Sunderland have been relegated to the third tier of English football.
Some Newcastle United fans were sent into hysterics on Twitter after bitter rivals Sunderland suffered a 1-0 loss to sixth-tier side Darlington on Tuesday evening.
Sunderland fans have little to cheer about at the moment, after suffering relegation from the Premier League at the end of 2016-17 – only to go and do the same from the Championship a year later.
The Black Cats have appointed a new manager since their relegation to the third tier, bringing in talented Scottish boss Jack Ross to the Stadium of Light hotseat after his impressive promotion with St. Mirren last season.
But in his first pre-season friendly, things could not have got off to a worse start as the likes of Lee Cattermole, Adam Matthews and Robbin Ruiter suffered a 1-0 loss to Conference North side Darlington.
Ross’ side are still in the middle of change, bringing in new players while the club still has big-name stars such as Aiden McGeady, Didier Ndong, Lamine Kone remain on the books.
Newcastle fans reacted to the Sunderland’s official full-time Tweet, with the majority of Toon fans having a laugh at their north-east rivals’ expense.
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