Top Sunderland Stories
| Sunderland's Results | |||
| May 17 | Everton | 3 - 1 | A |
| May 9 | Manchester United | 0 - 0 | H |
| May 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1 - 1 | A |
| Sunderland's Fixtures | |||
| May 24 | Chelsea | H | |
| Premier League Table | ||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Brighton | 37 | 9 | 53 |
| 8 | Brentford | 37 | 3 | 52 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 37 | -7 | 51 |
| 10 | Chelsea | 36 | 6 | 49 |
| 11 | Newcastle | 37 | 0 | 49 |