1997-98Sunday, 10 August 1997Nationwide Football League Division 1Match 1Bramall Lane 17,324

Sheffield United(2) 2Sunderland(0) 0PEREZ, LionelMAKIN, ChrisSCOTT, MartinCLARK, LeeMELVILLE, AndyORD, RichardAGNEW, SteveBALL, KevinQUINN, NiallRAE, AlexGRAY, Michael Substitutes BRIDGES, Michael(for BALL, Kevin)BYRNE, Chris(for RAE, Alex)WILLIAMS, Darren(Not Used)