In his programme notes Kenny Jackett writes ‘I can’t remember a time when we’ve gone so long without drawing a game’. Fate was tempted to a record breaking degree. We naturally drew this game and by the end of the season had drawn 19 league games which remains a club record. This included 9 away draws in a row, a sequence never achieved before or since in either the Football or Premier League.
BSAD report:I thought the crowd was pretty poor for a Premier League team, even if it was only Sunderland and it was only the Second Round First Leg of the Coca-Cola League Cup. 
BSAD report: The first half was quite monstrously dull, so much so that I was reduced to reading the newspaper confetti underneath my seat. Very very VERY tedious. There was no lack of effort on the part of the players, merely an absence of constructive and incisive passing. In truth, Stockport had rather the better of the play – they never really threatened our goal and Kevin Miller didn’t have a testing save to make but they certainly enjoyed the majority of the possession, particularly at the start of the half.
BSAD Report: Not something you’d particularly want to own on video to show your grandchildren but a gigantic step in the right direction nonetheless. The reason for this quick turnaround in fortunes? We’re playing a sensible formation at last!
