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Sunderland’s new sponsors kick them while they’re down

Published 11:36 19 Aug 2015 BST

Updated 12:02 19 Aug 2015 BST

Tom Victor
Sunderland’s new sponsors kick them while they’re down

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If you thought Sunderland's poor start to the Premier League season couldn't get worse, you'd be wrong.

Dick Advocaat's side are bottom of the table after back-to-back defeats, and now their own sponsors have unwittingly stuck the knife in. dafabet Asian betting firm Dafabet took over this season as the Black Cats' shirt sponsor, and it's taken just two games for them to name Sunderland as odds-on favourites for relegation from the top flight. What were the odds of that happening? Read Mark Chapman's column on Sunderland's struggles here.

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Sunderland's new sponsors kick them while they're down