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For Sunderland, relegation might be best thing to break cycle of mediocrity

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Manchester United stay in the race for the top four while Sunderland seem all but resigned to relegation.

SUNDERLAND, England -- Under a small green awning on a street outside the Stadium of Light, a middle-aged man scowls as he casts his eye over racks of bright, bold Sunderland-themed t-shirts. The merchandise of the popular club fanzine "A Love Supreme," they celebrate men like Jermain Defoe. They celebrate the club's history and their heritage. But the man finds nothing here to his liking.

"If you had one that says, "David Moyes is a w---er," he grunts, "I'd buy that.