Middlesbrough 2 Sunderland 1
Outcome: Won
Date: 12/26/1973
Manager: Jack Charlton
Attendance: 37030
Competition: Division Two
Played at: Ayresome Park
Goals:
| Goals | Time | Assists | |
| Stuart Boam | |||
| Alan Foggon | |||
Team
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Jim Platt | |||
| John Craggs | |||
| Stuart Boam | |||
| Frank Spraggon | |||
| Peter Creamer | |||
| David Armstrong | |||
| Graeme Souness | |||
| Willie Maddren | |||
| Bobby Murdoch | |||
| John Hickton | |||
| Alan Foggon |
Subs
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Malcolm Poskett |