Sunderland
  Nottingham Forest
Managers
Peter Reid
(Sunderland)
Dave Bassett
(Nottingham Forest)
Notes
Lionel Perez
Darren Holloway
Michael Gray
Lee Clark
Jody Craddock 44
Darren Williams
Alex Rae 1 10
Kevin Ball 56
Niall Quinn
Kevin Phillips 1 82
Allan Johnston 1
Substitutes
Chris Makin
Nicky Summerbee
Danny Dichio
Dave Beasant
Des Lyttle 20 62
Alan Rogers 55
Andy Johnson
Steve Chettle
Colin Cooper
Damien Johnson 62
Scott Gemmill
Pierre Van Hooijdonk
Kevin Campbell
Chris Bart-Williams
Substitutes
Jon Olav Hjelde
Geoff Thomas
62   Des Lyttle
Thierry Bonalair
62   Damien Johnson
Goals
Alex Rae 31  min
Allan Johnston 65  min
Kevin Phillips 80  min