2007 CHMP SOUTHEND UNITED H W 4-0 2001 FAC WEST HAM UNITED H L 0-1 1999 LGEC Leicester City A D 1-1 Leicester City won 3-2 on aggregate 1998 LD1 READING H W 4-1 1996 LD1 Portsmouth A D 2-2 1990 DIV2 Watford A D 1-1 1973 DIV2 MIDDLESBROUGH H W 4-0 1962 DIV2 BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION H D 0-0 1951 DIV1 Charlton Athletic A L 0-3 1923 DIV1 Oldham Athletic A D 0-0 1912 DIV1 Newcastle United A L 1-3 1906 DIV1 Bolton Wanderers A L 2-6
2007 Sunderland 4 Southend United 0 32 Marton Fülöp 6 12 Nyron Nosworthy 7 4 Jonny Evans 7 3 Danny Simpson 7 7 Carlos Edwards 7 36 Liam Miller 7 15 Danny Collins 7 8 Dean Whitehead (Leadbitter 82) 8 31 David Connolly (Wallace 71) 7 20 Stern John 7 16 Tobias Hysen (Stokes 72) 7 Substitutes 13 Darren Ward 23 Grant Leadbitter (Whitehead 82) 33 Ross Wallace (Connolly 71) 34 Dwight Yorke 9 Anthony Stokes (Hysen 72)Sunderland romped to their biggest win of the season to leave Southend United struggling for Championship survival.
The Black Cats romped into an early two-goal lead through David Connolly and Tobias Hysen (pictured right) but had to wait until the later stages and a double strike from Stern John to finally kill off their opponents.
The Wearsiders survived an early scare, the lively Jamal Campbell-Ryce creating a chance for himself only to shoot wide, before storming into a two-goal lead inside 13 minutes.
Dean Whitehead played the ball down the right and a hesitant Peter Clarke failed to cut out the danger as he allowed Carlos Edwards to head for the byline.
Edwards delivered an astute pass for Connolly to score his ninth goal of the season from close range.
Whitehead was again in the thick of the action in the 11th minute, crossing for John to send a diving header against the upright with goalkeeper Darryl Flahavan well beaten.
The home side were not to be denied, however, and two minutes later deservedly increased their lead. Connolly turned provider to release Hysen who cleverly beat Lewis Hunt before sliding the ball past Flahavan.
A subdued Freddy Eastwood fired weakly wide but it was a rare attacking move by the visitors who looked set to be brushed aside with ease as the Black Cats took complete control.
Whitehead and John had shots blocked, Edwards drilled a low centre across the face of goal to cause further panic and then a header from John was superbly tipped over by Flahavan.
Steve Hammell had a free-kick saved and only a last-ditch clearance by Jonny Evans prevented Lee Bradbury from pulling a goal back after he had slipped the ball past Marton Fulop.
Sunderland were denied a clear-cut penalty when Connolly went down when challenged from behind and, from the resultant melee, the home side were awarded a free-kick outside the area.
All hell broke loose with three players booked and, in a last throw of the dice, Southend boss Andy Tilson sent on Richie Foran, Matt Harold and Franck Moussa in a forlorn triple substitution.
The Black Cats then upped the pace to score twice in as many minutes late on.
Whitehead crashed the ball against the post in the 76th minute and John pounced to score from the rebound and, two minutes later, Liam Miller centred for John to sweep the ball home at the far post.
Southend's misery was compounded when Campbell-Ryce was carried off in the 85th minute to leave the Shrimpers to finish the match with only ten men.
1973 - Sunderland 4 Middlesbro 0Historical league standings at 17th February 1973
Home Away Overall # Team Pl W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A Pts GA
1 Burnley 29 8 5 1 29 15 7 7 1 21 13 15 12 2 50 28 42 1.79 2 Queens Park Rangers 30 10 4 1 38 13 5 7 3 18 19 15 11 4 56 32 41 1.75 3 Aston Villa 29 8 5 3 18 12 5 5 3 18 17 13 10 6 36 29 36 1.24 4 Fulham 29 9 4 2 27 12 3 6 5 18 20 12 10 7 45 32 34 1.41 5 Oxford United 30 11 1 3 26 11 3 4 8 11 19 14 5 11 37 30 33 1.23 6 Blackpool 30 7 5 3 25 13 5 4 6 18 23 12 9 9 43 36 33 1.19 7 Luton Town 29 4 8 4 21 19 8 1 4 15 13 12 9 8 36 32 33 1.13 8 Middlesbrough 31 8 4 3 16 11 3 6 7 12 24 11 10 10 28 35 32 0.80 9 Sheffield Wednesday 30 9 2 3 29 16 2 6 8 16 25 11 8 11 45 41 30 1.10 10 Millwall 30 8 3 3 21 11 3 4 9 19 23 11 7 12 40 34 29 1.18 11 Bristol City 29 4 6 4 17 14 6 3 6 21 24 10 9 10 38 38 29 1.00 12 Hull City 29 7 6 3 32 18 2 4 7 11 21 9 10 10 43 39 28 1.10 13 Portsmouth 29 5 4 7 16 18 5 4 4 19 15 10 8 11 35 33 28 1.06 14 Preston North End 30 5 4 5 14 18 5 4 7 15 27 10 8 12 29 45 28 0.64 15 Nottingham Forest 29 7 5 2 20 12 2 4 9 11 24 9 9 11 31 36 27 0.86 16 Carlisle United 28 8 4 3 34 17 1 4 8 7 17 9 8 11 41 34 26 1.21 17 Sunderland 26 6 5 2 22 10 2 4 7 15 24 8 9 9 37 34 25 1.09 18 Huddersfield Town 30 5 6 4 14 14 1 6 8 12 24 6 12 12 26 38 24 0.68 19 Cardiff City 27 9 1 4 23 14 0 4 9 8 26 9 5 13 31 40 23 0.78 20 Orient 29 5 5 4 15 13 1 6 8 12 23 6 11 12 27 36 23 0.75 21 Swindon Town 29 4 7 2 19 18 2 4 10 15 31 6 11 12 34 49 23 0.69 22 Brighton & Hove Albion 30 2 6 6 19 25 1 3 12 12 43 3 9 18 31 68 15 0.46
Football results from or before Saturday, 17th February 1973
English First Division Arsenal 1 Leicester City 0 Coventry City 0 Tottenham Hotspur 1 Crystal Palace 3 Stoke City 2 Derby County 4 Southampton 0 Ipswich Town 4 Manchester United 1 Leeds United 1 Chelsea 1 Manchester City 1 Liverpool 1 Sheffield United 0 Birmingham City 1 West Ham United 2 West Bromwich Albion 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Newcastle United 1
English Second Division Aston Villa 1 Preston North End 1 Blackpool 1 Huddersfield Town 1 Bristol City 3 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 Carlisle United 1 Burnley 1 18,000 Fulham 1 Sheffield Wednesday 0 Hull City 0 Millwall 2 Luton Town 1 Cardiff City 1 Oxford United 2 Orient 1 Portsmouth 2 Nottingham Forest 0 Queens Park Rangers 5 Swindon Town 0 Sunderland 4 Middlesbrough 0
Source: Sunderland-Mad
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