Sheffield United v Birmingham City: Marcus Bent pledges to give Blues a boost
Mar 1 2009 By Andy Walker
Marcus Bent celebrates his goal.
MARCUS Bent is desperate to give Blues a boost by recreating the razor-sharp goalscoring form he produced for the Blades ten years ago.
Alex McLeish’s men head to Bramall Lane today to take on a Sheffield United side who are hunting a place in the Championship’s play-offs.
The trip to Yorkshire will evoke happy memories for Bent who spent arguably his finest years as a footballer with the red and white half of the Steel City.
Bent rattled in 24 goals during a 14-month spell with United which spanned 56 appearances before being snapped up by Blackburn Rovers for £2 million in November 2000.
Since then the well-travelled forward has been struggling to show the same prolificacy for the seven clubs that followed.
As things stand, the 30-year-old’s Blues record is far from impressive - just three goals in 31 appearances, but he’s willing for that to change in the near future.
And as the ex-England Under-21 international prepares to return to the stomping ground where he produced his finest form, there will be no better place to start than at Bramall Lane.
