Original Sunderland ‘Til I Die stars & the place they’re now – like Charlie Methven

The legendary Netflix present, Sunderland ‘Til I Die, is again for a 3rd and ultimate sequence.

Seasons one and two received acclaim for his or her warts and all portrayal of a membership in a relentless state of disaster on and off the pitch. There was a relegation and a few heart-breaking Wembley defeats. Oh, and the membership virtually went out of enterprise too.

For higher or worse, the present made celebrities out of plenty of gamers, workers and executives as they fought to convey success to probably the most passionate fanbases within the nation. Here’s the place some notable figures within the first two sequence at the moment are…

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Martin Bain

Sunderland’s first CEO of the present, the Scot definitely talked a superb recreation. However, he wasn’t flavour of the month with Black Cats supporters and few tears had been shed when his place was scrapped on the finish of sequence one as Sunderland had been relegated to the third tier.

It subsequently emerged in season two that he had spent a six-figure price on a cryotherapy chamber for gamers recovering from harm – though only one individual used the costly facility, Bain himself. In 2019, Bain was appointed CEO of the Indian Super League, the top-tier soccer league in India earlier than stepping down final 12 months.

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Simon Grayson

The first Sunderland supervisor of the present, the softly-spoken Yorkshireman didn’t final lengthy within the function, being sacked after 4 months on the helm. Grayson, now 54, went on to handle Bradford, Blackpool and Fleetwood earlier than ‘doing a Bain’ and heading to India, managing Bengaluru. After 18 months in cost, he left by mutual consent two months in the past.

Chris Coleman

The Welshman’s inventory was excessive after main his nation to the semi-finals of Euro 2016. But regardless of being hailed as a “milestone appointment” by Bain, Coleman couldn’t save the sinking ship and was sacked following the membership’s relegation to League One.

Since then he has managed Hebei China Fortune in China and Atromitos in Greece. Now out of labor once more, the 53-year-old’s profession hasn’t actually recovered from that chastening spell within the north-east.

Jack Ross

Another supervisor anticipated to hold the burden of an ailing membership whereas having Netflix cameras recurrently poked in his face. The Scot had a good first season in cost, reaching the play-off ultimate, solely to endure a gut-wrenching defeat to Charlton at Wembley.

That adopted one other Wembley defeat to Portsmouth within the EFL Trophy. He was sacked just a few months into the next season regardless of the Black Cats sitting within the play-off zone.

Josh Maja

The younger striker’s Sunderland future was a spotlight of sequence two. After discovering the web recurrently in League One firstly of the 2018/19 season, the membership needed to tie him to a brand new contract.

However, together with his head turned, Maja left for Bordeaux throughout that season’s January switch window. Still solely 25, Maja’s profession has stalled lately with mortgage spells at Fulham and Stoke and a everlasting transfer to present membership, West Brom, final summer season. He hasn’t performed since choosing up a knee harm towards, you guessed it, Sunderland in December.

Will Grigg

Gigg’s arrival on the Stadium of Light is the stuff of Sunderland ‘Til I Die legend. On deadline day 2019, the Black Cats had been determined to usher in the Wigan striker however had been struggling to strike a deal.

Owner Stewart Donald led the negotiations and was even suggested by supervisor Jack Ross to not “go daft” and pay above £2million. Donald did go “daft” although, ultimately paying £3million, presumably rising to £4million with add-ons. Grigg turned out to be a flop. However, now 32, Grigg is ripping it up within the National League with champions-elect Chesterfield.

Stewart Donald

Donald initially got here in as a saviour on the finish of season one, however didn’t cowl himself in glory with some erratic decision-making (see Grigg’s switch above).

With unrest rising amongst followers, Donald bought as much as Kyril Louis-Dreyfus in late-2020, though he remained a shareholder. He flogged his remaining shares final 12 months and is now operating National League Eastleigh.

Charlie Methven

Season two star Methven was the very public face of the membership’s board as government director. His phrases of knowledge included telling a workers assembly that Sunderland was a “failing, f***** up business”. He was praised for his advertising technique, however dropped just a few clangers, like calling followers who illegally stream matches “parasites”. Methven minimize ties with the membership together with Donald and is a part of the consortium that owns Charlton.

Sophie Ashcroft

The head of company communications appeared to have severed ties with the membership following a bust-up with Methven. She was even filmed loading her belongings into her automotive within the membership automotive park. She subsequently confirmed she had merely taken up a brand new function with the Foundation of Light, the membership’s charity arm.

She seems to have moved on from that function. According to her X (previously Twitter) bio, Ashcroft is a director at 56 Degree North, a communications firm, and head of media for Scotland’s Commonwealth Games group.