1987-88Saturday, 12 March 1988Barclays League Division 3Match 36Springfield Park 6,944

Wigan Athletic(1) 2Sunderland(0) 2HESFORD, IainKAY, JohnAGBOOLA, ReubenBENNETT, GaryMacPHAIL, JohnGRAY, FrankOWERS, GaryLEMON, PaulGATES, Eric1GABBIADINI, Marco1ARMSTRONG, Gordon Substitutes BERTSCHIN, Keith(for GABBIADINI, Marco)DOYLE, Steve(Not Used)Iain Hesford called the referee a "cheat" after the game and was later fined £200 for this. His claim that the ball was kicked out of his hands was, however, proved true.