Sunderland
  Portsmouth
Managers
(Sunderland)
(Portsmouth)
Notes
On the evening following this game Ian Porterfield sustained a serious injury in a car crash, and was unable to play again that season.
Goals
Vic Halom 32  min
Mick Mellows 53  min
Billy Hughes (pen) 57  min
Dick Malone 60  min
Bryan Robson 68  min