Former Sunderland captain John O’Shea has claimed 99% of the squad didn’t want Netflix’s documentary crew around for their humiliating 2017/18 Championship campaign.
Aiming to bounce back after relegation from the Premier League in the previous campaign, Sunderland instead suffered another relegation. Sunderland ‘Till I Die was the latest part of a growing trend of fly-on-the-wall documentaries following the exploits of football clubs.
From an entertainment viewpoint, the producers struck gold by being in the right place to document the Wearside club’s collapse. For the players though, the presence of a heavy film crew 24/7 was an unwanted distraction.