SUNDERLAND 0 CITY 4
League Division 1
21st September 1968
attendance 31,687
Scorers Summerbee(65), Bell(?), Lee(? & 89)
Ref R Harper
City Mulhearn, Kennedy, Pardoe, Doyle, Heslop, Oakes, Lee, Bell, Summerbee, Young, Coleman – sub Connor(unused)
Sunderland Montgomery, Irwin, Harvey, Hurley, Todd, Porterfield, Herd, Harris, Kerr, Suggett, Hughes – sub Butler(72)
MIKE SUMMERBEE PUTS CITY 1-0 UP
COLIN BELL SCORES TO MAKE IT 2-0
FRANCIS LEE SCORES THE FIRST OF HIS BRACE
FROM THE PRESS BOX
… in a seven minute spell Manchester City slammed in three and might easily have doubled this total before a last minute penalty made their total four.
… Until City’s first goal in the 65th minute it was a game which could have gone either way.
Sunderland played some attractive football in midfield, and while they never looked as dangerous as their opponents near goal, squandered a great chance of taking the lead just before City scored.
Suggett slipped a couple of strong tackles inside the box, to tee up the ball for Porterfield only eight yards out, but the left half completely muffed the chance.
TAKEN FROM ALF GREENLEY’S REPORT IN THE NEWCASTLE EVENING CHRONICLE 23RD SEPTEMBER 1968