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James Hunter

Doncaster boss says half-time boos were 'music to my ears' as Sunderland crashed to defeat

Doncaster Rovers boss Gary McSheffrey believes his side could have been 'four or five goals' up by half-time against Sunderland - and the when the Black Cats were booed off at the break, it was 'music to my ears'.

Managerless Sunderland trailed 2-0 against League One's basement side at the interval and the crowd of more than 38,000 - the highest of the season in the third tier - let the players know exactly what they thought of the performance.

Sunderland improved in the second half but could not retrieve the deficit, with Corry Evans' last-minute goal proving too little, too late.

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