SUNDERLAND 3 CITY 1
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Nationwide League Division 1
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15th August 1997
attendance 38,894
scorers
City Kinkladze(75 pen)
Sunderland Quinn(17), Phillips(83), Clark(90)
Ref E Wolstenholme
City Margetson, Brightwell, Vaughan, Wiekens, Symons, Kernaghan, Brannan, Horlock, Bradbury, Kinkladze, Rosler – subs Summerbee(74), Weaver(unused), van Blerk(32)
Sunderland Perez, Makin, Gray, Clark, Ball, Melville, Agnew, Ord, Quinn, Phillips, Byrne – subs Alston(82), Williams(37), Mullin(unused)
GIO IS BROUGHT DOWN IN THE BOX AND SCORES THE PENALTY TO EQUALISE AT 1-1
ALAN KERNAGHAN IS SENT OFF