Mark Halsey blows the final whistle and Sunderland steal the victory from Derby

SUNDERLAND 1 - 0 DERBY (STOKES): Anthony Stokes some how scrambled the ball over the line and puts Sunderland ahead in the 92nd minute

The fourth official indicates three minutes of added time

Derby win a free kick in a good position on the right side, but Howard's header from the cross was caught by Darren Ward

Robert Earnshaw replaces Kenny Miller

Gary Teale is replaced by Dean Leacock

Grant Leadbitter is replaced by Liam Miller

Sunderland win a corner after some good exchanges between Leadbitter and Stokes but Wallace's cross is cleared to safety by Derby

Danny Collins resorts to shooting from thirty yards out but his shot was always rising and it went flying over the bar

Neither team have created any clear chances to score this half and the game has been a disappointment following the excitement of the first half

Craig Fagan tries his luck with a drilled shot from twenty five yards but it was blocked by Danny Higginbotham

Carlos Edwards can not continue and is replaced by Anthony Stokes

Carlos Edwards goes down for Sunderland after he committed a foul on McEveley and looks in a lot of discomfort

Giles Barnes is replaced by Craig Fagan

The game is getting very scrappy now and both teams look nervous to concede a goal

James McEveley got down the left for Derby and fired an ambitious thirty five yard shot at Darren Ward who caught it comfortably

Sunderland simply can not put the ball in the back of the net this afternoon, first Leadbitter had his shot blocked by McEveley and then Whitehead's shot looked to be heading for the bottom corner but it was his own man Chopra who blocked his shot

Michael Chopra replaces Andy Cole for Sunderland

Up goes Steve Howard in the box once again and once again his header goes wide of the mark for Derby, but Sunderland are still having trouble stopping their crosses into the penalty area

Finally Mark Halsey wears down the lead of his pencil with the name of James McEveley going into his notebook, much to the joy of the Sunderland fans

Mark Halsey is letting the players get away with murder today, this time it was Darren Moore who indiscretely clattered into the back of Kenwyne Jones but some how escaped a booking

Sunderland then wasted the opportunity of the free kick in a very good position and Derby cleared comfortably

I don't know how James McEveley hasn't been booked by Halsey for a nasty challenge on Dean Whitehead was hurt by the challenge

Suprisingly the game is still a stalemate but i wouldn't bet against goals being scored the second half of this game

The Sunderland fans had their heart's in their mouths as Danny Collins almost sold Darren Ward short with a clumsy back pass

Darren Ward dropped the ball once again as he came to claim the corner but some how Sunderland got the ball out of the penalty area and to safety

Sunderland get the game back underway and hopefully the second half is just as ecxiting as the first

It's half time here at the Stadium of Light and goaless

A miraculous miss from Kenwyne Jones once again as Stephen Bywater spilled Grant Leadbitter's shot and all Jones needed to to was side foot the ball through the Sunderland defenders, but he fired the ball off the upright

Darren Ward has been the busier of the two Goalkeepers, but only because Derby have hit the target and Sunderland have not

Derby so close to a goal once again as Darren Ward came to claim a corner, he lost the ball after Ross Wallace clattered into his own 'Keeper and Steve Howard turned and hit the ball goal bound, only for Sunderland to clear the ball off the line

A terrific finger-tip save from Darren Ward in the Sunderland goal as he got down low to tip Kenny Miller's fierce shot onto the post and Sunderland get away scot-free

Andrew Griffin crossed the ball into the area for Derby which saw Darren Ward come to collect in no mans land, but Steve Howard put his header onto the roof of the net and failed to capitalise on Sunderland's mistake

It looked like Kenwyne Jones miss-hit his left footed shot, but it went narrowly over the cross bar much to the surprise to Stephen Bywater

Roy Keane has got to be believing that one of these chances his team has been getting will surely be converted soon

Carlos Edwards this time for Sunderland wrapped his right foot around the ball and sent it just wide of Bywater's post

Kenwyne Jones turned Claude Davis about twenty five yards out from goal, turned his marker and drilled a right footed shot that Darren Moore bravely blocked for Derby

Greg Halford showed good determination by driving forward from right back, going past two Derby players and firing a shot over the bar but showing the conviction that I'm sure Roy Keane will want to see from his players

It was harder to miss the target but Kenwyne Jones failed to make the most of his opportunity and put a left foot shot wide of the post, much to the disaray of Roy Keane

Sunderland are creating some chances put have failed to make any of them count so far, but they are definately looking the more likely team to score at the minute

Once again Andy Cole found space in the penalty area as he pulled away from his marker and tried to place a header into the far corner of the goal, but the ball went inches wide of the mark

Andy Cole misses another golden chance, this time Ross Wallace did brilliantly to whip the ball accross the goal mouth and Cole put it over the bar from just six yards out

Paul McShane gives away a free kick half way in his own half with some clumsy defending, unfortunately possible deja vu from last week

Andy Cole went close with a well taken left foot shot inside the penalty area but his effort just going past the wrong side of the upright

Sunderland enjoyed a good spell of possession for around two minutes, putting Derby under pressure and winning two corners that came of nothing for the home side

Darren Ward called into action for the first time as Steve Howard brought the ball down on his chest and Giles Barnes smashed a shot from around thirty yards out, but Ward gathered it safely

Giles Barnes was lucky to get away without a yellow card from Mark Halsey after he caught Greg Halford with a late tackle

Carlos Edwards dribbled down the right and got into a good position to put the ball in the penalty area but he miss-hit his cross and sent the ball out for a goal kick

The home side had their first chance of the game when Danny Higginbotham got his head to Grant Leadbitter's free kick but Stephen Bywater in the Derby goal saved comfortably

Ross Wallace clatters into his first tackle and clearly shows Sunderland's intent in the opening minute

The away side get the game underway at the Stadium of Light

The referee today is Mark Halsey (Lancarshire).

Derby's new boss Paul Jewell has a virtually full fit squad for his first game in charge and not suprisingly recalls Kenny Miller and Claude Davis to the starting line-up, but Dean Leacock has to settle for a place on the bench.

Kenwyne Jones, Dean Whitehead and Carlos Edwards have all been passed fit after recovering from injuries, but Roy Keane is without Nyron Nosworthy who has a hamstring problem.

Derby County Line-up: Bywater, Griffin, Davis, Moore, McEveley, Teale, Oakley, Pearson, Barnes, Howard, Miller

Sunderland Line-up: Ward, Halford, McShane, Higginbotham, Collins, Edwards, Leadbitter, Whitehead, Wallace, Jones, Cole