2005-06Saturday, 13 August 2005Barclays PremiershipMatch 1Stadium of Light 34,446

Sunderland(1) 1Charlton Athletic(1) 3DAVIS, KelvinWRIGHT, StephenARCA, JulioROBINSON, CarlBREEN, GaryCALDWELL, SteveWHITEHEAD, DeanMILLER, TommyGRAY, Andy1STEAD, JonWELSH, Andy Substitutes MURPHY, Joe(Not Used)NOSWORTHY, Nayron(for WRIGHT, Stephen)LAWRENCE, Liam(for ROBINSON, Carl)ELLIOTT, Stephen(for WELSH, Andy)BROWN, Chris(Not Used)