It really speaks volumes that despite everything that has gone on with Newcastle in recent years, it’s still Sunderland who are the laughing stock of the north-east.
Newcastle have had to put up with so many awful managerial appointments, relegation and Mike Ashley stripping a lot of joy from the team – in a way it was even more cruel that they had a taste of having a real manager in Rafa Benitez only to see him walk away.
Sunderland have had it much worse though, and it’s been coming for a while. Somehow managing to escape relegation in an impossible way every season was never going to be sustainable, but few thought they would fall this far.
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They now find themselves struggling to get out of League One, but many fans may remember a Netflix Documentary about them a few years ago which was clearly hoping to show them bounce straight back, but that didn’t happen.
The opening scenes showed fans optimistically predicting a comfortable win over Celtic in a pre-season friendly to set the tone – Celtic won that game 5-0 and the tone was very much set.
It ended with their second relegation in a row, and it seems we have a second series to watch soon, but the timing of the release is suspect:
Sunderland ‘Til I Die season 2 arrives on April 1st. And no, we didn’t do that on purpose.
— Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) March 4, 2020
You might think that the joke writes itsself there, but the Newcastle United account couldn’t resist having a pop either:
We’re saying nothing… https://t.co/aBZ2FU9Vkm pic.twitter.com/ppiVUmw10V
— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) March 4, 2020
In fairness, the first series gave a great insight into the fans at the club and even gave Martin Bain a chance to do a convincing David Brent impression throughout, so it should be a good watch.
It might be tough viewing for the Sunderland fans however…