Sunderland
  Barnsley
Managers
Denis Smith
(Sunderland)
Allan Clarke
(Barnsley)
Notes
Sunderland had to play with 10 men for the last 27 minutes after John Kay went off injured and all subs had been used.
Tim Carter
John Kay 18 63
Paul Hardyman 1
Paul Bracewell 46
Gary Bennett 1
John MacPhail 14
Gary Owers 46
Gordon Armstrong
Eric Gates 2
Marco Gabbiadini
Colin Pascoe
Substitutes
Richard Ord
14   John MacPhail
Tony Cullen
46   Paul Bracewell
Clive Baker
Julian Broddle 38
Carl Tiler 1
Jim Dobbin
Sean Dunphy 73
Malcolm Shotton
Ian Banks 40
Steve Agnew 60
Owen Archdeacon
David Currie 1 72
Paul Cross
Substitutes
Darren Foreman 79
73   Sean Dunphy
Mark Robinson
60   Steve Agnew
Goals
Eric Gates 30  min
Eric Gates 44  min
Paul Hardyman (pen) 51  min
David Currie 54  min
Carl Tiler 57  min
Gary Bennett 65  min