The 21st of May, 2022. The day Sunderland supporters finally saw their team win at Wembley in the flesh. The happy ending to a torrid six-year stint, relegation from the Premier League, relegation to the Championship and play-off heartache.
The latest series of Sunderland 'Til I Die goes beyond capturing the raw emotion of that historic day, perfectly painting the picture of the Black Cats 2021/22 season, the community and what it means to those who follow the club.
Fulwell 73 do a fantastic job of immortalising that memorable campaign and go frighteningly close to translating Bill Shankly's historic quote: "Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude, I can assure you it is much, much more important than that," onto our TV screens.
The third instalment of the Netflix series follows familiar faces up and down the country following their one true love, Sunderland AFC. From the lows of the 6-0 defeat to Bolton Wanderers at the end of January, to the euphoric highs at Wembley, the new series is an emotional rollercoaster from start to finish.
It delves deeper into how Kyril Louis-Dreyfus came to buying the club and his relationship with Juan Sartori, the sacking of Lee Johnson and the late surge to finish into the League One play-offs, winning promotion at the end of it all.
The first two series of Sunderland 'Til I Die paved the way for the modern era of sports documentaries we see more prevalently today. But the opening two acts of the trilogy were largely doom and gloom as the club dropped into the third tier of English football as the mess unravelled.
Jibes of 'We saw you crying on Netflix' frequently sung on the terraces as the source of amusement for opposition supporters to poke fun at those of a red and white contingent. But not this time.
The tears of sadness and disappointment replaced by tears of joy and relief.
Red and white supporter, Michelle Barraclough, who features heavily throughout all three series alongside best friend Ian Wake, finally getting to experience the joy of winning at the home of English football like many others.
"Why is it never us?" she asks in the earlier series after yet another Wembley heartbreak. The win at Wembley, that was for Michelle. For every Sunderland fan that's had to endure the lifelong disappointment and suffering of following their football team. That moment of euphoria now available on repeat.
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The series is perfectly relatable, yet so brilliantly unique. Football fans across the world can relate to passion and sense of belonging following their football team.
And yet, Sunderland Football Club is so brilliant in it's own right with each person having their own story to tell. It goes behind the scenes in the build-up to the play-offs with Blac Cats' kitman Stephen Aziz, one of a number of important faces behind the scenes.
His touching storytelling of Louise Wanless - the former head of communications at Sunderland who sadly passed away in 2021 - and printing off a shirt and taking it to Wembley in her memory, cheering the lads over the line.
"I feel like it's a really good third act to the other two and it's not the same as the other two series and in a way it shouldn't be, because each of them have their own mark to it," Ben Turner of Fulwell 73 told We Are Sunderland in the build-up to the release.
Series three certainly leaves a mark.
Whether it's Sunderland legends Niall Quinn and Peter Reid singing along at Wembley, Jack Clarke and Patrick Roberts' visit to the East Durham Veterans, or Luke O'Nien's man marking job in the play-off semi-final against Sheffield Wednesday - it captures the small moments perfectly.
At the premiere showing of the final episode, there was not a dry eye in the house as the show came to an end.
It comes full circle with Father Marc Lyden-Smith, who opens series one with a scene in church, bringing the third act to a close at the funeral of the aforementioned Ian Wake - with the final episode in his honour.
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Ian epitomises what it means to be a Black Cats supporter. His house packed full of red and white memorabilia. Following his club through thick and thin. In life and in death. A fitting tribute to him, Louise and those that are sadly no longer with us but loved Sunderland right until the end.
If it is to be the final instalment of the series - promotion to the Premier League keeping the door open for a possible fourth series - then what a brilliant way for the curtain to fall.
To some, it may just be 11 men in red and white kicking a ball about for 90 minutes. To others, it's Sunderland 'Til they die.
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