| Forest | Saturday 8th November 1997 Score 1 - 1 Venue: Stadium of Light Attendance: 33,160 Referee: Mr J.Kirkby Goal 1: Phillips in the 2nd Minute Goal 2: Heldje in the 24th Minute | Sunderland | |||
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| Beasant | Perez | ||||
| Lyttle | Holloway | ||||
| Rogers | Gray | ||||
| Cooper | Clark | ||||
| Chettle | Craddock | ||||
| Heldje | Williams | ||||
| Stone |  |
Johnston | |||
| Gemmill | Rae | ||||
| van Hooijdonk | Bridges | ||||
| Campbell | |
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Phillips | ||
| Bart-Williams | Smith | ||||
| Substitutes | Substitutes | ||||
| Woan |  |
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Melville | ||
| Pascolo | |
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Quinn (85mins) | ||
| Moore | |
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Byrne | ||
| Scorers | Scorers | ||||
| Heldje (24 mins) |
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Phillips (2mins) |
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| Key | |||||
| Player booked |  | Player sent off |  | Player substituted |
| Substituted player |  | Player Injured | | Player scored |
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