| Date | Competition | Match | Att/KO | View | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 4th Aug | League | Sunderland | 2-1 | Charlton Athletic | - | Table |
| Sat 4th Aug | League | Sunderland | 2-1 | Charlton Athletic | - | Table |
| Sat 11th Aug | League | Luton Town | 1-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 11th Aug | League | Luton Town | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sun 19th Aug | League | Sunderland | 3-0 | Scunthorpe United | - | Table |
| Sun 19th Aug | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | Scunthorpe United | - | Table |
| Wed 22nd Aug | League | 1-4 | Sunderland | - | Table | |
| Wed 22nd Aug | League | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table | |
| Sat 25th Aug | League | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table | |
| Sat 25th Aug | League | 1-2 | Sunderland | - | Table | |
| Sat 1st Sep | League | Sunderland | 1-1 | Oxford United | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Sep | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | Oxford United | - | Table |
| Sat 8th Sep | League | Sunderland | 1-1 | Fleetwood Town | - | Table |
| Sat 8th Sep | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | Fleetwood Town | - | Table |
| Sat 15th Sep | League | Burton Albion | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 15th Sep | League | Burton Albion | 2-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 22nd Sep | League | Sunderland | 4-1 | - | Table | |
| Sat 22nd Sep | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | - | Table | |
| Sat 29th Sep | League | Coventry City | 1-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 29th Sep | League | Coventry City | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Tue 2nd Oct | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | Peterborough United | - | Table |
| Tue 2nd Oct | League | Sunderland | 2-2 | Peterborough United | - | Table |
| Sat 6th Oct | League | Bradford City | 1-2 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 6th Oct | League | Bradford City | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 13th Oct | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | Blackpool | - | Table |
| Sat 20th Oct | League | Shrewsbury Town | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 20th Oct | League | Shrewsbury Town | 0-2 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Tue 23rd Oct | League | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table | |
| Tue 23rd Oct | League | 0-1 | Sunderland | - | Table | |
| Sat 27th Oct | League | Sunderland | 3-0 | Southend United | - | Table |
| Sat 27th Oct | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | Southend United | - | Table |
| Sat 3rd Nov | League | Plymouth Argyle | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 3rd Nov | League | Plymouth Argyle | 0-2 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 17th Nov | League | Sunderland | 1-1 | Wycombe Wanderers | - | Table |
| Sat 17th Nov | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | Wycombe Wanderers | - | Table |
| Sat 24th Nov | League | Walsall | 2-2 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 24th Nov | League | Walsall | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Tue 27th Nov | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | Barnsley | - | Table |
| Tue 27th Nov | League | Sunderland | 4-2 | Barnsley | - | Table |
| Sat 8th Dec | League | 1-1 | Sunderland | - | Table | |
| Sat 8th Dec | League | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table | |
| Sat 15th Dec | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | Bristol Rovers | - | Table |
| Sat 15th Dec | League | Sunderland | 2-1 | Bristol Rovers | - | Table |
| Sat 22nd Dec | League | Portsmouth | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 22nd Dec | League | Portsmouth | 3-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Wed 26th Dec | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | Bradford City | - | Table |
| Wed 26th Dec | League | Sunderland | 1-0 | Bradford City | - | Table |
| Sat 29th Dec | League | Sunderland | 1-1 | Shrewsbury Town | - | Table |
| Sat 29th Dec | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | Shrewsbury Town | - | Table |
| Tue 1st Jan | League | Blackpool | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Tue 1st Jan | League | Blackpool | 0-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 5th Jan | League | Charlton Athletic | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 5th Jan | League | Charlton Athletic | 1-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 12th Jan | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | Luton Town | - | Table |
| Sat 12th Jan | League | Sunderland | 1-1 | Luton Town | - | Table |
| Sat 19th Jan | League | Scunthorpe United | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 19th Jan | League | Scunthorpe United | 1-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 26th Jan | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | - | Table | |
| Sat 2nd Feb | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | - | Table | |
| Sat 2nd Feb | League | Sunderland | 1-0 | - | Table | |
| Sat 9th Feb | League | Oxford United | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 9th Feb | League | Oxford United | 1-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Tue 12th Feb | League | Sunderland | 1-1 | Blackpool | - | Table |
| Fri 15th Feb | League | Sunderland | 2-2 | - | Table | |
| Sat 16th Feb | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | - | Table | |
| Tue 19th Feb | League | Sunderland | 4-2 | - | Table | |
| Sat 23rd Feb | League | Bristol Rovers | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 23rd Feb | League | Bristol Rovers | 0-2 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 2nd Mar | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | Plymouth Argyle | - | Table |
| Sat 2nd Mar | League | Sunderland | 2-0 | Plymouth Argyle | - | Table |
| Sat 9th Mar | League | Wycombe Wanderers | 1-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 9th Mar | League | Wycombe Wanderers | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Tue 12th Mar | League | Barnsley | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Tue 12th Mar | League | Barnsley | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 16th Mar | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | Walsall | - | Table |
| Sat 16th Mar | League | Sunderland | 2-1 | Walsall | - | Table |
| Sat 23rd Mar | League | Fleetwood Town | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 30th Mar | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | Burton Albion | - | Table |
| Sat 6th Apr | League | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table | |
| Sat 6th Apr | League | 1-2 | Sunderland | - | Table | |
| Tue 9th Apr | League | Sunderland | 1-1 | Burton Albion | - | Table |
| Sat 13th Apr | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | Coventry City | - | Table |
| Sat 13th Apr | League | Sunderland | 4-5 | Coventry City | - | Table |
| Fri 19th Apr | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | - | Table | |
| Fri 19th Apr | League | Sunderland | 2-0 | - | Table | |
| Mon 22nd Apr | League | Peterborough United | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Mon 22nd Apr | League | Peterborough United | 1-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 27th Apr | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | Portsmouth | - | Table |
| Sat 27th Apr | League | Sunderland | 1-1 | Portsmouth | - | Table |
| Tue 30th Apr | League | Fleetwood Town | 2-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 4th May | League | Southend United | 2-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 4th May | League | Southend United | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 11th May | League | Sunderland | 1-0 | Portsmouth | - | Table |
| Thu 16th May | League | Portsmouth | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sun 26th May | League | Charlton Athletic | 2-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Venue | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 47 | 14 | 32 | 1 | 49 | 26 |
| Away | 48 | 9 | 34 | 5 | 33 | 25 |
| Neutral | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 95 | 23 | 66 | 6 | 82 | 51 |