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Sunderland 3rd, English Div 1 |
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| English Div 1 |
| No. | Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Attend |
| 1 | 10-Aug-97 | A | Sheffield United | L | 0-2 | (0-2) | 17,324 |
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| 2 | 15-Aug-97 | H | Manchester City | W | 3-1 | (1-0) | 37,000 |
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| 3 | 23-Aug-97 | A | Port Vale | L | 1-3 | (0-2) | 8,290 |
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| 4 | 30-Aug-97 | H | Norwich City | L | 0-1 | (0-0) | 29,204 |
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| 5 | 02-Sep-97 | H | Oxford United | W | 3-1 | (2-1) | 27,643 |
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| 6 | 05-Sep-97 | A | Bradford City | W | 4-0 | (4-0) | 16,484 |
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| 7 | 14-Sep-97 | A | Birmingham City | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | 17,478 |
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| 8 | 20-Sep-97 | H | Wolverhampton Wndrs | D | 1-1 | (1-1) | 30,682 |
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| 9 | 28-Sep-97 | H | Middlesbrough | L | 1-2 | (0-0) | 35,384 |
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| 10 | 04-Oct-97 | A | Reading | L | 0-4 | (0-2) | 10,795 |
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| 11 | 18-Oct-97 | H | Huddersfield Town | W | 3-1 | (1-1) | 24,782 |
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| 12 | 21-Oct-97 | H | Swindon Town | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | 27,553 |
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| 13 | 25-Oct-97 | A | Stoke City | W | 2-1 | (1-0) | 14,587 |
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| 14 | 01-Nov-97 | A | Stockport County | D | 1-1 | (0-0) | 9,473 |
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| 15 | 04-Nov-97 | H | Charlton Athletic | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | 25,455 |
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| 16 | 08-Nov-97 | H | Nottingham Forest | D | 1-1 | (1-1) | 33,160 |
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| 17 | 15-Nov-97 | A | Portsmouth | W | 4-1 | (3-1) | 10,702 |
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| 18 | 22-Nov-97 | A | Bury | D | 1-1 | (1-1) | 7,790 |
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| 19 | 29-Nov-97 | H | Tranmere Rovers | W | 3-0 | (3-0) | 26,674 |
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| 20 | 06-Dec-97 | A | Queens Park Rangers | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | 15,266 |
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| 21 | 13-Dec-97 | H | West Bromwich Albion | W | 2-0 | (1-0) | 29,231 |
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| 22 | 20-Dec-97 | A | Crewe Alexandra | W | 3-0 | (2-0) | 5,404 |
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| 23 | 26-Dec-97 | H | Bradford City | W | 2-0 | (1-0) | 40,055 |
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| 24 | 28-Dec-97 | A | Oxford United | D | 1-1 | (1-1) | 8,659 |
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| 25 | 10-Jan-98 | H | Sheffield United | W | 4-2 | (1-1) | 36,391 |
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| 26 | 17-Jan-98 | A | Manchester City | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | 31,715 |
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| 27 | 28-Jan-98 | A | Norwich City | L | 1-2 | (0-1) | 15,940 |
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| 28 | 31-Jan-98 | H | Port Vale | W | 4-2 | (3-1) | 39,258 |
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| 29 | 07-Feb-98 | A | Wolverhampton Wndrs | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | 27,502 |
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| 30 | 17-Feb-98 | H | Reading | W | 4-1 | (2-0) | 40,579 |
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| 31 | 21-Feb-98 | A | Middlesbrough | L | 1-3 | (0-1) | 30,227 |
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| 32 | 24-Feb-98 | A | Huddersfield Town | W | 3-2 | (3-0) | 14,615 |
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| 33 | 28-Feb-98 | H | Ipswich Town | D | 2-2 | (1-2) | 35,114 |
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| 34 | 04-Mar-98 | A | Nottingham Forest | W | 3-0 | (1-0) | 29,009 |
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| 35 | 07-Mar-98 | H | Stockport County | W | 4-1 | (1-0) | 34,870 |
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| 36 | 10-Mar-98 | H | Birmingham City | D | 1-1 | (0-0) | 37,602 |
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| 37 | 15-Mar-98 | A | Charlton Athletic | D | 1-1 | (1-0) | 15,355 |
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| 38 | 21-Mar-98 | H | Portsmouth | W | 2-1 | (1-0) | 38,134 |
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| 39 | 28-Mar-98 | H | Bury | W | 2-1 | (1-1) | 37,425 |
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| 40 | 03-Apr-98 | A | Tranmere Rovers | W | 2-0 | (2-0) | 14,116 |
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| 41 | 10-Apr-98 | H | Queens Park Rangers | D | 2-2 | (1-0) | 40,014 |
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| 42 | 13-Apr-98 | A | West Bromwich Albion | D | 3-3 | (2-2) | 20,181 |
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| 43 | 18-Apr-98 | H | Crewe Alexandra | W | 2-1 | (2-1) | 40,441 |
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| 44 | 25-Apr-98 | H | Stoke City | W | 3-0 | (1-0) | 41,214 |
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| 45 | 28-Apr-98 | A | Ipswich Town | L | 0-2 | (0-0) | 20,902 |
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| 46 | 03-May-98 | A | Swindon Town | W | 2-1 | (2-0) | 14,868 |
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| English FA Cup |
| Round | Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Attend |
| 3 | 03-Jan-98 | A | Rotherham United | W | 5-1 | (1-0) | 11,500 |
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| 4 | 24-Jan-98 | A | Tranmere Rovers | L | 0-1 | (0-0) | 14,055 |
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| English League Cup |
| Round | Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Attend |
| 2 L1 | 16-Sep-97 | H | Bury | W | 2-1 | (1-1) | 18,775 |
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| 2 L2 | 23-Sep-97 | A | Bury | W | 2-1 | (2-0) | 3,928 |
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| 3 | 15-Oct-97 | A | Middlesbrough | L | 0-2 | (0-0) | 26,451 |
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| Division One Play-offs |
| Round | Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Attend |
| SF L1 | 10-May-98 | A | Sheffield United | L | 1-2 | (1-0) | 23,800 |
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| SF L2 | 13-May-98 | H | Sheffield United | W | 2-0 | (2-0) | 40,092 |
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| F | 25-May-98 | N | Charlton Athletic | D | 4-4 | (0-1) | 77,739 |
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Home and away results against each team, listed in the current league table standings
| Home | Team | Away | Pts |
| D 1-1 | Nottingham Forest | W 3-0 | 4 |
| L 1-2 | Middlesbrough | L 1-3 | 0 |
| Sunderland | |
| D 0-0 | Charlton Athletic | D 1-1 | 2 |
| D 2-2 | Ipswich Town | L 0-2 | 1 |
| W 4-2 | Sheffield United | L 0-2 | 3 |
| D 1-1 | Birmingham City | W 1-0 | 4 |
| W 4-1 | Stockport County | D 1-1 | 4 |
| D 1-1 | Wolverhampton Wndrs | W 1-0 | 4 |
| W 2-0 | West Bromwich Albion | D 3-3 | 4 |
| W 2-1 | Crewe Alexandra | W 3-0 | 6 |
| W 3-1 | Oxford United | D 1-1 | 4 |
| W 2-0 | Bradford City | W 4-0 | 6 |
| W 3-0 | Tranmere Rovers | W 2-0 | 6 |
| L 0-1 | Norwich City | L 1-2 | 0 |
| W 3-1 | Huddersfield Town | W 3-2 | 6 |
| W 2-1 | Bury | D 1-1 | 4 |
| D 0-0 | Swindon Town | W 2-1 | 4 |
| W 4-2 | Port Vale | L 1-3 | 3 |
| W 2-1 | Portsmouth | W 4-1 | 6 |
| D 2-2 | Queens Park Rangers | W 1-0 | 4 |
| W 3-1 | Manchester City | W 1-0 | 6 |
| W 3-0 | Stoke City | W 2-1 | 6 |
| W 4-1 | Reading | L 0-4 | 3 |
| Leading Scorers |
League Cup Other |
| Phillips | | 34 | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Quinn | | 17 | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Clark | | 13 | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Johnston | | 11 | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Ball | | 4 | |  |  |  |  |
| Rae | | 4 | |  |  |  |  |
| Summerbee | | 4 | |  |  |  |  |
| Smith | | 3 | |  |  |  |
| Williams | | 3 | |  |  |  |
| Bridges | | 2 | |  |  |
| Gray | | 2 | |  |  |
| Melville | | 1 | |  |
| (own goals) | | 4 | |  |  |  |  |
Score distributions by match - goals scored by row, and goals conceded by column. Each box shows the number of this season's matches with the resulting scoreline.
| League | Cup | Other |
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| 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | | 1 |
| 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
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| 0 | | 1 | 1 |
| 1 |
| 2 | | 2 |
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| 4 |
| 5 | | 1 |
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| 0 |
| 1 | | | 1 |
| 2 | 1 |
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| 4 | | | | | 1 |
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When the goals have been scored and conceded this season
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