1997-98Tuesday, 2 September 1997Nationwide Football League Division 1Match 5Stadium of Light 27,643

Sunderland(2) 3Oxford United(1) 1PEREZ, LionelMAKIN, ChrisSCOTT, MartinCLARK, LeeORD, RichardMELVILLE, Andy1JOHNSTON, AllanBALL, KevinQUINN, NiallPHILLIPS, Kevin1GRAY, Michael Substitutes SMITH, Martin(for QUINN, Niall)BYRNE, Chris(for JOHNSTON, Allan)WILLIAMS, Darren(Not Used)Opposition Own Goals: 1 (Beauchamp)