, or something in between? On today’s show, Martin, Andrew and Kelvin look back on Denis Smith’s arrival at Roker and the playing staff he inherited Eric Gates’ Sunderland struggles...

It was a pretty small group of players who knew what it was like to finish in the top half of the Premier League table, and we speak with one of them today! Thomas Sorensen joins us to talk about his time with the clubs as well as this current Sunderland side! On today's show... How does he look back at his time with the club?! Growing up in Denmark in a unique time! Why did he choose Sunderland?!...

It might be dangerous to predict what might happen this summer but we're going to try anyway! Join Andrew, Bomber & Chris as they try and predict all sorts about Sunderland's summer! On today's show... How different will it be to last season?! How does the Europa League change any plans? What positions are the priorities? How many will arive and how much will we spend?! Is it coming home?! All thi...

Goooooood morning and welcome to Haway The Podcast - and today, we're looking at all the latest news in the world of Sunderland AFC as we ramp up towards the World Cup and a summer of fun on Wearside! On today's show... Sunderland's pre-season fixtures have been released - are we ready to draw a line under last season?! Probably not... but still, which games are we all looking forward to? Jocelin...

Welcome to this morning's edition of Haway The Podcast, and we've got something a bit different, as we catch up with Andy and Renata – who decided to leave life in Melbourne, Australia behind for the year to follow the lads. We talk about Deciding to come over for the 25/26 season regardless of what division we were in The highlights of the campaign Being a Sunderland supporter in Australia in the...

We've seen the pictures this season but what are the stories behind them?! We last caught up with Ross (RJX Media) a few days after the play-off final and we thought we'd get the inside story on some of the big photos from our Premier League season! On today's show... Ross reminds us of his story that led him to work for the club! What was the imapct of moving up to the Premier League? How easy wa...

After more than three decades covering north-east football, Ian Murtagh had probably thought he'd seen it all! But he joins us today to catch up on what has happened since we last caught up with him just before the derby at St James'! On today's show... We get his take on our derby win up the road?! Where does the success of this year rank for Sunderland? How does it compare with Reidy's sides tha...

Well... the first part to this review took twice as long to cover half the amount of games as we'd planned! So how long will part two be and will we need a third?! Join Martin, Andrew, Gav and Chris as they pick up from Stamford Bridge to cover our season review! On today's show... Picking up where we left off! Who can remember the French TV documentary? Our worst performance of the season so far....

We created a shortlist of ten and we've covered the first half, but today we go through our top five! Join Andrew, Jonny, Gav & Chris to go back through the top moments from last season! On today's show... There's disagreement in the ranks! Which derby win was best? Why we included games! How much do you disagree? All this and more! Get subscribed to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another epi...

What were your big moments of Sunderland's fantastic season?! We create a shortlist of ten and today we go from ten to six in our list! Join Andrew, Jonny, Gav & Chris to go back through some of those great moments from last season! On today's show... What's our top ten? What is the "worst bestest"? How much do the lads agree? How much do you disagree? All this and more! Get subscribed to Haway Th...

We can't get enough of Sunderland's 2025-26 season so we go on a little deep dive to go through it all again! Join Martin, Gav & Chris to go through part one and to see if they can reach the half way point of the season! On today's show... The swinging summer of 2025! Going back to where it all started! One or two sliding doors moments! Who else saw us play Huddersfield?! Flying high in those earl...

Welcome to a very special episode of Haway The Podcast, as Jeff Brown joins Martin and Andrew to discuss his new documentary, Finding Roly. In today's podcast, we cover How the documentary came about Just how Roly was tracked down The process of putting the documentary together The abuse Roly faced from inside and outside of the club The path for Roly to eventually find peace with his time at the...

Join Andrew, Jonny, Bomber & Chris as they come up with a shortlist and try and sort out the levels of brilliance we have seen in a red & white strip this season to crown our player of the season! On today's show... Who is on the shortlist?! Who is "least bestest"?! How unanimous is our top three?! Who is our top pick?! All this and more! Get subscribed to Haway The Podcast so you never miss anoth...

It's that time of year and we kick of our end of season awards with deciding on who our young player of the season has been! Join Andrew, Jonny, Bomber & Chris as they come up with their list! On today's show... What's the shortlist?! What is the definition of a young player?! How much does it depend on appearances?! Who is our top pick?! All this and more! Get subscribed to Haway The Podcast so y...

The former site of our beloved Roker Park is now a housing estate, but given all the history attached to the area, is it properly marked? Two Lads fans hoping that they can do something about it, Ged Mullen-Buick and Gav Blakey, join us to chat about their project - RokerPlaque.com - and why you should lend your support to their campaign! On today's show: Roker Park means so much to the people of...

We pick up where we left off in part one of our Q&A as we focus on what type of summer we might be in for, and what we might be looking at specifically to build a squd for the Europa League! On today's show... How does the Europa League change our thinking?! Are we in for a quieter summer than last year?! What positions should we be focusing on?! And how does this Europa League thing work anyway?!...

On our first Euro-inspired Q&A we answer as many of your questions as Chris can try and squeeze out of Martin and Andrew - which can only mean this is part one of our Euro-bumper Q&A! On today's show... May 24th isn't a bad date in the Sunderland calendar! Best twelve months in our history?! When will we have a statue for Regis?! Good to see former players getting involved... All this and more! Ge...

Sky Sports presenter and massive Lads fan TOM WHITE joins Gav and Ant for a chinwag now that the dust has settled following Sunday's dramatic events at the Stadium of Light! Coming up on today's show... Well... has it sunk in yet that Sunderland will play in the Europa League next season?! It has for some, but not for all... We reflect on Luke O'Nien's journey from League One to today, and how muc...

Welcome to the second part of our look at how Gary Bennett arrived at Sunderland. Last week, Martin, Andrew and Chris left Benno hanging by the telephone, waiting for Sunderland to call – this week, we find out what happened! Tune in to discover The other clubs interested in securing Benno's services How Len Ashurst was banking on the tribunal coming up with the right price The impact of Gary Benn...