It's Saturday, the sunshine is cracking the flags, and Sunderland play football again for the first time in the 2025/26 season this afternoon! With that in mind, the lads got together for a chinwag and to discuss all the latest Sunderland AFC news, including:

• The Lads are playing today - and there's injury news...
• Florent Ghisolfi has been chatting to L'Equipe about his new role at Sunderland
• Updates on the futures of Pierre Ekwah, Abdoullah Ba, and Timothee Pembele
• Jordan Henderson IS NOT coming to Sunderland, and is instead heading to a Premier League rival (apparently)
• An £8m move for a West Ham defender is mooted...

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FOOTBALL IS BACK, BABY! Yes, Sunderland kick off their pre-season campaign this weekend with our now regular annual jaunt on the metro to take on National League side Gateshead (now played at Hebburn Town FC's ground), and their neighbours from South Tyneside, National League North side South Shields. To get us back underway, we grabbed local non-league footy reporter and expert Mark Carruthers for a chat...

• What’s the state of non-league footy these days?
• Are more people going to watch it than ever before?
• What’s the latest on Gateshead and South Shields?
• What will they be looking to get out of the friendly?
• ...and when will Mark finally get to have a cold beer on Saturday?!

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[PLEASE NOTE: This episode was recorded prior to the venue change for the Gateshead game, which will now be played at Hebburn Town FC]

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Sunderland's mental summer continues at the same pace as it has done for the last few weeks, and the news is coming thick and fast! Gav is joined by Brighton fan and podcaster Ryan Adsett from Talk Seagulls as we get the lowdown on Simon Adingra, whilst Craig and Bomber jump on to chat about all the news that broke on Tuesday, including:

• Brighton winger Simon Adingra jets in for talks and a medical as a £20m fee is agreed - we find out more about what he can do, and the lads give their thoughts
• Sunderland confirm the signing of Chemsdine Talbi - what do we think now we've heard from our man?
• Speakman speaks (again) about Sunderland's summer progress
• We've appointed THREE new coaches - what do we make of that news?

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Sunderland continue to make moves in the transfer market, and we're here to chat about it! Join Gav, Jonny and Ant as they chew the fat over all the latest goings on at the Stadium of Light, including:

• Reinildo Mandava signs for Sunderland on a free transfer - how important will his experience be?
• Sunderland's efforts to sign a goalkeepr take a knock as reports claim that Djordje Petrovic is set to sign for Bournemouth
• Are Sunderland actually interested in Armand Lauriente? Sassuolo apparently want €30m!
• Chemsdine Talbi has jetted in and is all but confirmed as a Sunderland player
• We do a little listener Q&A to round things off

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Sunderland have had some brilliant full backs over the years, but who makes our top ten list since the Stadium of Light opened? Join Chris as he grills Gav, Jonny and Bomber on their choices - and believe me, some of these picks are absolutely wild and will have you tearing your hair out!

• We run through the names of the unfortunate souls who didn’t make our list... is there anyone you think should have been on there?!
• Who came in last place on our list of ten?
• The bottom and top fives - the lads reveal which Sunderland stars got in, and in what order...
• How much do Premier League appearances matter?!
• Who was top of the pops? Find out!

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Join us for this week's episode of 'On This Week', looking back at some of the key moments from the club's history from July 6th - 13th!

• We go back to 1993 and discuss Mick Harford's departure from Roker
• We discuss Sean Thornton
• Kelvin tells us how good John Colquhoun actually was!
• We talk of Don Revie, Lee Chapman...
• ...and much much more!

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Sunderland look set to announce the signing of Club Brugge winger Chemsdine Talbi, but is he any good? We don't know, so we asked our marra Elijah Michiels - a video scout who expertises in Belgian football - to give us some insight into what Sunderland can expect from the 20-year-old Moroccan wide-man.

• Well, first things first - is he any good?!
• What does Elijah make of the deal, and the fee Sunderland are reportedly paying?
• Is he a good fit for the Premier League, or is he one for the future?
• How has he done in Belgium, and the Champions League?
• We ask him YOUR questions - from "how quick is he?" to "what's he like defensively?"

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Sunderland's players returned for pre-season this weekend, and the squad is looking a little bloated! So, Gav, Jonny and Bomber got together to run through the list of players they think could potentially leave, trying to work out what shape the squad will be in come the end of the summer.

• The big hitters like Patterson, Hjelde, Alese, Browne and Triantis are discussed
• Is there any way back for Pembele, Ekwah, Aouchiche, and Ba?
• Will the club cut their losses on Poveda, Hemir and Rusyn?
• What about the promising youngsters, like Matty Young and Trey Ogunsuyi?

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