Just as Sunderland AFC is a football club on the rise, the city of Sunderland is undergoing a rise of its own - so to chat all about it, we grabbed local councillor and Massive Lads Fan™ Kevin Johnston!

On today's agenda:

• How is the success of our football club going hand-in-hand with the rise of the City of Sunderland?
• After 8 years outside of the Premier League, visiting supporters can look forward to coming to a vibrant, regenerated city centre!
• What's going on around the Stadium of Light?
• The Lads talk all about why they're so proud of our city...

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The summer is here and Sunderland’s transfer business is already underway, so we grabbed our mate Phil Smith from the Sunderland Echo to chat about what’s going on...

• We very quickly ask Phil about the end to the season and whether he’s had time to let it all sink in...
• He spent some time with Kristjaan Speakman last week - what did he make of what he had to say?
• We go in-depth on the Jobe Bellingham to Dortmund move, and whether this represents a good deal for Sunderland
• Would Jordan Henderson returning to Sunderland make sense?
• What will Sunderland’s transfer strategy for the rest of the summer look like?

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Martin, Chris, Kelvin and Andrew are back again to nerd-out over more massive moments from the long and storied history of Sunderland AFC - this week looking back at some of the most memorable things that have happened between 9-15 June, including:

• Scottish keeper Jimmy Cowan is a big signing for the club – but he didn't go on to great things. Why?!
• Sunderland get promoted.. in the court room. We journey back to 1990 to revisit one of the strangest promotions ever.
• And just two years later, it's all doom and gloom as Le Brace joins them up the road. Just give the fella a two year contract Bob!
• Plus... Big Dave Watson leaves the club for Man City in 1975.

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We delve into the Roker Report vault to bring you a cracking unheard interview with former Sunderland defender Michael Turner, who played for the Lads in the Premier League under Steve Bruce having signed for £6m from Hull City in 2009!

On today's agenda:

• Michael takes us through what retirement is like;
• The early days of his playing career...
• Signing for Sunderland!
• Playing under Steve Bruce and alongside some cracking players, like big John Mensah;
• THAT free kick at Anfield (he still hasn't forgiven Stuart Attwell)
• His departure, and playing against the Lads in League One...

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(This show was recorded via Zoom in 2022 - apologies for the slightly poorer sound quality than you're used to!)

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It's Saturday, so you know what that means - it's time for a roundup of all the latest news in the world of Sunderland AFC!

On today's agenda:

• We chat about the release of Sunderland's pre-season schedule, and the potential opponents we face in the as-yet-unreleased fixtures, and some advice on which ones to go to - do Sunderland need a big-name final opponent at the Stadium of Light to ramp up to the Premier League season properly?
• Sunderland's retained list - the unfortunate ones who leave us this summer, and what having no out-of-contract first teamers says about the way that the club is run these days...
• JOBE BELLINGHAM! Well, it wouldn't be a news pod without a segment on Jobe's Sunderland future, would it?
• SPEAKMAN SPEAKS: Sunderland's Sporting Director Kristjaan Speakman has been doing the media rounds, and if I was him, I'd be feeling smug...

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Our old mate Ian Murtagh - a sports journalist who has covered Sunderland for over 40 years - joins us to go over all of our promotions to the top flight that he covered from 1990 right the way through to the present day, looking back at how we did it and how we fared in the following season, and to see if there are any comparisons that we can draw to this season's promotion to the Premier League!

On today's agenda:

• The 1989-90 promotion and how Denis Smith's Sunderland battled valiantly but eventually succumbed to the drop...
• Depression during the early 90s in the wake of Newcastle's success, before eventually being lifted by a messiah named Peter Reid;
• The greatest promotion of them all - heading up to the Premiership with a record 105, and then succeeding the following season;
• The drop in 2002/03 and then an unlikely promotion under Mic Mac - but struggling the year after...
• Keano's magic carpet ride;
• And the present day, under Régis Le Bris. Which promotion felt the best?

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Sunderland's 2024-25 Championship promotion-winning season was unbelievable for many reasons, and one of those reasons was the sheer amount of quality goals we scored across the entire span of the campaign. We struggled to whittle it down to a shortlist of ten goals - so how the bloody hell do we decide which was the greatest goal of them all? Join us to find out!

• We mull over some of the goals that were unlucky not to make our shortlist...
• How many of them were truly world class goals?
• We run through our top ten...
• The Lads reveal who made their personal top threes, and then we come to a decision on the winner!

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It's time for the Haway The Podcast end of season awards to start - and today, we're talking about Sunderland's Young Player of the Season!

• We go through the runners and riders...
• Who did the Lads nominate?
• The panel make their pledges and make the case for the Sunderland players that they've put forward for the award - who do you agree with?
• The lads come to a decision and pick the winner!

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