1986-87Sunday, 17 May 1987Today League Division 2-3 Rel/Prom Play-OffsSemi-Final, 2nd LegRoker Park 25,470

Sunderland(2) 4Gillingham(1) 3After extra time; score at 90 minutes: 3 - 2Agg score 6 - 6; Gillingham won on away goals ruleHESFORD, IainLEMON, PaulKENNEDY, AlanDOYLE, SteveGRAY, FrankBENNETT, Gary1ARMSTRONG, GordonPROCTOR, MarkBERTSCHIN, Keith1SWINDLEHURST, DaveGATES, Eric2 Substitute CORNER, David(Not Used)