Spineless Sunderland crashed to their heaviest ever third-tier defeat as they ran up the white flag at Bolton.
The Black Cats let down the 5,300 fans who made the journey across the Pennines, with many making an early start home long before full-time - which at least spared them witnessing Bolton's two late goals which turned a rout into an abject humiliation.
At full-time, Sunderland players tried to apologise to those fans who had stayed until the bitter end but it was no surprise that they were given short shrift.
