1996-97Wednesday, 21 August 1996FA Carling PremiershipMatch 2City Ground 22,874

Nottingham Forest(1) 1Sunderland(4) 4COTON, TonyKUBICKI, DariuszSCOTT, MartinBRACEWELL, PaulBALL, KevinMELVILLE, AndyGRAY, Michael1ORD, Richard1STEWART, PaulQUINN, Niall2AGNEW, Steve Substitutes PEREZ, Lionel(Not Used)HALL, Gareth(Not Used)BRIDGES, Michael(for QUINN, Niall)RUSSELL, Craig(for STEWART, Paul)AISTON, Sam(Not Used)