The Preview: Sunderland vs Newcastle
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 12 December 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to The Preview on The Athletic FC, where this week our main focus is Sunderland vs Newcastle.
After nine years, the Tyne-Wear derby returns to the Premier League, with the two sides separated by just one point.
Mark Critchley and Andy Jones join Matt Davies-Adams to look ahead to Sunday’s clash before turning their attention to the fixtures elsewhere including Chelsea vs Everton, Crystal Palace vs Manchester City, and Liverpool vs Brighton, where the Mohammed Salah situation rumbles on.
Host: Matt Davies-Adams
With: Mark Critchley & Andy Jones
Executive Producer: Abi Paterson
Producers: Jay Beale & Mike Stavrou
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.1 | Welcome to the preview from the Athletic FC. |
| 0:09.0 | It's the show where we get you set for the weekend's Premier League action. |
| 0:12.7 | This week we're looking ahead to the Time Weird Derby. |
| 0:14.8 | It's Sunderland versus Newcastle. |
| 0:24.5 | Technically, I guess we should call it the weird time derby given Sundander hosting, |
| 0:27.6 | but it doesn't trip off the tongue quite as nicely still. |
| 0:30.3 | Good to have a river-based rivalry back in the big time. |
| 0:33.2 | Joining me today, we have Mark Critchley. |
| 0:33.7 | Hello, Pritch. |
| 0:34.6 | Hello, how are you doing? |
| 0:36.6 | Yeah, well, good, thank you. |
| 0:38.0 | Andy Jones is back with us as well. You okay, Andy? Yeah, well, good, thank you. Andy Jones is back with us as well. |
| 0:38.6 | You okay, Andy? |
| 0:56.3 | Yeah, not too bad, thank you. Good, good. We are going to look ahead to some of the other big games throughout Match Week 16.2. But first, we're going to deal with the story that's been on everyone's lips this week. Mo Salas' tantrum. It seems like a club is throwing me under the bus. That's how I feel it. How I feel it. |
| 1:06.0 | I think it's very clear that someone wants me to get all the blame. The club promised me in summer for a lot of promises and nothing. So far, I'm in the bench three games. |
| 1:13.2 | So I can say that they keep the promise. |
| 1:15.6 | And I said that many of the time before, |
| 1:17.1 | I had a good relationship with the manager and out of the sudden we don't have any relationship. |
| 1:20.8 | I don't know why. |
| 1:22.9 | It seems to me how I say that someone doesn't want to me in the club. |
| 1:27.9 | Yeah, this one's still rumbling on after being benched three times in a row. |
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