1997-98Friday, 15 August 1997Nationwide Football League Division 1Match 2Stadium of Light 38,827

Sunderland(1) 3Manchester City(0) 1PEREZ, LionelMAKIN, ChrisGRAY, MichaelCLARK, Lee1MELVILLE, AndyORD, RichardAGNEW, SteveBALL, KevinQUINN, Niall1PHILLIPS, Kevin1BYRNE, Chris Substitutes MULLIN, John(Not Used)AISTON, Sam(for AGNEW, Steve)WILLIAMS, Darren(for ORD, Richard)The inaugral competitive game held at The Stadium Of Light.