2003-04Saturday, 9 August 2003Nationwide Football League Division 1Match 1City Ground 23,529

Nottingham Forest(2) 2Sunderland(0) 0POOM, MartWRIGHT, StephenMcCARTNEY, GeorgeMcATEER, JasonBJORKLUND, JoachimBABB, PhilOSTER, JohnTHIRLWELL, PaulKYLE, KevinPROCTOR, MichaelKILBANE, Kevin Substitutes INGHAM, Michael(Not Used)CLARK, Ben(Not Used)WILLIAMS, Darren(Not Used)BUTLER, Thomas(for OSTER, John)STEWART, Marcus(for PROCTOR, Michael)