1896-97Monday, 26 April 1897Football League Division 1-2 Rel/Prom Test MatchesGroup MatchNewcastle Road 8,000 (Approximate)
Sunderland(1) 2Newton Heath(0) 0DOIG, NedMcNEILL, RobertGOW, DonaldFERGUSON, MatthewMcALLISTER, SandyWILSON, HughieGILLESPIE, James
2HARVEY, JohnMORGAN, HughHANNAH, JimmyCAMPBELL, Johnny