Now a reality: Sunderland the play, Saint-Etienne the film

Sunderland the play

If only to reassure everyone we are still here, why not reproduce something posted over at the original, non-football Salut! site?

It has SAFC connections, albeit more detached as the story proceeds. Monsieur Salut saw the play in Paris but cannot properly remember at which point the male lead – you see him pictured, in one of our tops – slagging off Newcastle (in French of course). It happened, though.

Sunderland, as you shall soon realise if you didn’t read it here the first time, has become Saint-Etienne in the film version: our links include coalmining, Steeeeeed (all of one appearance for them) and Patrice Carteron (120 – and while with us, he scored against the Mags; he’s now head coach of the Congolese club TP Mazembe).

As for the film, pretty good reviews here and there though I did see a tweet saying it had opened to empty houses in Lyon …

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