Haway The Podcast – Sunderland AFC

Sunderland confirmed the signing of Granit Xhaka on Wednesday - so to find out more about what we can expect, we had a quick chat with David Asquith, who just so happens to be a Lads fan AND a member of Leverkusen's UK supporter group! Just how integral was Granit Xhaka to Leverkusen's recent success, particularly in their invincibles season of 2023/24? David gives us the lowdown on how the news has hit the Leverkusen fanbase The important question - as he's almost 33 year old, does Granit still have plenty left in the tank? Where does Xhaka fit in at Sunderland? David attempts to put any fears that some Sunderland fans may have over this transfer to bed... All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sky Sports reporter Keith Downie is certainly no stranger to Sunderland supporters having covered the club and the other teams in the north east for many years now, so we thought it would be good to have a catch up with him whilst we find ourselves in the middle of our busiest summer transfer window in years... We're back in the Premier League, so Keith's going to be a busy man! We pick Keith's brains after he has been at the forefront when it comes to breaking big Sunderland stories this summer... Keith was out in Portugal with the squad and has been on the airfield when our new signings have jetted in What about the Granit Xhaka signing?! All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ah wey - the Lads lost their latest pre-season game away at Hull City, despite taking the lead through Simon Adingra's first goal in Sunderland colours. Gav (with his pooley voice), Bomber and Ant jumped on for a chat at full time... mainly to talk about how they aren't bothered about losing. Despite defeat, there were some positives - mainly in aspects of Sunderland's play prior to rotating the entire team Adingra got his first goal, and Talbi played very well What about the two that we conceded? We talk about why it's important not to take pre-season results too seriously... All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Martin, Andrew and Bomber got together on Monday morning to record this pod – and, of course, as we hung up our mics the news of Granit Xhaka's imminent arrival at the club broke. But there's still a lot of good stuff to get stuck into in this one ahead of the Hull game tonight! Who's impressed for Sunderland during pre season, and who's really staking a claim for a starting position? Legitimate concerns in attack and defence? How important it it that someone like Xhaka arrives in terms of experience? What's a realistic expectation for the season – and how patient do we all need to be?! Does our pre-season really start tonight – or will we see a much changed team with the real action starting on Saturday against Betis? All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Martin's back in the hotseat this week, trying to keep Chris, Kelvin and Andrew in check as we take another walk through the history of Sunderland AFC. On today's agenda... The Stadium of Light hosts its first game – what were the lads memories of that move and the opening day at the SOL? During this week in our history, Alan Brown joined and left the club. Kelvin looks back on the career of a man who was famed for his discipline, but had a kind heart, too. Find out why Bobby Kerr has never worn a pair of jeans! We've launched new kits recently – but new shirts don't always go down well. Andrew takes us back to the early 80s, and Le Coq Sportif's launch of our most controversial home kit ever. Plus, our most successful goalscoring loanees, Peter Beagrie riding motorbikes and all sorts of other football crack. All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sunderland comprehensively lost to Hearts in Craig Gordon's testimonial up at Hearts. While our games in the Algarve came with a number of positives, there weren't many to take from this 90 minutes! Here's what's on the agenda today. We were terribly sloppy at the back – how much of a worry is that with the season three weeks away? Dan Neil started... did he do anything to stake a claim for a starting place? How concerning is our lack of goal threat? Is Niall Huggins doing enough to stake a claim? And where was Reinaldo? Hearts are already in competitive action, and their robust performance underlined that. Is it a mitigating factor? All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sunderland head north to Edinburgh today to take on Hearts of Midlothian, a game to commemorate the career of Craig Gordon — and there’s lots to talk about, so the Lads got together for a chinwag ahead of this afternoon’s festivities! Will Craig Gordon be fit enough to play in today’s game?! Are we excited about potentially getting to see Reinildo for the first time? Chris Rigg and Anthony Patterson may also feature... How will Régis Le Bris approach this game in terms of who plays, and for how long? What do we want to get out of this particular game, especially given Hearts are much further ahead than we are in their preparations for the new season? All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lots has changed since we last spoke to Scott Wilson before the Playoff Semi Final with Coventry, so we thought we'd catch up with the man who covers Sunderland for the Northern Echo and to grab his thoughts on how the club's summer preparations are going ahead of the new season! How does Sunderland's summer compare to others that Scott has covered for promoted clubs? Are high-profile transfer deals playing out in public just part of the world we now find ourselves in? How is Sunderland's squad shaping up - and where do we expect to see futher big money additions? All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oh no - for the very first time, the Lads get together to do a top ten that features the worst of something - and this time, it’s a nice follow up to our last Top Ten Podcast as we chat about Sunderland’s worst foreign imports! To qualify, players must have featured in at least ten games, which helped us whittle down the list slightly. However, there were still dozens of players who could have been on this shortlist, making it difficult to settle on just ten. The dishonourable mentions - which former Sunderland players can count themselves as lucky to have not made this list? The players who didn’t quite play enough to qualify - Nunez, Fredgaard, et al - are discussed... Who makes up our shortlist of shite? We go from ten up to one and rank who was the worst of the worst - PTSD triggered! All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

News has emerged that our club and Granit Xhaka have agreed terms on a deal, and that he “only wants” Sunderland. Whilst bringing in a genuine superstar would be an unbelievable coup for the club, where would this leave Dan Neil, who is in the final year of his contract? Gav, Chris, Andrew and Bomber chat about the potential signing of the Bayer Leverkusen midfielder, the make-up of Sunderland’s Premier League midfield, and what this might mean for our captain... News broke on Tuesday that Sunderland were close to agreeing a deal - just how huge would this be for us? What does it say about the club’s ambitions that such a highly-regarded player wants to join? We chat about the ins and outs of the deal... What would this all mean for Dan Neil? Will he sign a new contract, or will the club cash in? All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sunderland lost against Portuguese champions Sporting Lisbon to close out our mini-tour of the Algarve, but there were plenty of positives to take from our performance and, as such, the Lads got together at full time to react to what they saw. The midfield trio of Diarra, Sadiki and Le Fee had us purring - just how good do they look?! Our patterns of play are promising when you consider how little these players have played together It was a poor goal to concede, but were Sunderland still the best team in that first half? When the second string came out they gave a good account of themselves - especially the defence What about Dan Neil... is he seen as a starter for that West Ham game? Standards are rising, so will last season's players keep up? All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The smell of woodbines are back in the air, so breathe it in and join Chris, Andrew and Kelvin as they take a walk down memory lane to chat about some interesting happenings that happened on this week in the history of Sunderland AFC! Responding to letters regarding last week's craic about Cloughie! Discussing a pre-season friendly v Nissan FC in 1984... Memories of Mel Holden Is Eddie Burbanks the forgotten man from 1937? Selling Ian Porterfield to Sheffield Wednesday All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More new Sunderland transfer news emerged on Sunday morning, so of course Gav sent out the bat signal and managed to get a couple of Lads to sit and chat about it with him - so joining us on today's show are Andrew Smithson, RR regular and Sunderland historian, and the Sunderland Echo's James Copley! On today's agenda: Sunderland's €20m move for Sassuolo's Armand Laurienté is off - and we can only speculate about the reasons why Will we go out and get another of our left wing targets, particularly now Mundle is injured? We chat about the other positions that still need strengthening - particularly at centre back What's the latest on Granit Xhaka? Matty Young looks to be heading back to Salford - is another spell in League Two what's best for him? The Lads look ahead to Monday's game against Sporting Lisbon in the Algarve All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Martin is back from his holidays and launched straight into action as he and Andrew get together on the full time whistle to discuss Sunderland's 1-1 draw with Sevilla in the Algarve! On the agenda today... • Two very different line ups in the first half and second – what hints does that give us about the approach to the season • Two different tactical approaches, too... • The ref. Haway man. We know it's preseason, but still! • Niall Huggins and Jenson Seelt continue their comeback from injury • Enzo gets off the mark, and his link up play with Sadiki and Diarra impresses All of this and more - get subscribed to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Lads are back in action tonight and are taking on top La Liga opposition in Sevilla, whilst our relentless assault upon the transfer market is showing no signs of slowing down - join Gav and Andrew as they look ahead to Sunderland's friendly in Portugal and chat about all the latest mackem transfer news! The Portugal pre-season camp has been a great success, but we kick off tonight with our first game What are we expecting from the fixture, and which of Sunderland's new signings will feature? The latest transfer news - Armand Laurienté is heading to Wearside, and we've been linked with more midfielders and defenders! All of this and more - get subscribed to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Andy Sixsmith - a Premier League reporter who covers both of the north east clubs in the top flight - joins us to chat about Sunderland's Premier League return! On today's agenda: We talk about Andy's recent visit to the Academy of Light to meet the players and staff How long could he have talked to Luke O'Nien? Had Wilson Isidor ever heard of our friends up the road? How good is the atmosphere around the place? New signings, and Sunderland's chances of staying up... All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Roll up, roll up... Sunderland's busy summer shows no sign of relenting, and we are here to chat about all the latest transfer news! Former Arsenal captain Granit Xhaka has been linked with a move to Wearside - what would he add to our team? Bologna central defender Jhon Lucumi is apparently on Sunderland's radar, highlighting that signing a centre half is a priority Monaco and PSV are linked with a move for Romaine Mundle, but what would it take to interest us in letting him leave? All of this and more - get subscribed to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ahead of his testimonial game between Hearts and Sunderland at Tynecastle on Saturday 26th July, we sat down for a chat with former Sunderland goalkeeper Craig Gordon! How are the preparations going for his testimonial? Will he be fit for the game? How did it all start at Hearts? Craig tells us all about his time with the Lads... And then how he fought back from two years out to play at the top level again... All of this and more - get subscribed to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another episode of Haway The Podcast! There's loads going on in the world of Sunderland AFC at the moment, so join Gav and Andrew as they have their say on the latest SAFC news, including: Transfers - we've been linked to another bunch of new names over the weekend, including an exciting young Moroccan attacking midfielder from Leicester City, and a couple of Premier League goalkeepers that we're perhaps less excited about... What does the future hold for Nectar Triantis? Régis Le Bris has had his say, but do we think he'll be at Sunderland next season? The bomb squad are back in action at Darlington tonight, and the likes of Ba, Rusyn, Hemir, Matete, Anderson and Poveda have been told they can all leave Chris Rigg has apparently been offered a new Sunderland contract - is this an insurance policy for the club? David Bruce accepted an honorary doctorate on behalf of the football club from Sunderland University; All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never have to miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are back for another dose of Sunderland AFC history - join Chris, Kelvin, and Andrew (no Martin as he's still on his hols!) as they nerd out over some key moments in the history of our football club that just so happened to have occurred on a day from this particular week, including: The Lads talk about a proper Sunderland legend - Joe Joe Joe Bolton! Former Sunderland striker Brian Clough is on the agenda - 74 appearances, 63 goals The unveiling of the Bob Stokoe statue outside of the Stadium of Light in 2006 In 1965, the inaugural meeting of the Sunderland AFC Supporters Association was held... All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Who is the best foreign signing made by Sunderland since the Stadium of Light opened? Chris is joined by Gav, Andrew and Jonny as the Lads select their top tens and chat about some proper Sunderland heroes from over the years! Some excellent former Sunderland players didn't make the list, but we pay tribute to them anyways... Who was on our final shortlist - and is there anyone you disagree with us on when it comes to their inclusion? The bottom and top fives - the lads give their picks and justifications for each position! Who was voted as Sunderland's top foreign import?! All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sunderland are off and running in pre-season, wearing their lovely new blue away strip as we won at South Shields! Join Gav and Jonny as they chat all about the game and the main talking points, including: An impressive first showing from Habib Diarra! Good goals from Isidor, Mundle, Aleksic and Abdullahi Enzo in the six position... phoo The other top performers, like Paddy Roberts All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's Saturday, the sunshine is cracking the flags, and Sunderland play football again for the first time in the 2025/26 season this afternoon! With that in mind, the lads got together for a chinwag and to discuss all the latest Sunderland AFC news, including: The Lads are playing today - and there's injury news... Florent Ghisolfi has been chatting to L'Equipe about his new role at Sunderland Updates on the futures of Pierre Ekwah, Abdoullah Ba, and Timothee Pembele Jordan Henderson IS NOT coming to Sunderland, and is instead heading to a Premier League rival (apparently) An £8m move for a West Ham defender is mooted... All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Sunderland fans on the ReadyToGo forum are raising money for the Bradley Lowery Foundation to help raise money to sponsor their corporate box for a game. If you'd like to help by giving to this fantastic cause, please donate to their JustGiving page here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/readytogo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FOOTBALL IS BACK, BABY! Yes, Sunderland kick off their pre-season campaign this weekend with our now regular annual jaunt on the metro to take on National League side Gateshead (now played at Hebburn Town FC's ground), and their neighbours from South Tyneside, National League North side South Shields. To get us back underway, we grabbed local non-league footy reporter and expert Mark Carruthers for a chat... What’s the state of non-league footy these days? Are more people going to watch it than ever before? What’s the latest on Gateshead and South Shields? What will they be looking to get out of the friendly? ...and when will Mark finally get to have a cold beer on Saturday?! All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! [PLEASE NOTE: This episode was recorded prior to the venue change for the Gateshead game, which will now be played at Hebburn Town FC] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sunderland's mental summer continues at the same pace as it has done for the last few weeks, and the news is coming thick and fast! Gav is joined by Brighton fan and podcaster Ryan Adsett from Talk Seagulls as we get the lowdown on Simon Adingra, whilst Craig and Bomber jump on to chat about all the news that broke on Tuesday, including: Brighton winger Simon Adingra jets in for talks and a medical as a £20m fee is agreed - we find out more about what he can do, and the lads give their thoughts Sunderland confirm the signing of Chemsdine Talbi - what do we think now we've heard from our man? Speakman speaks (again) about Sunderland's summer progress We've appointed THREE new coaches - what do we make of that news? All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sunderland continue to make moves in the transfer market, and we're here to chat about it! Join Gav, Jonny and Ant as they chew the fat over all the latest goings on at the Stadium of Light, including: Reinildo Mandava signs for Sunderland on a free transfer - how important will his experience be? Sunderland's efforts to sign a goalkeepr take a knock as reports claim that Djordje Petrovic is set to sign for Bournemouth Are Sunderland actually interested in Armand Lauriente? Sassuolo apparently want €30m! Chemsdine Talbi has jetted in and is all but confirmed as a Sunderland player We do a little listener Q&A to round things off All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sunderland have had some brilliant full backs over the years, but who makes our top ten list since the Stadium of Light opened? Join Chris as he grills Gav, Jonny and Bomber on their choices - and believe me, some of these picks are absolutely wild and will have you tearing your hair out! We run through the names of the unfortunate souls who didn’t make our list... is there anyone you think should have been on there?! Who came in last place on our list of ten? The bottom and top fives - the lads reveal which Sunderland stars got in, and in what order... How much do Premier League appearances matter?! Who was top of the pops? Find out! All this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join us for this week's episode of 'On This Week', looking back at some of the key moments from the club's history from July 6th - 13th! We go back to 1993 and discuss Mick Harford's departure from Roker We discuss Sean Thornton Kelvin tells us how good John Colquhoun actually was! We talk of Don Revie, Lee Chapman... ...and much much more! All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sunderland look set to announce the signing of Club Brugge winger Chemsdine Talbi, but is he any good? We don't know, so we asked our marra Elijah Michiels - a video scout who expertises in Belgian football - to give us some insight into what Sunderland can expect from the 20-year-old Moroccan wide-man. Well, first things first - is he any good?! What does Elijah make of the deal, and the fee Sunderland are reportedly paying? Is he a good fit for the Premier League, or is he one for the future? How has he done in Belgium, and the Champions League? We ask him YOUR questions - from "how quick is he?" to "what's he like defensively?" All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sunderland's players returned for pre-season this weekend, and the squad is looking a little bloated! So, Gav, Jonny and Bomber got together to run through the list of players they think could potentially leave, trying to work out what shape the squad will be in come the end of the summer. The big hitters like Patterson, Hjelde, Alese, Browne and Triantis are discussed Is there any way back for Pembele, Ekwah, Aouchiche, and Ba? Will the club cut their losses on Poveda, Hemir and Rusyn? What about the promising youngsters, like Matty Young and Trey Ogunsuyi? All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sunderland's summer spending spree continued this week with the €20m signing (not yet confirmed, but all but done!) of Noah Sadiki, a midfielder who plays for current Belgian Jupiler League Champions Union SG. To find out more about him and if he's any good we enlisted the help of Elijah Michiels - a video scout and analyst who specialises in Belgian football, and who previously worked as a video scout for Malmo FF, so he knars his onions. What did Elijah think when he first heard that Sadiki was signing for Sunderland? What sort of player is he, and what can Sunderland fans expect from him? We find out all about him as a player, as a person and as a character... Is he ready for Premier League football? What are his biggest strengths and weaknesses as a player? All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sunderland are the talk of the town and the news scoops just won't stop coming, so we are here to react to them! Join Gav, Jonny and Bomber as they dissect all the latest goings on at Sunderland AFC, including: Florent Ghisolfi is finally confirmed as Sunderland AFC's new Director of Football! Noah Sadiki is set to sign after a €20m deal is agreed with Union Saint-Galloise Could Djordje Petrovic be on his way from Chelsea? We're appointing a new 1st Team Assistant Coach in Luciano Vulcano Youngster Matty Burns arrives from Coleraine All this and more - get subscribed to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sunderland aren't just investing heavily on the pitch over the summer, but off it - James Copley of the Sunderland Echo joins us to chat about an exclusive story about improvements to the club's infrastructure, plus the club's transfer business and a busy summer of fun ahead! What's going on at the Academy of Light, and how can it help give Sunderland the edge over other clubs? What money is being spent on the club's infrastructure? What does the direction the club are taking with transfers tell us about our summer ambitions? Is there any room for sentiment when attempting to solidify ourselves in the top flight? All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Continuing our top ten series - today, we give you our top ten defenders of the SoL era! On today's agenda: Some very decent Sunderland defenders failed to make our top ten, so we give our honourable mentions Is there anyone we feel SHOULD have nipped in, but didn't? The Lads run through their picks from 10-5, and there's some agreement at the bottom...! Then comes our top five - where it descends into chaos! All of this and more - subscribe to Haway the Podcast so you never miss another show. Free, daily episodes... HAWAY! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sunderland's summer spree is well underway, with Atlético Madrid's Reinildo Mandava the next man through the door! Gav and Bomber got together to react to the news of his signing, and to chat about what this all means... Who is Reinildo Mandava? The lads talk about what type of player he is and what we can expect Why does he seem to have such a good connection with the Atletico Madrid fans? What does this mean for Dennis Cirkin? Overall... is this a good move fromm the club? All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sunderland AFC's club historian Rob Mason joins us for this week's episode of 'On This Week', looking back at some of the key moments from the club's history from June 30th to July 6th! We go back to 1969 and discuss Joe Baker's move to Roker More talk of the Vancouver Royal Canadians Big Sam signs in 1980 but Kelvin is still distraught on who we missed out on... Chris Turner signs and leaves Why was moving the reserves to New Ferens Park in 1997 so significant for Rob & Andrew?! All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sunderland's summer raid on the French league has seen us target a number of players, with Habib Diarra of Strasbourg heading to Wearside to become our most expensive signing of all time! With this in mind, we roped Alex Barker from The Athletic back in to give us his expert insight on the 21-year-old Senegal international... Alex was surprised by our pursuit of Marcin Bulka - is he shocked to see Diarra heading to Wearside? Why is Diarra so highly rated in France? What does the data tell us about him? What sort of midfielder is he, and where would he fit in at Sunderland? This is a BIG fee - are Sunderland getting good value for money? How does Alex see him getting on in the Premier League? All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

HERE WE GO! Fabrizio Romano has reported that Sunderland are set to smash their transfer record with the signing of Habib Diarra from Strasbourg for €35m, with the player flying in for a medical ahead of a move. Gav and Chris rolled out of bed on Saturday morning to react to the news! Wey, there's never a dull moment with Sunderland is there?! What do we know about the deal and what has been reported? We chat about what this says about Sunderland's ambition for the Premier League Is Diarra our Jobe Bellingham replacement? All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dougie Critchley is a massive Sunderland fan who also covers European football for Sky Sports, so we thought that it might be a good time to grab him for a chat about his beloved Sunlun, our frequent forays into the European market and much more! What markets is SAFC shopping in now?! How did the Jobe Bellingham transfer play out? How surprised was Dougie when Enzo Le Fee signed for the Lads?! How big a coup would the appointment of Ghisolfi be? Signing Bulka would be a BIG deal! All of this and lots more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It looks like Sunderland are about to sign Poland international goalkeeper Marcin Bulka from OG Nice - so to get some expert views on the player, we sat down for a chat with Alex Barker from The Athletic, who knars his onions when it comes to Ligue 1 and European football in general! Alex can't quite believe that Sunderland have managed to pull this off - but why? What does the data tell us about Bulka and how good he actually is? What kind of goalkeeper is he? Just why is he so highly rated? Alex fills us in on all the details about the player, his career and how he's came this far... All of this and more - get subscribed to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy Friday people, and welcome to another episode of 'From The Vault' - where we bring to you a previously unheard of chat with a former Sunderland player. Today, were joined by ex-Mackem midfielder Neil Wainwright, who joined SAFC in 1998... His early days at Wrexham Signing for Sunderland during the good times under Peter Reid & Bobby Saxton Playing with some great former Sunderland players - and who his best mates were Turning down Newcastle United and his hero, Kenny Dalglish Leaving SAFC, and his playing career elsewhere All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are Sunderland set to get the ball rolling properly in the transfer market? Gav (who sounds like death after a rough weekend), Chris and Jonny get together for a chat about some strong transfer links that have emenated over the last few days, what this means for some of the current crop, and more... €20m OG Nice goalkeeper Marcin Bulka, according to Fabrizio Romano, is in talks with Sunderland What does a new goalie potentially coming in mean for Patto? Elsewhere, Spurs are linked with a move for Dennis Cirkin Could his replacement or competition come in the form of Roma's Angelino? We've also been linked with another former Lorient man - Armand Lauriente... All this and more - get subscribed to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode of our free daily show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You've had our top ten Sunderland strikers & managers since the Stadium of Light opened - today, we give you our top ten goalkeepers of the last 35 years! On today's agenda: Some very decent Sunderland goalkeepers failed to make our top ten, so we give our honourable mentions Is there anyone we feel SHOULD have nipped in, but didn't? The Lads run through their picks from 10-5, and none agree...! Then comes our top five - does the most obvious choice sit at the top of our list? All of this and more - subscribe to Haway the Podcast so you never miss another show. Free, daily episodes... HAWAY! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lee Howey, Lee Howey, Lee Howey! Cult hero former Sunderland striker/defender Lee Howey joined Chris for a chinwag about his playing career, his time living the dream as a Lads fan, running out as a Sunderland player at Roker Park, and of course his thoughts on present day SAFC! Where it all started at Ipswich... Or was it Bishop Auckland and Plains Farm?! Signing on for Sunderland when we're a bit of a mess Butcher, Buxton and Reidy arriving to save the day How does Dan Neil feel taking his side to the Premier League? How tough is the task of staying up next season & what do we need? Subscribe to Haway the Podcast so you never have to miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The gang's back together this week and ready for another deep deive into SAFC history: Chris explores the career of the great Charlie Buchan – including Herbert Chapman turning up in his sports shop! We look back at Ian Atkins' brief spell as Terry Butcher's assistant... and Martin sticks up for Bob Murray in appointing the ex England skipper... Kelvin shares his memories of Jimmy McNab, as well as *ahem* life lessons from the boys' enclosure... And the two women who left a lasting impression on the day of McNab's testimonial Plus... Kelvin's request to Charlie Buchan, and Martin's to... Jim'll Fix it?! All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're all massive Sunderland supporters, so can you imagine playing for the club, being on the bench and in the training ground every day amongst the players that you idolise? Simon Ramsden got to live out that dream, and he's here to tell us all about it! Before we get going, Simon tells us about something very serious that is close to his heart - he's taking part in a mammoth training session that will last 37 hours in memory of his friend and former Rochdale teammate Joe Thompson, who sadly lost his life to cancer earlier this year. Simon's fundraising page, raising money for Joe's two young children, can be found here: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/simon-ramsden-37 Simon talks about his upbringing at Sunderland, coming through the youth system... Tales of Peter Reid, Bally and co. Playing in the ressies and how youth players have it easy nowadays! Leaving on loan, and then playing for Mick McCarthy Being released and having to start again elsewhere His time at Bradford, Rochdale, Motherwell, Gateshead and (not) Whitby Going to games as a fan (we don't think he likes Newcastle very much) All this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's Saturday, so you know what that means - it's time for another Haway The Podcast news roundup, looking at all the latest news in the world of Sunderland AFC! Join Chris, Jonny and Bomber as they chat all about: An imminent DoF appointment The latest transfer gossip from our own Jim "Bomber" White! Have we been linked with every defender on the planet?! How many clubs are chasing Chris Rigg now? Ekwah & Aleksic on the way out and much more... All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BREAKING NEWS: Sunderland are set to appoint Florent Ghisolfi as Director of Football! What do we know about this move, and what does it mean for Sunderland? Who is Florent Ghisolfi? We dive into his links with current members of Sunderland's playing and coaching staff What does this say about the bigger picture for the club? All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never have to miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We've got a summer of fun ahead, so we caught up with our old marra Tom White - Sky Sports presenter and Massive Lads Fan - for a chat about Sunderland's summer and the promising future under the leadership of Régis Le Bris, Kyril Louis-Dreyfus and Kristjaan Speakman! Now that the fixtures are out and we're OFFICIALLY a Premier League club, are we looking firmly ahead... or can we allow ourselves to indulge in the joy of the Playoffs for a little while longer? Tom talks about how coverage changes for Sunderland now we're back in the big time Transfers - what can we expect in the summer ahead? Tom reckons we'll break our transfer record again... All of this and more - subscribe to Haway the Podcast so you never miss another episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sunderland's fixtures for the 2025-26 Premier League season are out - join us as the Lads react to them! Immediate thoughts, then... and has it finally sunk in now that we're a top flight club?! THE MAGS! We now know when we're playing them... What about who we've got on the opening day, and the final run in The other big occasions, like Boxing Day and New Year's Day All of this and more - subscribe to Haway The Podcast so you never miss another show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices