[intriguing music playing]
[birds chirping]
[intriguing music continues]
[man] I moved here about two years ago.
I just came to a... a decision where I wanted to save some money,
so I got this for a cheaper rent.
Costs us less in fuel to run
and it's easier to manage.
Being a bloke on me own, I'm not that good with a duster,
[laughing] so here I am.
But the sad thing was having to get rid of me memorabilia,
which I built up over a lot of years.
But I simply couldn't bring it with us, so it had to go, you know.
It was... It was a little bit traumatic, actually. [laughs nervously]
I had a seat from Roker Park,
but there was just nowhere here for it.
So that was-- It was a big thing to give up.
[emotional music playing]
As daft as it sounds, one of the reasons that I did downsize
was to be able to get to more games.
Because this is me passion,
erm... and with costs sort of...
[zipping bag]
...for other things, spiraling out of control,
erm... you've got to find the money from somewhere.
We've got Wycombe in the final,
so I'm looking forward to the trip to London for the weekend.
[calm piano music playing]
Go and get the car sorted out,
pick Michelle up.
Erm... Sorry, go and get her a cup of tea first.
Or two.
I always get two cups, thinking one for me, one for her.
And I never end up getting any.
She has them both 'cause,
I think she would tell you herself, she's not a... she's not a morning person.
[calm piano music continues]
Hi, mate. Can I just have two large teas, please?
- [man] Yeah. Anything else? - That's it, boss.
- All right, well, thanks. - Thanks now.
- Do you want any sugars or anything? - Cheers.
Very, very rarely do we go to games, uh, without each other.
We're best friends. Uh, so, first and foremost, we're good mates.
[horn honking]
Right. Is there anything else?
[Michelle] Oh, what a dear.
[Ian] All right.
[Michelle] Oh, we must be mad.
[Ian laughing]
- There's your usual. - [Michelle] Oh.
[Ian] Two teas.
- None for me and two for you. - [Michelle chuckles]
[emotional music continues]
Our club's history is massive.
[commentator] Now's the chance for the Sunderland team
to show their cheering followers the trophy. What a team.
Our glory days were long, long, long past us.
The last thing I remember was winning the FA Cup in 1973.
And unfortunately, I wasn't at that match.
You truly don't know what the highs are like
unless you've experienced the lows.
As football clubs go, I think we've had our share of lows.
[Ian] There's no doubt about that.
I was lucky to be at Wembley in 1973 for the FA Cup Final.
[commentator] Sunderland have done it! Stokoe can't believe it!
Oh, what a day!
[Ian] And from that point on,
a life of misery was inflicted on us
when it came to going to Wembley to watch Sunderland.
[fans cheering]
[commentator] Good tackle. Oh, and it's an own goal!
Oh, an opportunity spurned!
[emotional music continues]
[Ian] For the next seven or eight times,
we managed to lose every game.
[commentator 2] Thomas through the middle again. Michael Thomas. Rush.
2-0 Liverpool.
[commentator 3] Michael Gray, born in Sunderland.
- [crowd cheering] - Ilić has saved it!
And Charlton are promoted!
[Michelle] But this time, we're going into this final a different team.
I'm quite confident,
and I probably shouldn't say that.
[Ian] Well, I'll blame you if it goes wrong then.
- [chuckling] - [Michelle chuckles] Right.
♪ On the river Where they used to build the boats ♪
♪ By the harbour wall The place you loved the most ♪
♪ I can see you there alone ♪
♪ But oh, you know ♪
♪ I'll be there ♪
♪ Soon ♪
♪ All your life You worked your fingers to the bone ♪
♪ You worked hard For every little thing you owned ♪
♪ That you gave away for years ♪
♪ As if you'd known ♪
♪ They were calling out ♪
♪ But if you could see me now ♪
♪ And if you could see me now ♪
♪ I hope that I'm making you proud ♪
♪ Proud ♪
[song fades]
[serious music playing]
[reporter 1] So, it's Sunderland who will face Wycombe
in the League One playoff final at Wembley.
[reporter 2] Excitement's been building all week
ahead of their League One playoff final against Wycombe Wanderers at Wembley...
[chuckling] Here, look, this is the flag we've got to take to Wembley.
- [serious music continues] - Notice Lynne first, Eddie second.
[laughing]
[reporter] I think it's fair to say
the people of Sunderland are feeling incredibly optimistic.
They've been telling us that this is Sunderland's chance to shine.
- Ha'way the lads. - [customer] Ha'way the lads.
- Just the one? - [customer] Aye.
[woman] Okay, my darling.
[man] Niall's been a few times with us to Wembley,
been to a few playoff finals.
- Obviously, you haven't seen us win yet. - [music continues]
[faint cheering]
- Soon. - Soon.
This one.
- Very soon. - Yeah.
[reporter] Now, we know that this match is incredibly important to all of the fans.
And we've seen loads of them getting behind the Black Cats.
- Sunderland! - [reporter] How you feeling? Nervous?
Really nervous. Sick.
[laughing]
I've been nine times, and I only saw them win once,
so this time it's gonna be our time. Definitely.
[both] This time, it's gotta happen.
We can't afford another mishap or another heartbreak.
We've just gotta do it.
[music fades]
[kitchen pots clattering]
[Ross] Go on, boy.
Honey on it?
[man] Fuck me.
[peaceful music playing]
[tumble dryer whirring]
[Stephen] So this is the first time I've actually put the kit out
at Wembley myself.
I was kit man at Middlesbrough. That's my team as a boy.
But I've been here for ten years now, and this is, like, my club now.
And if anyone asks me who I want to win, Middlesbrough or Sunderland,
it's always gonna be Sunderland.
But I didn't realize until I'd started...
[woman] Hello. How are you?
[Stephen] ...how much it meant to everyone at the club.
- It's just like, they just live for it. - Yeah, good.
Leon.
[peaceful music continues]
We've been in League One for, like, so long,
and a lot of people lost their jobs because of the situation the club was in.
My boss got made redundant.
People took pay cuts. I myself took a pay cut to stay here.
[birds chirping]
But I think since Alex has come in and we've signed some great players,
I feel like the combination of the players that we've got
and the manager and the staff,
really feel like there's a massive belief
that this time, it's like, it's... it's our chance to get it done.
- [dramatic music playing] - [players shouting]
Goochie... I'm really close to because we've both been here for 10 years.
His wife's family's from the area.
This is the only club he's had.
He's had some tough times, but he loves this club.
Like, he absolutely loves it.
- [laughs] - [man] You see what he did?
[Lynden] My dream when I came here was to play
in the Premier League for Sunderland, and I done that quite young in my career.
But then, less than two seasons later, I'm playing in League One.
[music fades]
So this is basically all the players from the academy
who end up making a senior debut.
Um...
And a few pictures of... of the boys, obviously.
A couple of legends right there, Jordan Henderson, Jordan Pickford.
And there's me.
That was when I scored my first goal for Sunderland. Carlisle away.
Good time.
[commentator] Chance here for Lynden Gooch!
- [fans cheer] - And Lynden Gooch takes center stage!
[upbeat music playing]
[Lynden] I wasn't born here,
but I've been affiliated with the club since I was a ten-year-old boy.
Sixteen years now that I've been a part of this club.
And I'm very proud of where I grew up in California.
But yeah, I do see Sunderland as my home.
I like to think I'm an adopted Mackem.
We've got a great bond in the team.
Going on to achieve something would just make us even closer.
[music fades]
[birds chirping]
- [Jack] Woah. - [Patrick] Watch out, lads.
- [laughs] - [low dramatic music playing]
- Shall we just drop it on here? - It's a tee up. It's a tee up.
- [Jack] Yeah. - See who goes first.
They're gonna... They're gonna hear me stripe this.
[Alex] Straight at that bunker.
[Patrick] Straight at these trees to my left.
[Jack] Oh, Jesus.
- [Jack] Shot, Al. - [Alex] Yeah!
Striped.
- [Jack] I'll see you up there. - [Alex laughing] Yeah!
- [Patrick] Green. - Oh, there you go. Left.
- [Jack] Stinks. - [Alex] Reset.
[Jack] Nah, stinks!
[Alex] This will go so far right now.
Such haters.
- Oh, it has gone right as well. - [Alex laughing] Called it!
He's been shit-hot for the past two days, I tell you.
Ever since I've come in, it's always been a great group,
and I think you've got to have that good team bonding,
team understanding off the pitch in order to get success.
Going into the second leg, I felt like there was just more belief.
[low dramatic music continues]
You look back at that Sheffield Wednesday second leg away
from home when you scored, Pat.
I didn't know what to do, mate. [chuckles]
I swear you got poked in the eye. Didn't you poke him?
- I was running all over the gaff. - Nah, I was shushing.
- [Alex] Shushing? - I was shushing.
I got started on after the game by a fan.
- Right. [chuckles] - I was just like...
[Jack] If we'd gone on to lose that game, I don't think it'd be better.
Nah, we couldn't have lost that game.
You've lost in the playoffs and I've lost in the playoffs.
- It's the worst feeling in the world. - It's horrible.
You've been that close and then it just gets pulled away.
You've got all summer just thinking about where you could have been.
Yeah.
Wycombe are gonna be a good team, like.
I don't like this story of, like,
"Oh, we're the underdogs, the small club. Sunderland are a massive club."
"They've got the fans, players, they've been in the Premier League."
Like, that was years ago.
So stop going on about you're the underdogs.
Wycombe have done a lot more than Sunderland in the last five years.
[tense music playing]
[reporter] You now know it's going to be Wycombe Wanderers,
who've got a great identity.
What are your thoughts on what kind of threats they pose in this final?
I think they're really difficult.
You don't necessarily need to play well to be dangerous.
- [dramatic music playing] - [crowd cheering]
But they're a team that can lull you into a false sense
of thinking you're doing well, and then they can damage you.
- [fans cheering] - [commentator] Vokes!
They are very direct in how they play.
That's the challenge.
[commentator] Swirling corner.
Who's gonna get a header? The answer is Sam Vokes.
[man] Set pieces, they've decided World Cup Finals,
so they're okay to decide a League One playoff.
This team's fighting for its life, absolutely fighting for its life.
And I said to my boys,
"You gotta win these little fights now. It's not all about this fancy football."
[dramatic music continues]
[commentator 2] A lot of wrestling and grappling going on.
[male pundit] Wycombe are horrible so-and-so's
to encounter in a one-off match.
[fans and players cheering]
[reporter] Gareth Ainsworth has come out and said
that Sunderland's the biggest club outside the Premier League.
Is that, do you think, maybe trying to put a bit of pressure on you?
[pundit 2] The good thing for Wycombe is they don't have to play well
to win the game. It's about Wycombe trying to unsettle Sunderland.
- [music continues] - [fans cheering]
[commentator 3] And the Chairboys are heading back to Wembley!
[Gareth] We've crushed these playoffs. Nobody gave us a chance.
These boys can achieve anything, I tell you that.
[music crescendoes and fades]
[Alex] We know what's coming our way.
We've got to match that endeavor, that effort, that aggression.
[players shouting]
But equally, talent.
You know, talent is key.
Because you can be as aggressive as you like,
but you need players that are gonna be able to create things
and... and make a difference.
[intriguing music playing]
[music intensifies]
[Ross] When I was young, I always kind of pictured myself
playing in these big stadiums.
You always kicked the ball in the field or in the park
and envisaged playing in front of massive crowds.
I played youth football in Scotland.
Kind of found myself falling out the game,
not enjoying it.
And then I thought,
"Right, I need to think about what I'm going to do with my life."
"Am I even gonna keep playing?"
And what I done was I left,
and I went and played for a team down-- Just local.
But I kind of found that like I enjoyed it more.
[applause]
My enjoyment came back.
[commentator 1] There's a great son there.
[commentator 2] ...looking to settle their nerves.
[Ross] I went to Kilwinning Rangers.
[whistle blows]
The Buffs to kick us off in the first half.
[Ross] Scored a lot of goals.
And then towards the end of that season was when, obviously, I had interest.
Albion Rovers wanted to pay £1000 for me...
[inspirational music playing]
...and Kilwinning Rangers wanted £1500.
[commentator] Is this gonna be the game's turning point?
[Ross] Chances like that, they don't come about often.
I was speaking to the Albion Rovers manager, Darren Young, at the time.
And he's like, "Oh, we've only got 1000. We can't do more."
And it was my dad who said, "Well, I'll pay."
"I'll give you the extra 500 to make the fee."
"To allow my boy to go, 'cause he wants to go,
he wants obviously a new challenge, level up."
So when I look back, it's probably--
As I say to him all the time, it's probably the best £500 he's ever spent.
- [inspirational music continues] - [crowd] Yes!
When Sunderland came calling, I was like, "Wow. Massive club."
"You know, that's where I want to go."
[YouTuber] Sunderland have completed the signing of a new player.
We've got a striker. It's Ross Stewart.
Not many people know who he is or where he's come from.
[YouTuber 2] I've never claimed to know much about this lad.
- He seems half-decent. - [music fades]
[YouTuber 3] If you look at the goal tally this season,
2 in 19 in the Scottish Premier League,
you'd say, "Well, yeah, why are we signing him?"
I've just got a-- Don't know, it's just a bad, bad feeling.
[somber music playing]
Ross' name had come up on... on our list, but obviously, we were looking for a 9,
and he predominantly played as an 11, as a wide attacker.
[music continues]
Obviously, his goal-scoring record wasn't something
that was going to naturally attract you to him,
but he certainly had the physical attributes
that we felt we could coach up.
And now we've got, arguably, you know,
the best striker League One's seen for a number of years.
- [cheers] - [dramatic music playing]
[commentator] Ross Stewart.
It's what he's been doing all season.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] I wanted to come and test myself in the English leagues.
[commentator] Guess who. Ross Stewart...
for the 20th time this season.
[Ross] It's always been for me about believing,
yeah, I can play at this level...
[music continues]
[fans cheering] Yeah!
...to see how high I can get.
[all] ♪ Oh, baby Do you know what that's worth? ♪
♪ Ross Stewart is the best on earth! ♪
♪ The Loch Ness Drogba Is just what we need... ♪
[Ross] When they start singing a song and you know it's about you...
It's funny because Loch Ness is obviously up near Inverness,
but not really anything to do me,
but obviously, for whatever reason, the fans took a liking to it.
[Alex] Ross is such a good lad. He's a selfless player.
He surprised me in terms of how complete he was as a striker.
You know he's capable of scoring a goal.
But can you do it in the biggest, most important game?
[music crescendoes and fades]
They're a good bunch, so I try and do me best for them.
Well, we all do, really.
[Stephen] Everyone together at this club doing a lot of hard work behind the scenes
makes a big difference.
I'm a massive believer in like these 1 percents.
Them little parts that everyone plays, they shouldn't go unnoticed.
[sad music playing]
[man] People put their lives into this club.
So many different stories. You know, even--
We have... We have Louise, erm,
er, bless her soul,
you know, she was a huge part of the club.
And, you know, we lost her, erm, during the year.
And it's not-- Her energy around the place was infectious.
Erm...
People say I've got energy, she was just...
She was the most loveliest energy you could ever come across.
[music continues]
[male announcer] Our winner is Louise Wanless.
[applause and whistles]
Louise is the longest-serving press officer in Northeast football.
Well, anyone who knows me knows I'm not often lost for words, erm...
but I am a little bit.
I'm absolutely overwhelmed, to be quite honest.
- [music continues] - [applause]
[Stephen] She was just so bubbly.
- Really warming. - [laughing]
And a massive, massive part and massive character at the club.
[Louise] It's two minutes. They've been filming you in training this morning,
so they've got some nice shots.
- I think we're getting followed. - [laughs]
[Stephen] The game just after Lou had passed,
I think I might have mentioned it to one of the girls,
"Why don't we just do the Wanless name on the back of the shirt
and we'll hang it in the dressing room with the lads?"
I just wanted her to be remembered.
[sad music continues]
We had it for that one game.
I was like, "Tell you what we'll do, we'll take Lou to Wembley with us."
"We know she'll be there, watching us,
so let's take the shirt with us and we'll hang it up."
And I found myself just saying, "Lou, I know you're here."
"Just make sure we get over the line."
[dramatic whoosh]
♪ Luke O'Nien, Luke O'Nien Luke O'Nien ♪
[reporter] There should be more than 46,000 Sunderland fans at Wembley today.
[fan] It's just one more step to go, and it's gonna be tough.
They're gonna be physical, they're gonna throw absolutely everything...
A club of this size should not be in League One.
Another season in League One is unthinkable.
[dramatic music playing]
[male pundit] Four seasons in League One.
It's led to cost cutting, job losses.
And the longer that goes on, the harder it is to turn that back.
[dramatic music intensifies]
[Alex] Our aim is to get promoted, and if we don't do that,
we're going to fail, basically.
[reporter] Sunderland, they make one change to the team
which started the semifinals.
Elliot Embleton coming in for Jack Clarke.
[Jack] Yeah, I'm just devastated that I weren't starting.
But you've gotta switch mindsets really quick
into, like, how can I help the team in the best possible way?
- [dramatic music continues] - [fans chanting]
[reporter] Today, there might have to be some changes
because of the physicality that Wycombe bring.
They are gonna get the ball wide, and they're gonna get it in the box.
That's what they do.
[music intensifies]
[reporter] One team change. Embleton in, Clarke on the bench.
What was your thinking?
Just the way the game's gonna be at the start of the match.
You know, I think Jack's biggest impact's been sort of later in games.
[reporter 2] I'm happy with the team.
Look, Clarke, I think, has been the unlucky one,
but Embleton, for me, he doesn't mess about.
He's a bit more direct.
[fans chanting in the background]
♪ Sunderland FC ♪
♪ We're by far the greatest team The world has ever seen ♪
♪ And we're Sunderland ♪
♪ Sunderland FC ♪
[player] Come on, boys.
- [fans applauding] - Goose pimples.
- [man speaking indistinctly] - [clapping]
[commentator] Well, here we go. Listen to this Wembley roar.
- [dramatic music intensifies] - [crowd roaring]
Both teams walk into the greatest theater of all.
It's a walk into the unknown.
[Ross] On the pitch before the game, you stop and think, "Wow."
Everything about it in the buildup's just slightly different,
but on a higher scale.
It makes you realize, you know, where you're at
and why these games are bigger than others.
[fans cheering]
[all cheering]
[whistle blowing]
[commentator] So Sunderland face the ghosts of playoffs past,
looking to exorcise the demons of years gone by.
For Wycombe, the playoffs don't hold any fears.
[tense music playing]
[Lynden] First and foremost, you have to win the battle against them.
If you don't, then they'll suffocate you...
and they'll just take over the game.
You can't let that happen.
[commentator 2] Inside here, a breakthrough
at the edge of the penalty area.
They look for a free kick. Sunderland win it.
[Chris Brown] Come on, Alex.
[music continues]
[commentator 2] Curls it in! Oh!
Roberts into the penalty area.
Plays it off to Pritchard. Pritchard tries to curl it in.
- [Chris Brown] Get it in! - And he can't!
[tense music continues]
What a chance. On the sly. That's a big chance, Johnny.
[commentator 2] Well, what a great opportunity.
Ross Stewart knows it as well.
[music continues]
[Alex] One thing that Wycombe have got
is the fact that they're always dangerous.
One set piece, one direct ball into the box.
[commentator] Long, and Batth and Bailey Wright getting in each other's way.
And this could be trouble here as Vokes tries to get to it.
Sunderland shaky at the back.
[Alex] But equally,
we've got players that are capable of moments of magic.
[commentator 1] Kick from Stockdale.
Headed on through the middle.
Cleared, though, up to O'Nien.
["Red Socks Pugie" by Foals playing]
Running through on this is Embleton.
♪ Oh, hell no, these vessels ♪
♪ Our heart swells up these vessels ♪
♪ Our heart swells up ♪
♪ Which makes us explode ♪
- [commentator 2] Goal! - [commentator 1] Goal!
[Alex] Whoo!
- [commentator 1] What a finish. - [commentator 2] What a goal that is.
[fans cheering]
[commentator 1] Take a bow, Elliot Embleton.
[song continues]
- [whistle blowing] - [song fades]
[commentator 2] Halftime, Sunderland leading by a goal to nil.
[exciting music playing]
[pundit 1] Does this Sunderland team need another goal to win this game?
[pundit 2] Of course they do.
Sunderland fans remember plenty of occasions
when they've been one up at Wembley...
[commentator] Vergini. Sensation at Wembley!
Vergini!
[fans cheering]
40,000 Wearsiders standing as one at Wembley!
[commentator 2] ...only to see it slip away in the second half.
[commentator 1] Touré!
Oh!
It's Manchester City's trophy.
And it's loose across to the far post!
Portsmouth have their goal!
[whistle blowing]
Absolutely stunned!
But Wembley's a place for winners!
[sad music playing]
So cruel for Sunderland again!
[music fades]
[commentator] Gareth Ainsworth will be saying to them players,
[intense music playing]
"One-nil. You're still in the game."
Get that second goal.
[whistle blowing]
Sunderland getting us underway.
[music continues]
[whistle blowing]
It's a sloppy start.
[fans cheering]
- That's silly, man. - [commentator 2] Tackle by Cirkin.
Alex Neil will be worried. His side haven't got going at all.
[dramatic music intensifies]
And a lunge by Gooch and away goes Hanlan.
Now gets past Bailey Wright into the penalty area.
[commentator 1] That is a warning.
All of a sudden, it's got very nervous, hasn't it?
[commentator 2] There is more of a spring in the step of Wycombe Wanderers
in the second half.
Oh, he's got through, though.
- Oh, what a block by Patterson. Whoo! - [music fades]
[commentator 1] Well, we haven't started the second half, Nick.
[Alex] One moment can turn the game on its head.
We're in a proper game here now.
[commentator 1] Clarke is being readied by Sunderland.
[Chris Brown] Look, there's people been here six times
without seeing Sunderland get a win.
So I can understand why they're not confident.
- [dramatic music playing] - [commentator 1] Clarke on, then.
[Alex] When you have went through difficult times,
that's when you find out what your team's actually made of.
Do they have the bravery to go and find that next goal?
[commentator 2] Picked up by Roberts.
He's got it through here and gets it back. He's wiped.
- [commentator 1] Referee. - [fans clamoring]
Finds Clarke.
Clarke, his head down, going on.
He's still going. Clarke still going. Still going, Clarke!
Block, David Stockdale!
[music continues]
[commentator 2] Clarke. Ross Stewart is up there with him.
Clarke towards Stewart.
[crowd groans]
[music fades]
[inspirational music playing]
[Alex] The best players, they can take pressure.
They'll always react and respond and come back.
[commentator 1] Good ball in.
[commentators] Oh, it's just bounced off the post.
[commentator 1] Inches away, Ross Stewart.
[Ross] When you have big games, you do get butterflies.
I think that's... that's just human.
The adrenaline's going.
You just gotta try and just stay in the moment.
[fans singing] ♪ Ross Stewart is the best on earth! ♪
[emotional music playing]
[Ross] My mum, my dad, and my wee brother were all at the game.
To have the family there, it's important.
My dad, he's just probably the main reason for all this.
He's someone that I've always looked up to.
He was always kind of demanding
in the sense that you've got to do more, you've got to do more.
No matter how well you're doing,
you know, you can always try and do better.
[music continues]
[commentator 2] Sunderland just starting to get their foot back on the ball,
dictate the flow of the game.
[action music playing]
[commentator 1] Clarke from the halfway line, trying to weave a way through here.
And now, looking for Ross Stewart, down the right.
One player on his shoulder.
[commentators] Oh!
[music fades]
[fans singing] ♪ Oh, baby Do you know what that's worth? ♪
[commentator 2] And the Sunderland fans are raising the volume inside Wembley.
♪ Just what we need ♪
♪ He'll take Sunderland To the Premier League ♪
- [commentator 1] Roberts, wide here. - [inspirational music playing]
And he's got Pritchard just behind him.
Roberts inside to Pritchard.
Pritchard.
[music intensifies]
Ross Stewart, the edge of the penalty area.
Yeah!
A goal!
- Get in! - [music crescendoes]
Pinpoint accuracy in the bottom left-hand corner.
And Ross Stewart may well have clinched promotion for Sunderland.
The dark days are over.
[music intensifies]
[fans cheering]
[whistle blowing]
[fans cheering]
And Sunderland are back in the Championship.
[music fades]
[fans] ♪ Wise men say ♪
♪ Only fools rush in ♪
♪ But I can't help ♪
♪ Falling in love with you ♪
[fans cheering and applauding]
[joyful music playing]
[music continues]
[Ross] So many emotions.
Elation, relief...
To have the family there,
and my mum and dad see their boy scoring at Wembley...
I know how proud they were.
[Lynden] We lost three years ago, and it was the worst feeling ever.
I was crying on the pitch.
This time, it's a bit different, you know.
I'm so happy, I'm overwhelmed...
and crying for a different reason.
This is my club. It means everything to me.
If this is the last moment, then what a way to go out.
[music continues]
[fans yelling indistinctly]
[music building]
[players and fans cheering]
[music crescendoes and fades]
[fans singing] ♪ And it's Sunderland ♪
♪ Sunderland FC ♪
♪ We're by far the greatest team The world has ever seen ♪
♪ And it's Sunderland ♪
♪ Sunderland FC ♪
♪ We're by far the greatest team The world has ever seen ♪
- [players screaming] - [emotional music playing]
[whistling]
♪ I'm sure I am I'm Sunderland 'til I die ♪
♪ Sunderland 'til I die ♪
♪ I'm Sunderland 'til I die ♪
♪ I know I am, I'm sure I am... ♪
- [male fan] Come on. Here we go. - [music continues]
The first game I ever went to was in 1964.
I've seen the ups, I've seen the downs,
I've seen the great times, I've seen the shite.
That bunch of lads made it.
You've gotta be happy, man.
- He had tears in his eyes. - I did.
They were hanging people upside down over the railings.
[both laughing]
[male fan 2] This is it. It's our year, our time.
It was...
I'm getting emotional now.
To see the lads do us proud...
And I've seen my lads win at Wembley.
And it... it's...
I can't tell you the emotions.
I've been to all the previous finals where we've lost,
and just to see the... the joy on everyone's faces,
it was quite a magical thing, actually.
Just this time for it all to go right was truly wonderful.
Perfect for me to be able to see me bestie, me best friend,
experience that at Wembley. Brilliant.
I'm getting a bit choked up now, just thinking about it.
[emotional music continues]
[inaudible]
[music continues]
[music fades]
[birds chirping]
[gentle music playing]
[music continues]
[exhales deeply]
[priest] I've sat alongside many people in their final moments.
We're here to give them hope and strength and solace,
to support, to remind them of their dignity.
To remind them that they belong to something bigger than themselves.
To remind them that they have the capacity to love and be loved.
If you're with somebody surrounded by people that love them,
and even in their final moments,
they're talking about Sunderland football club,
about praying for the team
and cheering the team on from the other side...
this is so important in people's lives,
and it's gonna be important to them in death as well.
[hearse arriving]
["Shipyards" by Martin Longstaff playing on violin]
Love is eternal.
Love doesn't end with death.
[fans cheering in the distance]
[uplifting music playing]
And loving Sunderland football club
is a love that stays with you for all eternity.
[fans applauding]
[piano music playing]
[music ends]