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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