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Nationwide Football League
Game #24 of 1997/98
Sunderland
3 - 0
Tranmere Rovers
L
Saturday, 29/11/1997
Match Details
Attendance
25,633
Manager
John Aldridge
Opposition Manager
Peter Reid
League Position
16
League Points
21
Team Lineups
Tranmere Rovers
Shirt
Player
Role
⏱️
⚽️
🟨
🟥
1
Simonsen, Steve
Starter
90
0
0
0
2
Stevens, Gary
Starter
90
0
0
0
3
Thompson, Andy
Starter
90
0
0
0
4
McGreal, John
Starter
90
0
0
0
5
Thorn, Andy
Starter
75
0
0
0
6
Irons, Kenny
Starter
75
0
1
0
7
Mellon, Micky
Starter
90
0
0
0
8
Aldridge, John
Starter
65
0
1
0
9
Kelly, David
Starter
90
0
0
0
10
O'Brien, Liam
Starter
90
0
1
0
11
Jones, Lee
Starter
90
0
0
0
12
Morrissey, Johnny
Sub
25
0
0
0
13
Challinor, Dave
Sub
15
0
0
0
14
Jones, Gary
Sub
15
0
0
0
Sunderland
Shirt
Player
Role
1
Lionel Perez
Starter
2
Darren Holloway
Starter
3
Michael Gray
Starter
4
Lee Clark
Starter
5
Jody Craddock
Starter
6
Darren Williams
Starter
7
Nicky Summerbee
Starter
8
Alex Rae
Starter
9
Niall Quinn
Starter
10
Kevin Phillips
Starter
11
Allan Johnston
Starter
League Table
Pos
Club
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Nottingham Forest
20
12
5
3
32
16
+16
41
2
Middlesbrough
19
11
5
3
33
16
+17
38
3
West Bromwich Albion
19
11
4
4
22
14
+8
37
4
Sheffield United
18
9
8
1
26
14
+12
35
5
Swindon Town
20
10
4
6
26
27
-1
34
6
Charlton Athletic
19
9
5
5
38
26
+12
32
7
Stockport County
20
9
5
6
33
26
+7
32
8
Sunderland
19
8
6
5
29
21
+8
30
9
Wolverhampton Wanderers
19
8
5
6
24
22
+2
29
10
Bradford City
20
7
8
5
19
19
0
29
11
Port Vale
20
7
5
8
25
25
0
26
12
Stoke City
19
7
5
7
22
23
-1
26
13
Queens Park Rangers
19
7
5
7
25
31
-6
26
14
Birmingham City
20
6
7
7
20
17
+3
25
15
Norwich City
19
6
4
9
17
29
-12
22
16
Tranmere Rovers
19
6
3
10
26
28
-2
21
17
Bury
20
4
9
7
21
29
-8
21
18
Reading
20
5
6
9
19
31
-12
21
19
Oxford United
20
5
5
10
23
28
-5
20
20
Ipswich Town
18
4
7
7
20
22
-2
19
21
Manchester City
19
4
6
9
22
24
-2
18
22
Crewe Alexandra
20
5
3
12
22
31
-9
18
23
Huddersfield Town
20
4
5
11
16
32
-16
17
24
Portsmouth
18
3
5
10
21
30
-9
14