Wise Men Say

As Sunderland AFC marks two years since appointing Regis Le Bris as head coach, we take a look back at that week in 2024, how we, a French football expert and fans of Le Bris' previous club Lorient reacted to that latest managerial appointment - and what the man himself had to say.Fair to say some of the opinions have aged terribly, but some have aged like a fine wine!

Stephen and Rick are at the Fixtures Breakfast at the Beacon of Light, home of the wonderful Foundation of Light. They bring you their instant reaction to the fixtures and catch Kevin Ball, along with Foundation COO, Jamie Wright.

As World Cup fever sweeps the globe, we've swapped club for country and talk about the three-country jamboree currently taking place over the pond. Stephen and Rick are joined by Dawson Pies for an American perspective, while there's loads of stuff about first tournaments, a potential opportunity to right some historic wrongs at the Azteca Stadium and what we've all made of the tournament thus far.

Stephen and Rick met Chris when they did that YouTube thing in London. The former Love Islander is always spotted watching the lads and as you'll find out, he's done the hard yards!

Chris Weatherspoon... sorry that's The Athletic's finance writer, Chris Weatherspoon is back and we're finally letting him do a full pod on the finances. What does the 7th placed finish and European football mean for the books? Do we have to sell? Lots to discuss.

Stephen, Richard and Eleanor are back to talk over some more thoughts from over the last season, including some listener observations.That's all from us for the 2025/26 season, we'll be back at some point over the summer. Keep checking out our Patreon feed for some extra bonus content - see you next season! Thanks for all your support on what has been a quite incredible year supporting Sunderland.

Stephen, Rick and Eleanor have a nice chat about some of the things they've reflected on throughout the course of the season. There'll be another part next week.

Stephen and Gareth are back (we'd say for the last time this season but who knows while we're still in this bubble) and they round off that weekend. How has it got this and how nice it that to be framed in a positive way? Phil Smith from the Sunderland Echo joins.

Eleanor McCabe is joined by Jimmy Reay, Rory Fallow and Michael Hamflett as we celebrate Sunderland finishing seventh in the Premier League to secure Europa League qualification!