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Roker Rapport Podcast: #TilTheEnd - Sunderland AFC v Luton - The Play-Off Semi-Final Preview!
The only club that now stands between Sunderland and a return to Wembley - to fight for a return to the Premier League - is Luton Town. Gav and Chris look ahead to our Championship Play-Off Semi-Final fixtures and try not to be too nervous. They almost succeed.
Roker Rapport Podcast: SUNDERLAND ARE IN THE PLAY-OFFS! Preston 0-3 SAFC Reaction!
Gav and Chris cracked out the defibrillators and sat down to try calm themselves after an insane finish to the 22/23 EFL Championship season, as the mighty Sunlun thrashed Preston by three goals (our new best friends Blackburn sank Millwall) and we somehow find ourselves fighting for promotion to the Premier League in our first season back from League One!
Roker Rapport Podcast: “Once more unto the breach, lads & lasses” Preston v Sunderland Preview!
Aye lads and lasses, there’s a bit going on this weekend, but frankly nothing as important as Sunderland’s upcoming fixture against Preston North End on what is shaping up to be a thrilling and nervy finish to the 22/23 EFL Championship season on Monday!
Roker Rapport Podcast: ”Don’t jinx it lads, this is Sunlun” - SAFC v Watford Match Preview!
Aye lads and lasses, results went our way the last few days and we now head into a huge game against Watford tomorrow at the Stadium of Light! Our Gav, Chris and Martin sat down to shake their heads at the insanity of finding ourselves in this position in spite of every obstacle placed in our path.
Roker Rapport Podcast: DENNIS CIRKIN IS A GOAL MACHINE - The West Brom 1-2 Sunderland Review!
The stars are almost aligned, the results have gone our way so far and sexy Dennis Cirkin has struck twice at The Hawthorns to give the mighty Sunlun a fighting chance in the Championship playoff race! Our Gav and Chris try to calm down long enough to let us know how they feel about the result.
Roker Rapport Podcast: It’s The Math That Kills… - The West Brom v Sunderland AFC Preview!
Our Gav and Chris return (after telling you they have little hope left for our playoff chances) to tell you that they might have some hope for our playoff chances still.. but only if the stars align and results go our way. They also occasionally mention the fact we play West Bromwich Albion - in front of the Sky cameras yet again - on Sunday.
Roker Rapport Podcast: Another Good Friday for the Lads? - The Sunderland v Hull City Preview!
Gav was joined earlier today by our Martin to chat all things SAFC ahead of Hull City’s visit to the Stadium of Light on Good Friday, and to try work out what Tony Mowbray is going to do next - as we head into a busy Easter weekend and the end of the 22/23 EFL Championship season draws ever nearer...
Roker Rapport Podcast: Dare to dream, or is the season over for Sunderland?
Back to business! Our Gav was joined by Martin and Phil to react to Sunderland holding Champions-elect Burnley to a goalless draw at Turf Moor on Friday night, and to look ahead quite optimistically to the end of our season and the beginning of the next!
Roker Rapport Podcast: It was offside, man! Sunderland 1-2 Sheff Utd reaction & Luton preview!
Sunderland were robbed last night by referee Matthew Donohue and his presumably partially sighted officials, not to say that the Blades were undeserving of all three points but aye, the goal that shouldn’t have stood didn’t help our cause. Our Gav and Chris sat down earlier today to try and wrap their heads around it all.
Roker Rapport Podcast: A B D O U L L A H !!!
That’s better, lads and lasses! Our Gav and Phil got together late last night to react to an impressive performance away against Norwich in the Championship, as the Lads took all three points, ABDOULLAH scored his first goal for SAFC and Luke O’Nien planted those luscious lips of his on yet another unsuspecting opponent...
Roker Rapport Podcast: The Point Of The Needle - Sunderland v Stoke Preview!
Our Chris Wynn was joined by Phil West late last night to have a look at the upcoming showdown between Tony Mowbray’s Sunderland and Alex Neil’s Stoke City on Saturday!
Roker Rapport Podcast: The Coventry 2-1 Sunderland Review (and some listener questions!)
It is our solemn duty to report that - as fun as the last couple days have been drinking the quite delicious tears of random Newcastle fans - our mag neighbours sadly weren't the only team to lose at the weekend. In light of this, our Gav and Chris sat down as the weekend drew to a close to dissect another in a long line of losses to the spawn of Jimmy Hill.
RRP: Should’ve started Roberts man - Rotherham 2-1 Sunderland Reaction & Previewing Coventry Away!
Gav and Chris sat down to react to the absolute sh*tshow at Rotherham, query our team selection on the night, look ahead to our next match away to Coventry and answer a few of your questions!
Roker Rapport Podcast: Boy, that escalated quickly… reaction to QPR 0-3 Sunderland!
Our Gav and Martin sat down this morning to drool over the Sunlun performance against QPR last night, and generally get all worked up over just how f***ing mint we are!
Roker Rapport Podcast: Sky Sports News presenter Tom White talks Fulham v SAFC & transfers!
Our Gav sat down with our old friend Tom White - just before he started his Soccer Sunday presenting duties yesterday - to react to Sunderland’s draw against Fulham in the FA Cup and look over SAFC’s transfer business this window ahead of deadline day!
Roker Rapport Podcast: A Pyro, a Parmo and Amad Diallo - The SAFC 2-0 Middlesbrough Review!
Phil, Gav and Chris sat down Sunday night to look back over a lovely ‘not a derby’ day as we took all three points from Boro at the Stadium of Light!
Roker Rapport Podcast: Swans result, Sunderland v Middlesbrough & (un)EXCLUSIVE transfer chat!
Gav and Chris recorded just now (19/01/23) talking about everything SAFC related; almost reviewing the Swansea defeat, attempting to preview the almost a derby fixture against Boro this coming Sunday, and almost declaring transfer rumours and news recently emerged as legitimate and/or probable! Just not exclusive.
Roker Rapport Podcast: A Luke O'Nien Lovefest -The Shrewsbury 1-2 Sunderland FA Cup review!
Gav and Chris got together shortly after the match to get all hot and sweaty lusting over replays of Luke O'Niens late winner over Shrewsbury in the cup, as well as Sunderland finally scoring from a corner!
RRP: The Blackpool 1-1 Sunderland Review - The Stewart saga & Simms departure - Welcome to 2023!
Our Gav was joined by our Chris Wynn last night after Sunderland’s draw with Blackpool on New Years Day 2023; chatting about our performance, the Ross Stewart saga, the departure of Ellis Simms - the wonders of Abdoullah Ba, Amad Diallo and Trai Hume - and the task facing Kristjaan Speakman, Stuart Harvey and Tony Mowbray as the January transfer window opens!
RRP: A Very Happy Mackem New Year - The Wigan 1-4 Sunderland AFC Review!
Our Gavin Henderson and Martin Wanless sat down last night to react to an emphatic Sunderland win over an extremely shite Wigan side - as well as to touch on our win over Blackburn on Boxing Day - and to try work out if we can somehow convince Man Utd that young Amad isn’t all that great anyway…
Roker Rapport Podcast: The SAFC Christmas Review ‘Ho Ho Ho - Rossco don’t go’ Edition!
Not too many sleeps until Blackburn at home/Christmas so our Gav and Craig got together to chat all things Sunderland AFC - from our 1-1 draw away at Hull on Saturday to the Ross Stewart contract situation, as well as looking at where we are and where we might want to go in the Championship this season!
RRP: On Days Like These - An Interview with Sunderland fan (and footballing icon) Martin O’Neill!
You may have seen Martin around of late chatting to people about his brilliant new book - On Days Like These - so our Chris Wynn managed to wrangle an interview with a man who has had his heart both broken and buoyed in pretty equal measure by Sunderland AFC; talking about his love of the club, his time as a player under Cloughie, his many achievements in the game - and his failures as he sees them - as well as a fair few thoughts on his time in charge of his boyhood club!
RRP: AMAD Weekend for Mackems - A bit Sunderland AFC 3-0 Millwall Reaction!
Our Phil West and Craig Chapman sat down - following the England win over Senegal of course aye - late Sunday night to quickly go over the events of Saturday afternoon, and to celebrate a pretty decent weekend overall!
RRP: Countdown to Sunderland v Millwall w/ Lions’ Commentator - Karl Bates!
We’re back - and it’s all getting very busy at podcast HQ - as our Chris Wynn chats to the BBC’s Karl Bates about Millwall’s trip north to face the Lads in what will be a temporary reprieve from the World Cup for a few hours this Saturday!
RRP: Birmingham 1-2 Sunderland - AMAD Lad strikes again - how far we’ve come & the WC break!
Thought we’d have a bit of a look at how we got to this point in the season - so our Chris Wynn, Martin Wanless and Phil West jumped on at some insane hour over the weekend to give their thoughts on that Amad assist, that Amad goal, the return of Simms to full active duties, some more talk about Ross Stewart’s contract and looking beyond the World Cup break.
RRP: The Big Fat SAFC Chat - Cardiff woes, Crowd control, KLD Speaks & Looking ahead to Friday!
We went a bit quiet after the weekend and you would've had a match review but *a lot has happened since off the field* so our Chris Wynn and Craig 'The Artist formerly known as the Angryman' Chapman reconvened to have a chat about everything from the loss to Cardiff, some crowd trouble, the talk given by KLD to fans alongside Speakman and Jones, and looking ahead to Birmingham away! Aye.
Roker Rapport Podcast: Amad Night In Yorkshire - Huddersfield Town 0-2 Sunderland AFC Reaction!
Our Gav and Chris got together - for the second time this week - late last night to react to a vital SAFC away win against the Terriers down at a wet and windy John Smith’s Stadium!
Roker Rapport Podcast: The Luton Town 1-1 Sunderland AFC Review & Huddersfield Away!
Our dynamic duo of Gav & Chris got together to discuss the Lads trip to Luton at the weekend in the Championship, Embo’s equaliser, and to look ahead to Huddersfield on Wednesday night!
Roker Rapport Podcast: Previewing Luton v Sunderland w/ Sky Sports EFL Editor - Simeon Gholam!
Our Chris Wynn was joined by our old friend - and EFL editor for Sky Sports - Simeon Gholam, talking all about the Championship 22/23 season so far, a little chat he had with our very own Jack Clarke recently, and looking ahead to Sunderland’s trip to Kenilworth Road to face the Hatters!
Roker Rapport Podcast: Dr Jekyll meets Mr Hyde - The Sunderland 2-4 Burnley Review!
Our Gav, Chris and Phil got together to torture themselves -and you - with a complete breakdown of the weekends result, as Sunderland capitulated in the second half in spectacular fashion to let a 2-0 first half lead slip away.
Roker Rapport Podcast: Reaction to Pawson 2-0 Sunderland and previewing Sunderland v Burnley!
Our Gav and Chris had a bit to get off their chests about Tuesday’s result, so got together earlier to use the preview slot to vent their frustrations with Craig "Trusst me I'm a professional" Pawson and preview Burnley’s visit to the Stadium of Light on Saturday!
Roker Rapport Cirkincast: The Sunderland 2-1 Wigan Review - F*** the Refs Edition!
Gav, Phil and Martin got together to react to a return to winning ways for Sunderland at the Stadium of Light, as a Dennis Cirkin header took all three points from Wigan Athletic!