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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.