Roker Rapport Podcast

Fancy a trip back to the immediate aftermath of Saturday’s result? Well this is the Podcast for you lads and lasses... Gav was joined by our Ant and Bomber on Saturday to discuss the result in-depth and chew the fat a bit about what we clearly need - in the lads opinions - this window. What’s the crack? Well that was just incredibly frustrating wasn’t it? Should we be taking all those points, and...

Our Chris Wynn was joined yesterday by Phil West for the first full review of 2022 - as they looked back (with the glorious benefit of hindsight and further replays) at the Wycombe draw in front of the Sky cameras at the weekend, and looked ahead to the coming games - starting with Lincoln on Tuesday night! What's the crack? So... have the lads recovered from the insane end to the enthralling game...

Rich was joined by our Paul and Paddy to quickly give their thoughts on the action packed draw against Wycombe at Adams Park this afternoon! What's the crack? ROSSCOOOOOOO - Aye he's still class. Pretty crazy game overall, but that equaliser was a bit gutting wasn't it... Are the lads over it yet? Was that a foul on young Patto for the Vokes goal? What positives can we take from that performance?...

Rich was joined by Gav and Martin to look back a bit - as we stand at the midway point of the season - as well as looking forward to our business dealings now the January window is open, and the fixtures we have coming up - including our next opponents this Saturday in Wycombe Wanderers! What's the crack? So December went reasonably well didn't it - how much credit does Lee Johnson and the squad d...

Our Rich and Gav got together this morning to react to last night’s fantastic result for Lee Johnson’s Red & White Army, as the Black Cats took the Owls apart with ease to put us back on top of League One! What’s the crack? LOCH NESS DROGBA - A perfect hat-trick for Ross Stewart! Despite the fact we played very well last night, we weren’t actually as good as we can be, and we’re still impacted...

Our Rich was joined yesterday - whatever day yesterday was - by our Malc and Paddy to go over Sunderland's comfortable win over Donny in front of the Sky cameras, and look ahead a bit to Sheffield Wednesday! What's the crack? F***ing delightful - But how delightful was it exactly? How class is Alex Pritchard? Neil, Embo and Pritch all a shout for MOTM yesterday - and how about the performances fro...

We have smashed the £60,000 target Reidy set us last week for the SCSK fundraiser! Absolutely staggering support from everyone involved, as it stands we sit at £61,300, let's keep pushing right 'til the end, and once again, thank you all! Now to the footy... Our Gav and Chris sat down together after last night's meeting with the PL big boys at the Emirates to work out exactly how they felt about i...

Our Rich was joined immediately after the final whistle on Saturday* to react to the point against Ipswich away in the league, joined by Kevin - one of the newest members of the RR team - all the way from North Carolina in the States! What's the crack? Was that a point gained... or two lost? Nathan Broadhead; That's 5 in 5 for the lad, can we sign him now please? See also: Dan Neil's sublime pass....

[Excerpt from live broadcast on Twitter Spaces - Saturday, 11th December 2021] Well we skip ahead a bit here lads and lasses (this'll happen from time to time) but there's no better reason to as Gav - the rest of the RR lads - Chronicle Journalist James Hunter (and a certain Matty Piper) were joined by the one and only Peter Reid! Discussing his career, his time as Sunderland manager, and his thou...

[Excerpt from live broadcast on Twitter Spaces - Friday, 10th December 2021] Our Brett took over proceedings last Friday following Julio and Crabbers, as SAFC legend - if only for those haircuts - the great Gordon Armstrong joined us for a chat about his lengthy career at Sunderland, and his thoughts on recent years in League One! What’s the crack? Gordon lets us know a little bit about what he ge...

[Excerpt from live broadcast on Twitter Spaces - Friday, 10th December 2021] The lads started the 24 hour Twitter Spaces Marathon with a bang last Friday - as we looked to raise funds for Sunderland Community Soup Kitchen - by chatting all things SAFC with the legends that are Crabbers and Julio Arca! What’s the crack? Gav and the rest of the lads outline why the live broadcast went ahead - and re...

Our Gav was joined yesterday, after a restful and well deserved kip, by our Martin Wanless, and our friend and renowned man of tweed - the BBC's Nick Barnes - to look back at what has been a pretty decent weekend for the Sunlun family!  What’s the crack? Well we had an interesting 24 Hours on our Twitter Spaces Marathon for the SCSK Christmas Fundraiser... So did the lads get any sleep? What a wi...

Our Chris Wynn was joined by our Brett and Malc after the final whistle last night, to go over a nice little win under the lights in the league! What’s the crack? Well that’s nice isn’t it; without getting all carried away - how do the lads feel about our performance? Can we start to build momentum - or do we already happen to have some on the go? PRITCH; What a goal and performance from the lad a...

Gav was joined by our Phil late last night as they went over the performance against Oxford on Saturday, looked at the general reaction to the result and discussed many of our listeners Twitter questions! What’s the crack? What did the lads make of the performance in our draw against Oxford United overall - bit of a difference between the two halves? What do we need to see from the team these comi...

Rich was joined by NTT20 Pod original, EFL pundit and Oxford United fan - George Elek - to look ahead to Saturday's meeting between SAFC and the OUFC at the Stadium of Light, and to look across the division so far this season. What's the crack? How is George doing these days? (Between slipping in and out of the Sky and Quest studios of course) How are Oxford looking; Has Karl Robinson weathered an...

Our Gav and Ant headed down to Albert’s Place over the weekend to do some voluntary work with the SCSK team and have a lovely chinwag with the wonderful Andrea Bell about the work that has been done the past year since our last Christmas Fundraiser, and the work still to be done - as we begin this year’s fundraiser with a bang! Listen in to hear all about where your donations for the past two year...

Our Gav was joined yesterday by young Timmy/Martin and our Brett as they went over Sunderland's 2-1 victory over the U's away in the league on Saturday, and look ahead to the next couple games as Lee Johnson's lads look to build momentum - in spite of the growing injury list... What's the crack? Martin tells us about a near death experience... Bit windy on Saturday we noticed; but how windy was it...

Chris was joined this week by massive U's fan - the BBC's Doug Shulman - to preview our upcoming League fixture with Cambridge United, and to look at a few things that have happened since the last league meeting nearly 30 years ago... What's the crack? It's been nearly 3 decades since Cambridge and Sunderland met in League action - Looks like they've had a bit of a time of it since...  John B...

Our Chris was joined immediately after the match (aye there was a funny mix up we only resolved earlier today) by Malc and Bomber to go over how exactly we managed to avoid a win, and to try slip a few clichés in while they were at it. What's the crack? A promising first half performance from the Lads was welcomed, as was that great goal from Pritchard... So what went wrong with that second half a...

Our Gav was joined earlier today by Martin and Phil to go over yesterday's return to winning ways for Lee Johnson's Lads against Paul Cook's Ipswich side, and to briefly look ahead to Shrewsbury away in the League this Tuesday! What's the crack? That's a f**king relief - Nice to be talking about a win again isn't it? What did the lads make of the performance overall? Lee knew he was under pressure...

Well Lads and Lasses, our Chris Wynn had the opportunity to talk to the legend that is Ricky Sbragia about his career as a player, his ridiculously successful coaching career, and his time as a dedicated - yet reluctant - first team manager who guided Sunderland to safety in the Premier League following the sudden departure of Roy Keane. What’s the crack? Ricky started out his footballing life as...

Ahead of our return to League One action against Ipswich this weekend, we got the chance to go over not just our season so far but also our season looking ahead - as well as those of the sides around us - from a somewhat neutral perspective as our Chris Wynn was joined by Sky Sports EFL Editor - Simeon Gholam! What's the crack? Simeon covers all things EFL for Sky and in doing so conducts a great...

The wonderful Jen O'Neill - editor of She Kicks women's football magazine (formerly On the Ball) joined our Rich Speight to discuss... well... pretty much everything! Including but not limited to: The origins of the side we now know as SAFC Ladies, and Jen's journey through the footballing world since childhood; Her experiences as a player for the Kestrels, and her role in the merger and transitio...

Our Gav was joined by Martin and Craig to discuss the downturn in performances from the Lads these past few weeks, and the surge in calls for Lee Johnson to be replaced we’ve all seen recently. What’s the crack? Craig had the misfortune of being present for an apparently sh*te performance in the FA Cup - was it as bad in hindsight as he thought it was at the time? How does Lee Johnson begin to dia...

Our Craig and Paddy react from the bar after a 0-1 defeat and try to work out where this sudden drop in form has come from... What's the crack? Mansfield complete an unwelcome but deserved FA Cup double over Sunlun at the Stadium of Light as the Lads are knocked out by Nigel Clough...Again. The side look a mess right now - the polar opposite of what we've come to expect since the season started -...