Sunderland
  Darlington
Managers
Roy Keane
(Sunderland)
Dave Penney
(Darlington)
Notes
Most of Darlington's substitutes were trialists.
Marton Fulop 46
Greg Halford 46
Clive Clarke
Graham Kavanagh 46
Nyron Nosworthy 46
Danny Collins 46
Grant Leadbitter 46
Dean Whitehead 46
Daryl Murphy 46
David Connolly 46
Ross Wallace 1
Substitutes
Darren Ward
46   Marton Fulop
Michael Kay
46   Greg Halford
Stanislav Varga
46   Nyron Nosworthy
Gavin Donoghue
46   Danny Collins
Dwight Yorke
46   Graham Kavanagh
Liam Miller
46   Dean Whitehead
Tobias Hysen
46   Grant Leadbitter
Anthony Stokes 1
46   Daryl Murphy
Stern John
46   David Connolly
Andy Oakes 46
Scott Wiseman 52
John Brackstone 76
Ricky Ravenhill 76
Alan White 81
Neil Austin
Kevin McBride 61
Rob Purdie 62
Pawel Abbott 46
Greg Blundell 46
Alex Rhodes 81
Substitutes
David Stockdale
46   Andy Oakes
? Forsythe
52   Scott Wiseman
Kevin Burgess
81   Alan White
? Willock
76   John Brackstone
Neil Wainwright
61   Kevin McBride
? McMaster
76   Ricky Ravenhill
? Cave
62   Rob Purdie
Arjan Wisse
81   Alex Rhodes
Tommy Wright
46   Pawel Abbott
Ian Harty
46   Greg Blundell
? Winn
Goals
Ross Wallace 12  min
Anthony Stokes 76  min