WE'RE HAVING A LAUGH WE'RE TAKING THE PISS and recording a podcast late at night after a chaotic win over Luton Town to take Sunderland three points clear at the top of the Championship table! What's the crack? CHRIS RIGG OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ; The lad stuck at it after Regis stuck with him and what a goal that was! ROMAINE F***ING MUNDLE LAD! He only went a…

Richard Easterbrook is joined by Gareth Barker and Michael Lough as the lads look back over Sunderland's 0-0 draw at Preston and preview the visit of Coventry City to the Stadium of Light. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Midweek's at Deepdale. It's what the Championship is all about, innit? Another away game in midweek before we return to the SOL at the weekend. We've already visited Preston once this year in the cup, but the side is expected to look a little bit different as we look to build on our lead at the top. Can we do it? To give us the lowdown on Preston, …

Stephen is joined by Eleanor to look back at the battling 0-0 draw at QPR. There's also the midweek trip to Preston to look forward to. They are joined by Kyle Don. There are more than 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests every year. Donate to Red Sky's sleepover at the Stadium of Light here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/claire-howard-17304870…

The Lads ground a point away from home against a physical but ultimately toothless QPR as we saw Jobe Bellingham given a straight red and Sunderland fail to score for the first time this season! What's the crack? Still top, just the three points separates us from Leeds but Régis Le Bris has a challenge on his hands and there's a distinct possibilit…

A winning run is over, but with how the game went, we can't complain too much, can we? Jobe's red card early in the second-half left us up against it, but we battle through to claim a deserved point and keep our spot at the top of the league. Ross and Lee join me to get stuck into the 0-0 draw at QPR. Enjoyed the episode? Follow us at @WhatTheFalkP…

Our Gav and Martin return to talk all about the win over Oxford and what the last three wins might mean for the club, look at our match tomorrow against QPR at Loftus Road and basically just... praise these lads. Endless praise aye. What's the crack? How good have we been since returning from the international break? We remain FIVE POINTS CLEAR at …

Richard Easterbrook is joined by Eleanor McCabe and Jimmy Reay as the team look ahead to Sunderland's visit to Queens Park Rangers in the SkyBet Championship, while reflecting on the Black Cats' five-point lead at the top of the league. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Say it louder. Sunderland are five points clear at the top of the league, with struggling QPR up next at Loftus Road. It truly has been an outstanding start to the season for Regis Le Bris and the Lads and another three points would see Sunderland wrack up a fourth win on the bounce. But we enter the Loftus Road pitch to face a QPR side that picked…

Gareth is joined by The Sunderland Echo's Phil Smith to discuss a comfortable 2-0 win over Oxford United. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Regis Le Bris' boys continue to drive the promotion train by swatting aside Oxford United at the Stadium of Light with a comfortable 2-0 win. Jobe and big Wilson Isidor got on the scoresheet again, and Brad, Dave and Peter joined me to chat through another throughout enjoyable win. Warning: I am very drunk during this recording. Enjoyed the episode…

Eeeeeh another win. Eleanor, Mick and Rick discuss in the pub. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gareth is joined by Jimmy Reay and Micky Lough to discuss the win at Luton and preview the visit of Oxford United. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There are few better things than the type of win we experienced on Wednesday night at Luton, and with Oxford United up next, the SOL will be bouncing. Can we make it three wins in a week? It sounds nice, doesn't it? But can we do it - there's only one way to discover. It has been a long couple of years since the excellent Si of the Fence End Pod jo…

The lads only just got the chance to sit down to quickly react to yesterday's awkwardly timed game; as Sunderland took all three points from Hull to take us back to the TOP OF THE LEAGUE MAN HAWAAAAAY! Also stopping to preview (sort of) our trip to Kenilworth Road as we face Luton on Wednesday night! What's the crack? Aye it's a quick one and Gav a…

Can they do it on a cold Wednesday night in Luton? Well, there's only one way to find, isn't there? The Lads look to keep their place at the top with a tough visit to Kenilworth Road this week, and the Hatters are in good spirits after smashing rivals Watford 3-0. The returning Dave and debutant Steve from Oh When The Town podcast join to me let us…

Stephen is joined by Micky Lough in the pub to chat about the win at Hull. There’s also the Luton game to look forward to. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Another week at the top of the league, and another three points in the bag thanks to Wilson Isidor. Plenty of talking points, tons of excellent performances and a weekend where we just want to get stuck into chatting a big Sunderland win on the road. Dave, Ross and Peter join me as RLB's red and whites ensure its another class week to be a Sunderla…

Why wait until late Saturday night you ask? Well why get us to play on Sunday at 3pm? Nobody really knows. Regardless, our Gav and Martin sat down to talk about Sunderland's visit to Hull tomorrow/today and basically just thank our lucky stars we're no longer playing Parkyball. What's the crack? First and foremost the lads get straight down to tryi…

Richard Easterbrook is joined by Michael Lough and Jimmy Reay to look ahead to Sunderland's trip to Hull City on Sunday as domestic football returns following the international break. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The international break is over and you have been saved from terrible bonus shows for another week as the Lads head to the hills - sorry, I mean the Hulls! Can we keep our place at the top of the league with a welcome win in 'Ull? To let us know what to expect, returning guest Ant from to Hull and Back gives us the lowdown on the 24/25 Tigers. Enjo…

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After witnessing one of the funniest goals ever conceded by any keeper at the Stadium of Light, Gav and Chris sat down to reflect on that, thank the gods of the internet for live reaction footage, and just laugh at the misfortune of others. What's the crack? Divot blame it on the pitch man, we just had it done; The lads launch straight into that go…

Stephen and Gareth take you into the international break by laughing some more at that howler, and they also reflect on Sunderland's impressive start to the season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What a night. We're not sure we've caught our breath yet, but we're tried our best to analyse a truly crazy 97 minutes at the SOL. It started brilliantly, went a bit awry at points, but couldn't quite believe how it ended. Illan Meslier, God bless him, thank you very much. Just me and Peter this week, as we try to decipher quite a mad Friday night.…

Eleanor McCabe is joined by Michael Lough as we react to Sunderland's 2-2 draw with Leeds! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gav and Chris sat down yesterday to discuss all things Sunderland following the win over Derby County on Tuesday night, and ahead of our clash with Leeds tonight! What's the crack? Sunderland are the league leaders currently, but with Burnley playing tomorrow afternoon and ourselves facing Leeds this evening (before the international break) will it…

AI intros, huh? Wild. So the Lads lost at weekend, but we are so, so back after we swatted aside Derby County. Can we double up on home wins this Friday as we welcome Leeds United to the SOL and its brand new light show? There's only one way to find out. Leeds United fan Scott Worrall joins me to give us the lowdown on Leeds ahead of a game that is…

Richard Easterbrook is joined by Michael Lough and Eleanor McCabe as they react to Sunderland's 2-0 win over Derby County, while looking ahead to Friday's home encounter against Leeds United! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Monday debrief is here as Sunderland slip to defeat at Vicarage Road. Stephen is joined by Eleanor and Jimmy to discuss. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yeah, so we lost at the weekend, but there's no time to mope as we get back at it for this Tuesday's game against Derby County. The Rams have started the season reasonably well after promotion, but come to the SOL aiming to get their first away points of the campaign. Can they do it? And how are they enjoying their return to the second tier? To let…

So we lost. Yous wanna fight about it? Come on I’m walking here! Bada bing. But seriously we did lose after Dan Neil lost his mind and brought a lad down for no good reason, so our Gav and Martin sat down to talk about it and lightly preview the upcoming fixture with Derby at the Stadium of Light on Tuesday. What's the crack? Just can't stand losin…

Well that one stings, doesn't it? Largely in control as the game was running to a close and a daft penalty is given away. Weekend ruined. What better way to get over it then immediately going on the podcast to discuss it in full with the Lads? Peter and Brad join me to chew over a frustrating defeat at the club who sold us Kevin Phillips for £350k.…

Richard Easterbrook is joined by Michael Lough and Eleanor McCabe to talk Hornets (and Wasps), Regis Le Bris and Sunderland ahead of the Black Cats' trip to Vicarage Road on Saturday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's time for another long trip down south with Regis and the boys as we seek to make it six wins in seven at Watford. Our only loss of the season came in our last away game, can we stop it from being two? The Lads are in fine form and Watford come into the game on the back of four games without a win. Is that the full story for the Hornets, though…

Another fancied side beaten. Is there something good happening here? Stephen and Gareth catch up in the pub to discuss. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We accidentally went and left ourselves with nothing much to talk about following the win over Boro at the weekend and it looks like we've signed this Aaron Connolly lad who just so happened to play for them, so Gav and Chris return to consider a few things (like Gav's arse in the Binns window) and look ahead to Watford! What's the crack? The last …

Back to winning ways, and exactly what we've come to expect from a wonderfully talented set of lads in the famous red and white. Middlesbrough came, saw and lost at the SOL, as Chrissy Rigg's wonderfully cheeky goal ensured the Lads took a 1-0 and remain the automatic spots. Ross, Brad and Pete join me to go through another terrific day on Wearside…

Aye we went and won the (not a) derby by a single but absolutely magnificent goal against Boro from our young Chris Rigg in front of the Sky cameras! Gav and Chris jump on quickly to react to it all. What's the crack? Getting Riggy with it; If you do nothing else with your evening just stick that finish on repeat. We're top as we record but possibl…

Eleanor McCabe is joined by Michael Lough as we react to Sunderland's 1-0 win over Middlesbrough! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So we have to talk about them, it'll only go to their heads but our Gav and Martin have done it anyway, looking ahead to this weekends meeting with... some random club from just outside the region... at the Stadium of Light on Saturday. What's the crack? They aren't Newcastle no matter how much they want to be, they aren't what we are to the mags e…

The Lads are back and home and it'll be Middlesbrough who make the short-ish journey from Teesside from an early afternoon kick off. Sadly, that winning run come to an end last week but Regis Le Bris' and Sunderland can return to the top of the league with another big three points. Can we do it? To let us know, Matt from the Boro Breakdown Podcast …

Richard Easterbrook is joined by Jimmy Reay as the lads preview Sunderland's home game against Middlesbrough on Saturday. There's the customary debate about whether it's a derby or not, and there's also some Boro insight from The Northern Echo's Scott Wilson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

Aye Régis Le Bris finally lost a league game in charge of the mighty Sunlun and the lads were utterly devastated and couldn't talk about it at all. Not really. What's the crack? We started a petition to ban international breaks but gave up 5 minutes later; This was always bound to happen; Gav and Chris set about telling themselves and everyone else…

Stephen Goldsmith and Gareth Barker are joined by former Black Cat Lee Howey to discuss our first defeat of the season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sigh. The five in a row dream is dead and we've been beaten by a team whose celebrity fan is called PieFace. Happy weekend. Sake. Romaine Mundle scored again and looked like he may have grabbed us a point but an poor defensive performance seen us suffer our first dropped points of the campaign. Brad and Pete join me to discuss a disappointing weeke…

Hear from Micky Lough during his day out to Plymouth. All that way to watch The Lads suffer a surprise defeat. Sigh. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen Goldsmith is joined by Michael Lough and Jimmy Reay to look ahead to Sunderland's SkyBet Championship fixture at Plymouth Argyle, where the Black Cats can create history by winning their first five games of the season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.