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Nationwide Football League
Game #47 of 1997/98
Tranmere Rovers
0 - 2
Sunderland
L
Friday, 03/04/1998
Match Details
Attendance
14,116
Manager
John Aldridge
Opposition Manager
Peter Reid
League Position
15
League Points
46
Team Lineups
Tranmere Rovers
Shirt
Player
Role
⏱️
⚽️
🟨
🟥
1
Simonsen, Steve
Starter
90
0
0
0
2
Kubicki, Dariusz
Starter
90
0
0
0
3
Thompson, Andy
Starter
90
0
0
0
4
McGreal, John
Starter
90
0
1
0
5
Challinor, Dave
Starter
90
0
0
0
6
Irons, Kenny
Starter
65
0
0
0
7
Morrissey, Johnny
Starter
90
0
1
0
8
Jones, Gary
Starter
90
0
0
0
9
Kelly, David
Starter
90
0
0
0
10
O'Brien, Liam
Starter
90
0
0
0
11
Jones, Lee
Starter
65
0
0
0
12
Mellon, Micky
Sub
25
0
0
0
13
Parkinson, Andy
Sub
25
0
0
0
Sunderland
Shirt
Player
Role
1
Lionel Perez
Starter
2
Chris Makin
Starter
3
Michael Gray
Starter
4
Lee Clark
Starter
5
Darren Holloway
Starter
6
Darren Williams
Starter
7
Nicky Summerbee
Starter
8
Kevin Ball
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
40
24
8
8
70
38
+32
80
2
Sunderland
40
23
10
7
74
41
+33
79
3
Middlesbrough
38
22
9
7
64
36
+28
75
4
Charlton Athletic
39
20
9
10
71
49
+22
69
5
Ipswich Town
39
18
13
8
64
38
+26
67
6
Sheffield United
38
17
14
7
56
41
+15
65
7
Birmingham City
40
16
14
10
52
33
+19
62
8
Wolverhampton Wanderers
39
17
9
13
47
39
+8
60
9
Stockport County
40
16
7
17
61
56
+5
55
10
Oxford United
40
15
8
17
55
52
+3
53
11
Bradford City
40
13
14
13
41
43
-2
53
12
West Bromwich Albion
40
14
11
15
39
46
-7
53
13
Swindon Town
40
14
9
17
39
59
-20
51
14
Crewe Alexandra
40
15
5
20
46
57
-11
50
15
Tranmere Rovers
39
12
10
17
43
48
-5
46
16
Huddersfield Town
40
12
10
18
45
58
-13
46
17
Queens Park Rangers
41
10
15
16
45
56
-11
45
18
Bury
40
9
18
13
37
48
-11
45
19
Norwich City
40
11
12
17
37
62
-25
45
20
Port Vale
40
11
9
20
47
58
-11
42
21
Portsmouth
39
11
8
20
41
55
-14
41
22
Manchester City
40
10
10
20
43
48
-5
40
23
Stoke City
40
9
13
18
38
61
-23
40
24
Reading
40
10
9
21
36
69
-33
39
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