![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/im-a-football-club-owner-who-launched-my-own-newspaper-and-starred-in-netflix-show-now-im-trying-to-get-promotion/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/SD-SPORT-OFF-PLATFORM-METHVEN.jpg&description=NET GAINS I'm a football club owner who launched my own newspaper and starred in Netflix show… now I'm trying to get promotion CHARLIE METHVEN is arguably best known for his cringe-worthy antics on Netflix. But now the former journalist is hoping to write a new blockbuster script in his latest football project. 4 Former Sunderland director Charlie Methven has a new gig as co-owner at Charlton Credit: Getty 4 The journalist set up his own newspaper but it folded after a year Credit: Getty Methven, 47, rose to fame during his infamous spell as co-owner of Sunderland. The blundering PR consultant, who was educated at Eton and the University of Oxford, came in for criticism for his behaviour in the Sunderland 'Til I Die documentary. That included his iconic executive meeting to discuss PA music and his attempt at an inspirational rousing speech at the Stadium of Light. He stepped down as the Black Cats' executive director in December 2019 after a series of struggles and controversies - including calling fans watching illegal streams of matches "parasites". But Methven was making waves in the media world a long time before his sudden rise to stardom on Netflix. The reporter wrote for Sporting Life, The Daily Telegraph, The Spectator and the Evening Standard. But in 2005, he launched The Sportsman, a daily horseracing and gambling title and the first new UK national newspaper in 19 years. The following year, though, it ran out of funds and folded. Methven went on to have a communications firm which had Tottenham and the Kingdom of Bahrain on its clientele list. The Oxford United fan is back in football now, though, after he teamed up with investors at SE7 Partners to take over Charlton Athletic. And the Addicks' new owner is insistent he is not at The Valley for some quick cash - but instead is desperate to see Dean Holden's South Londoners promoted back into the Championship this season. Methven said: "I understand why people will say that because it was our model at Sun){kind=link}
CHARLIE METHVEN is arguably best known for his cringe-worthy antics on Netflix.
But now the former journalist is hoping to write a new blockbuster script in his latest football project.
Methven, 47, rose to fame during his infamous spell as co-owner of Sunderland.
The blundering PR consultant, who was educated at Eton and the University of Oxford, came in for criticism for his behaviour in the Sunderland ‘Til I Die documentary.
That included his iconic executive meeting to discuss PA music and his attempt at an inspirational rousing speech at the Stadium of Light.