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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It's time for the Haway The Podcast end of season awards to start - and what better way than to kick things off with our 2024-25 Player of the Season Award!

• We discuss the players who didn't make the shortlist...
• We go through the top names and those who didn't receive nominations;
• 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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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 2-8 June, including:

• Charlie Hurley departs Roker – we look back at Charlie's career
• Steve Bruce appointed manager – is the version of history he tells accurate?
• Sunderland go to the States – controversy on 50s tour!
• Plus, the original Tom Watson and Ken Knighton's appointment.

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Because of all the drama of the last few weeks (did you miss that Sunderland have been promoted and are a Premier League club?) we’ve not done a news update for a little while — so we’re back to chat over all the other stuff going on in the world of Wearside...

• Is Jordan Henderson signing for Sunderland?
• Sunderland have broken their transfer record with the signing of Enzo Le Fee;
• Rumours of Amad Diallo returning to Wearside... is it possible?!
• Will Hibs sign Nectar Triantis or has he still got a future with us?
• Jobe Bellingham’s trips around Europe — will he end up in Germany or stay with the Sunlun?
• Our new away kit — and a new front of shirt sponsor — have been leaked!

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