Wise Men Say

Stephen Goldsmith is joined by Gareth Barker and Richard Easterbrook to talk through Sunderland AFC's latest PR masterclass as season ticket renewals are on the agenda Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Walsh is joined by Matthew Keeling and Craig Clark as they conclude their look back at hit Bravo show Danny Dyer's Real Football Factories as our likeable protagonist ventures to Yorkshire and the Midlands before bringing the series to a close by sampling the famous atmosphere on the road with England.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rory Fallow and Matthew Keeling are back together (virtually) to preview this weekend's return to sporting action in the Bundesliga, where the Wise Men Say team have all selected clubs to follow until the season's completion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gareth Barker and Tom Walsh discuss the latest developments following the Daily Mail and The Times' investigation into Sunderland's accounts last week, while Chris Weatherspoon catches up with Price of Football Podcast's Kieran Maguire to get the lowdown on what the revelations - and the club's explanation thereof - actually mean for Sunderland AFC. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Walsh is joined by Matthew Keeling and Craig Clark for this fond look back at Bravo's hit show The Real Football Factories presented by none other than Tommy Johnson himself, Danny Dyer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gareth Barker is joined by Tom Walsh and Chris Weatherspoon as the team discusses the current state of play at Sunderland AFC and their views on plans to restart football. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"This is the worst film I've ever seen."Tom Walsh is joined by Matthew Keeling and Craig Clark to pick over the hooligan/prison genre-bending straight-to-DVD sequel Green Street 2. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen Goldsmith is again joined by Richard Easterbrook, Rory Fallow and Tom Walsh as they conclude their look back at the incredible season of 2013-14 which saw two managers, one cup final and a miracle.Part Two picks up the season from Sunderland's trip to Wembley and on to a sensational conclusion to the Premier League campaign. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A season that requires two lengthy parts tells you a lot. The season of 2013/14 was packed with incident: Di Canio, Poyet, a cup final, a relegation battle and derby wins. Stephen, Richard, Rory and Tom discuss all these things. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The second part takes us into the final ever season at Roker Park. It ended with an all too familiar experience, but there were some good results that season. Lee Howey joins the lads again. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Quizmasters Rory Fallow and Matthew Keeling host the showpiece finale of the hotly contested Wise Men Say Pub Quiz between Gareth Barker and Tom Walsh.Check our Twitter feed out for the picture round and, as always, no skipping to the end for the answers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Walsh is joined by Matthew Keeling and Craig Clark to discuss the seminal masterpiece Football Factory, starring Danny Dyer, which includes resurrecting two classic number ones of 2004 from when the movie was released. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen, Gareth and Craig are joined by Lee Howey who was part of the dressing room in the final seasons at Roker Park. In Part One of two parts, the lads look back specifically at the season of 1995-96.Peter Reid had his first pre-season and his hard working side were to become unlikely league winners, earning them promotion to the newly created Premier League for the first time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Craig Clark is joined by Rory Fallow and Tom Walsh to discuss their favourite matches attended that have not involved Sunderland AFC. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Walsh and Matthew Keeling look back at a classic of the football hooligan genre and review 2005's Green Street, starring Frodo Baggins and him off Queer as Folk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rory Fallow and Matthew Keeling return to the Wise Men Say Idiots' Suite to host a second semi-final of their pub quiz, this time with WMS' founding fathers Stephen Goldsmith and Gareth Barker, who battled it out for a place to face Tom Walsh in the showpiece finale.Play along at home and - once again - don't skip to the end for the answers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Richard Easterbrook is joined by Chris Weatherspoon and Rory Fallow to review the second series of Sunderland Til I Die as well as discussing the EFL's plans to restart football imminently and what shape clubs will be in when we can finally go to a game again. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Craig Clark is joined by Rory Fallow, Richard Easterbrook and Matthew Keeling to talk about the unbreakable link between football and music, discussing their favourite walk-out music, the songs they most identify with supporting Sunderland, and some of their own picks to play out at the Stadium of Light Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rory Fallow and Matthew Keeling present their socially distant pub quiz on all things Sunderland AFC with contestants Tom Walsh and Chris Weatherspoon battling for supremacy.Play along at home - all the answers are in the second half of the show, so no skipping! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this feature-length episode Tom Walsh is joined by Stephen Goldsmith, Matthew Keeling and Chris Weatherspoon as the team discuss their favourite away days from a time where we could all leave the house. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matthew Keeling and Craig Clark talk about their respective Football Manager careers, running, and Bonehead from Oasis, as they adjust to spending lots more time at home - just like everyone else.Get in touch if you're as terrible at the game as Matthew is. Or if you know Bonehead. And join Matthew's running group on Facebook. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rory Fallow and Matthew Keeling present the final episode in our four-part deep dive into the Sunderland Til I Die documentary series, featuring:⚽ Darron Gibson's Commute⚽ Chris Coleman's "amount of kids to being a prick" Ratio⚽ Stewart Donald's Liquid RefreshmentJust in time for series 2! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Richard Easterbrook is joined by Chris Weatherspoon and Gareth Barker to talk through Episodes 5-6 of the Netflix series Sunderland Til I Die.Featuring;Aiden McGeady's Sado MasochismTory BastardsCarry On CampThe Sadness Of Jonny Williams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this special episode, Stephen Goldsmith is joined by Rory Fallow, Craig Clark, Tom Walsh and, to a much lesser extent (owing to technical issues) Micky Lough as they look back on some memorable derby games from years gone by. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rory Fallow and Matthew Keeling get together to look back over Episodes 3 and 4 of Fulwell 73's hit Netflix documentary, Sunderland Til I Die.Episode highlights include a Jonny Williams retrospective, the dark tourist spots of Sunderland, oh and I'l tell you what I wouldn't mind... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Richard Easterbrook is joined by Gareth Barker and Chris Weatherspoon from their isolation chambers as they while away the ensuing armageddon by taking a fond look back at Series One of Sunderland Til I Die in the first of a special series.The lads discuss the main talking points from the first two episodes of the Netflix documentary including Martin Bain's Sound System, Jason Steele's Confusion, Simon Grayson's Two Jackets, and Neale McDermott's Unlikely Transfer Targets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rory Fallow is joined by Chris Weatherspoon and Richard Easterbrook, featuring a special message from Matthew Keeling, as the lads look back at a desperately disappointing defeat at Bristol Rovers and preview Saturday's trip to Blackpool. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen and Micky discuss a gutting end to the Gilingham game and look ahead to our trip to Bristol Rovers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rory Fallow and Matthew Keeling are joined by Micky Lough as [COPY+PASTE] Sunderland AFC were held to a disappointing home draw as their League One promotion campaign hit another obstacle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back in Manchester as Tom Walsh is joined by Jim Reay and Matt Wilson to talk about Sunderland's home game against Gillingham on Saturday, the upcoming series of Sunderland Til I Die and the League One run-in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen and Gareth are joined by ALS's Martyn McFadden to look back over a disappointing defeat at Coventry and the implications it may have on our automatic promotion hopes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matthew Keeling and Rory Fallow react as Sunderland AFC's promotion hopes took a blow at St Andrew's where a 90th-second goal consigned the Lads to a 1-0 defeat to Coventry City. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rory Fallow and Matthew Keeling are joined by Wise Men Say regular Gary Foster as the team look back over Sunderland AFC's 1-1 draw with Fleetwood Town on Tuesday and preview the trip to the Midlands on Sunday to face Coventry City where the Lads can sneak into the automatic promotion places for the first time this season. Matthew also writes off another player and makes a Silly Prediction. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen and Gareth are joined by former Sunderland striker/defender Lee Howey to discuss another home win over Bristol Rovers and to look ahead to the visit of Fleetwood Town. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rory and Micky reflect on an emphatic 3-0 home win over Bristol Rovers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rory Fallow, Matthew Keeling and Chris Weatherspoon get together to preview our League One clash with Bristol Rovers on Saturday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen and Gareth are joined by fanzine stalwart Tom Lynn and Chris Blyth of From the Terraces to discuss a fantastic result at Oxford United on Saturday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rory and Matthew are joined by Kevin Phillips, Sky Sports' Tom White and WMS regular Richard Easterbrook to discuss a hard fought 1-0 victory over Oxford United. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gareth Barker and Matthew Keeling are with Sky Sports' Tom White and former Sunderland striker Kevin Phillips at Phantom Brewing in Reading ahead of today's trip to Oxford United.The lads take a walk down memory lane and talk through some of Superkev's greatest moments in a red and white shirt.The sound quality isn't as good as we wanted it to be, but we felt the content was good enough to warrant us releasing the show as it is. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rory Fallow and Matthew Keeling are joined by WMS writer Lewis Newton as the lads look ahead to Sunderland's trip to Oxford United this weekend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen and Gareth are joined by former SAFC defender Danny Collins and WMS regular Richard Easterbrook to discuss an excellent win over promotion rivals Ipswich Town. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rory and Matthew are joined by Micky Lough and Ipswich fan Alex as Sunderland edged a cagey affair at the Stadium of Light, coming away 1-0 winners against the early-season pacesetters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rory Fallow hosts and he's joined by Matthew and Craig as they look forward to the weekends visit of Ipswich to the SoL on International Fans Weekend Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen and Gareth are joined by The Chronicle's James Hunter to discuss our 2-0 defeat at Fratton Park on Saturday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rory Fallow and Matthew Keeling are joined by Craig Clark as they look back on Sunderland's 2-0 defeat to Portsmouth where a weak defensive display and a worrying injury for Joel Lynch completed a sorry day on the south coast for Phil Parkinson's men. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Walsh presents from Manchester - cotton and guns! - with our exiled writers Jim and Matt as they discuss the Tranmere Rovers victory, and look forward to Saturday's trip to Portsmouth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen, Gareth and Micky discuss a frustrating draw with Doncaster, look ahead to a trip to Tranmere and chat about the conclusion of the January transfer window. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rory and Matthew are joined by Chris Weatherspoon, Micky Lough and Lewis Newton as they discuss Sunderland's 0-0 stalemate at home to Doncaster Rovers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rory, Matthew and Gary Foster get together to preview Friday night's encounter with Doncaster Rovers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen and Gareth are at The Peacock and are joined by The Sunderland Echo's Phil Smith and ALS's Martyn McFadden to chat about a hard earned 1-0 victory at MK Dons. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.