Picture: Sunderland ‘Til I Die – Netflix
After a nearly four-year hiatus, Netflix’s beloved sports docuseries Sunderland ‘Til I Die will return for a third and final season in February 2024.
Ben Turner and Leo Pearlman of production company Fulwell73 are the creators of Sunderland ‘Til I Die and lifelong Sunderland fans. Recently the pair joined the Club’s board of directors.
Picture: Leo Pearlman (left) and Ben Turner (right)
Sunderland ‘Til I Die was so popular it brought the club global popularity, and some ridicule from rival fans. However, the series was so influential that It’s Always Sunny in Philidelphia co-creator Rob Mcelhenney was inspired to invest in struggling Welsh football club Wrexham with business partner and global movie star Ryan Reynolds.
Pictured: Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds the owners of Wrexham A.F.C.
Their docuseries, Welcome to Wrexham, chronicles the club’s journey since Rob and Ryan’s takeover, which recently won five Primetime Emmy awards, including the award for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program. This may never have been possible if it wasn’t for the Sunderland ‘Til I Die inspiring new and old football fans worldwide.
When is Sunderland ‘Til I Die Season 3 coming to Netflix?
The date for the third and final season of Sunderland ‘Til I Die can be found on the Netflix App, which is dated for February 13th, 2024.
Netflix has yet to drop a new trailer for the third season, so for now here’s the trailer for the first season that first arrived on Netflix in 2018.
What will happen in the final season of Sunderland ‘Til I Die?
The final season, consisting of just three episodes, will chronicle Sunderland’s journey back to the Championship through their League One play-off final win against Wycombe Wanderers under former head coach Alex Neil.
Which supporters will return?
Michelle Barraclough, one of the Sunderland supporters seen in the show, finally got to see her team pull through and make a return to the second tier of English football;
““It was such a fabulous feeling when it finally was us. I was probably in tears again. Happy tears, at least.
It was wonderful to be part of it. I still get recognised at games. It was part of our matchday experience in the end. We’d meet up with the crew and they’d follow us through matches. They’d mic us up and you’d eventually forget you were wearing it.
That’s probably what made it popular. It’s authentic and, correct me if I’m wrong, I don’t think anyone hates us. Except for them (Newcastle) up the road. I don’t think we’re a club that anyone really dislikes and a lot of the time we’re underdogs. I think the North East people are pretty wonderful, too.”
Pictured: Michelle Barraclough (right) with Sunderland player Luke O’Nien (left)
Peter Farrer, Sunderland’s favorite taxi driver, now retired, will also return in the final season. He had the following to say to The Athletic about being recognized by football fans around the world;
“Sunderland’s become known around the world on the back of it. I’m not blowing my own trumpet, but I can go into the Colliery Tavern (the closest pub to the Stadium of Light) before a game and somebody will recognise me. I’ve had people from Slovakia, America, Chile, Germany, France come up to me.
The strangest one came after the end of the first series. My son is Peter Farrer and he’s on Facebook, which I don’t bother with. He says to me he’s had a message off a bloke from River Plate and I’m like, ‘F*** off, man!’. He thought my son was me and he wanted to speak to me about Sunderland.
He’d totally fallen in love with Sunderland and he sent me a video telling me how popular I was in Argentina. They’d loved the series and invited me over to see the stadium and the club.”
Pictured: Peter Farrer – Falkirk Herald
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