Newcastle United podcast: Champions League and Sunderland dreams

The season has finished and you might be left feeling a little lost with no football but there is plenty to look forward to next season.

Champions League football returns to St James’ Park and so will the Tyne-Wear derby after Sunderland’s promotion to the Premier League.

“Bring them and it on,” joked BBC Radio Newcastle reporter Matthew Raisbeck on the Total Sport podcast. “For the benefit and variety of the Premier League, I believe it is good that there are another team in the mix and it is not the same three going up and down again.

“They probably did it in the best way as well with the late goals.”

Total Sport presenter Raul Kohli added: “I am happy to have them back because it gives you something to look forward to when the fixtures are released.

“We haven’t really had any to look out for in recent years but we will all straight away look for these two games now.”

Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds