Friday 24 September 2021

Bent hit the ground running for Charlton

Darren Bent discusses games that changed his life in the latest edition of Four Four Two.   One of his choices is Sunderland 1, Charlton 3 in August 2005.

He recalls: 'Alan Curbishley had signed me for Charlton in the summer for £2.5m - a big move for me, as they were established in the top flight.  When you join a new club, you want to hit the ground running - everyone always looks at your ratio and you want to get that first goal as soon as possible.'

'Luckily I scored twice at Sunderland on the opening day, which was a huge relief.  We won 3-1 and I ended up scoring in the next two games too.   By mid-September we were second.'

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