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BENT SENDS BLACK CATS DOWN AGAIN

Former striker has last laugh

By Clive Hetherington

STAR MAN PADDY MCNAIR Sunderland

GONE FOR A BURTON: Albion’s Liam Boyce celebrates their second goal
PICTURES: Action Images

DARREN Bent rammed the bile of the Sunderland fans back down their throats as he helped to relegate his former club.
The ex-England striker, who scored 36 goals in under 18 months with the Black Cats before joining Aston Villa in a £24m deal in January 2011, has never been forgiven by Wearside fans for his desertion.
He will never be forgiven for his part in their drop into League One, either ...

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