1999 LD1 Bristol City A W 1-0 1993 LD1 Charlton Athletic A W 1-0 1988 DIV3 Preston North End A D 2-2 1985 LGEC CHELSEA H W 2-0 1971 DIV2 CARDIFF CITY H L 0-4 1965 DIV1 Sheffield Wednesday A L 0-2 1960 DIV2 Huddersfield Town A D 1-1 1954 DIV1 Blackpool A L 0-3 1946 FAC Birmingham City A L 1-3 Birmingham City won 3-2 on aggregate 1937 DIV1 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN H W 3-2 1932 DIV1 Blackburn Rovers A L 2-5 1926 DIV1 MANCHESTER CITY H W 5-3 1924 DIV1 ASTON VILLA H W 2-0 1909 DIV1 CHELSEA H L 1-2 1907 DIV1 PRESTON NORTH END H W 1-0 1904 DIV1 The Wednesday A D 0-0 1897 FAC NOTTINGHAM FOREST H L 1-3 1892 FAC Stoke A D 2-2 after extra time, 90 minutes 1-1
1998/9 BRISTOL CITY 0 SUNDERLAND 1 BRISTOL CITY: Phillips, Brennan, Bell (Sebok 32), Locke, Shail, Carey, Murray, Tistimetanu, Akinbiyi, Torpey (Andersen 81),Tinnion.Subs Not Used: Brown. SUNDERLAND: Sorensen, Makin, Gray, Ball, Melville, Butler, Summerbee, Clark, Quinn (Dichio 77), Phillips, Johnston.Subs Not Used: Bridges, Craddock. Att: 15,736A controversial late penalty from Kevin Phillips kept Sunderland firmly on course for the First Division championship.
The striker went down under a challenge from City goalkeeper Steve Phillips after 89 minutes and got up to confidently net from the spot.
It spelt heartbreak for the young goalkeeper, whose side had fought back from being outplayed in the opening half to contribute fully to a blood and thunder contest.
City chairman Scott Davidson was so incensed by the penalty verdict that he rushed onto the pitch after the game to remonstrate with referee Robert Styles.
Davidson will be reported to the Football Association for his conduct, but would have had the sympathy of home fans in the 15,000 crowd.
Struggling City had looked likely to be swept aside in the opening 20 minutes as Sunderland produced a string of quick, incisive moves.
But they couldn't find the finishing touch and goalkeeper Phillips did well to keep out shots from Allan Johnston and Nicky Summerbee.
Sunderland goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen made his first contribution by diving bravely to thwart Steve Torpey in the 13th minute.
And after the break Sorensen was the busier goalkeeper as he dived to keep out a low shot from Ade Akinbiyi and then showed remarkable reflexes to block a Brian Tinnion volley.
City had dug deep to bridge the gap in quality between the teams, illustrated by a 36-point gap between them in the First Division table.
But all their hard work was wasted when Phillips misjudged a rush from his line with a minute left and fouled his namesake as the Sunderland striker was moving away from goal.
City were convinced Phillips got the ball before the man, but referee Styles saw it otherwise.
Sunderland boss Peter Reid breathed a sigh of relief as it looked as though all his side's early dominance would count for nothing.
City had been forced to reshuffle their defence after 32 minutes when left-back Mickey Bell limped off with a recurrence of a knee injury and Hungarian international centre-back Bilmos Sebok made his debut as a substitute.
It was a tough first assignment for the £400,000 signing from Ujpest Dosza as Niall Quinn was dominating in the air and causing havoc with his flick-ons.
Nationwide League Division One 1998/1999 Home Away Overall # Team Pl W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A Pts GS 1 Sunderland 31 12 2 1 35 7 7 7 2 28 14 19 9 3 63 21 66 63 2 Bolton Wanderers 30 10 4 2 33 15 6 6 2 23 19 16 10 4 56 34 58 56 3 Bradford City 31 11 3 2 36 14 6 3 6 19 18 17 6 8 55 32 57 55 4 Ipswich Town 31 9 1 5 19 8 7 6 3 22 11 16 7 8 41 19 55 41 5 Birmingham City 31 8 5 2 21 11 7 3 6 25 18 15 8 8 46 29 53 46 6 Watford 31 8 6 2 22 15 5 4 6 24 26 13 10 8 46 41 49 46 7 Wolverhampton W'drs. 31 8 7 1 24 13 5 2 8 19 18 13 9 9 43 31 48 43 8 Grimsby Town 30 9 4 2 22 10 5 2 8 12 21 14 6 10 34 31 48 34 9 West Bromwich Albion 32 9 1 5 31 21 4 6 7 23 29 13 7 12 54 50 46 54 10 Sheffield United 30 8 3 4 26 22 4 5 6 21 25 12 8 10 47 47 44 47 11 Huddersfield Town 30 9 5 1 29 16 3 2 10 13 33 12 7 11 42 49 43 42 12 Norwich City 29 6 6 2 24 17 5 3 7 19 24 11 9 9 43 41 42 43 13 Tranmere Rovers 31 5 5 6 22 22 3 9 3 19 22 8 14 9 41 44 38 41 14 Barnsley 30 5 6 4 25 19 4 5 6 14 19 9 11 10 39 38 38 39 15 Crystal Palace 31 7 8 1 32 19 2 2 11 11 34 9 10 12 43 53 37 43 16 Stockport County 31 5 5 6 19 17 3 7 5 18 22 8 12 11 37 39 36 37 17 Swindon Town 31 6 6 3 28 23 3 2 11 12 27 9 8 14 40 50 35 40 18 Portsmouth 31 7 4 5 24 18 1 6 8 15 29 8 10 13 39 47 34 39 19 Queens Park Rangers 31 5 6 4 18 14 3 3 10 16 28 8 9 14 34 42 33 34 20 Oxford United 31 6 4 6 22 23 2 4 9 11 29 8 8 15 33 52 32 33 21 Bury 31 7 4 4 19 17 0 6 10 9 27 7 10 14 28 44 31 28 22 Port Vale 31 6 1 8 14 23 2 3 11 18 33 8 4 19 32 56 28 32 23 Bristol City 31 4 7 5 24 28 1 5 9 16 30 5 12 14 40 58 27 40 24 Crewe Alexandra 31 4 3 8 20 30 1 5 10 15 33 5 8 18 35 63 23 35
BACKTRACK - 1904 - The Wednesday 0 Sunderland 0
The F.A. Cup 1st Round Replay Nottingham Forest (DIV1) 3 West Bromwich Albion (DIV1) 1
English First Division Aston Villa 0 Manchester City 1 Blackburn Rovers 1 Small Heath 1 Bury 0 Everton 0 Liverpool 0 Stoke 0 Middlesbrough 0 Derby County 0 Newcastle United 4 Notts. County 1 The Wednesday 0 Sunderland 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Sheffield United 0
English Second Division Blackpool 0 Burnley 5 Bristol City 6 Stockport County 0 Burslem Port Vale 1 Grimsby Town 2 Burton United 4 Chesterfield 0 Gainsborough Trinity 3 Bolton Wanderers 1 Glossop North End 7 Barnsley 0 Leicester Fosse 1 Preston North End 4 Manchester United 2 Lincoln City 0
Historical league standings at 13th February 1904
Home Away Overall # Team Pl W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A Pts GA 1 The Wednesday 24 8 3 0 20 6 5 4 4 12 11 13 7 4 32 17 33 1.88 2 Manchester City 23 7 3 2 25 15 7 1 3 22 17 14 4 5 47 32 32 1.47 3 Sheffield United 24 7 5 1 34 19 6 1 4 18 17 13 6 5 52 36 32 1.44 4 Aston Villa 25 10 1 2 30 11 3 4 5 21 24 13 5 7 51 35 31 1.46 5 Newcastle United 26 10 2 2 24 11 3 3 6 16 26 13 5 8 40 37 31 1.08 6 Sunderland 25 9 2 1 33 9 4 2 7 17 26 13 4 8 50 35 30 1.43 7 Everton 24 8 0 3 22 9 4 4 5 17 17 12 4 8 39 26 28 1.50 8 Wolverhampton W'drs. 24 8 4 0 20 11 3 1 8 12 35 11 5 8 32 46 27 0.70 9 Blackburn Rovers 26 6 5 2 22 12 3 1 9 14 28 9 6 11 36 40 24 0.90 10 Middlesbrough 24 7 3 3 27 12 0 6 5 11 20 7 9 8 38 32 23 1.19 11 Bury 25 6 5 2 22 14 0 6 6 13 26 6 11 8 35 40 23 0.88 12 Notts. County 26 6 2 4 18 20 3 2 9 10 30 9 4 13 28 50 22 0.56 13 Nottingham Forest 24 4 2 6 20 20 3 5 4 23 21 7 7 10 43 41 21 1.05 14 Derby County 25 5 3 5 34 28 1 5 6 10 18 6 8 11 44 46 20 0.96 15 Stoke 26 7 1 5 38 21 0 4 9 8 27 7 5 14 46 48 19 0.96 16 Small Heath 24 3 4 4 15 17 2 3 8 11 25 5 7 12 26 42 17 0.62 17 West Bromwich Albion 24 2 7 3 11 13 2 1 9 11 28 4 8 12 22 41 16 0.54 18 Liverpool 25 4 3 5 14 17 1 2 10 19 33 5 5 15 33 50 15 0.66
Source: Sunderland-Mad
Source: FOOTYMAD
