Wednesday 7 September 1983 at Roker Park (Att 12,961)

Sunderland (1) 3 (Rowell 18p, Daniel 57og, Atkinson 75): Turner, Venison, Munro, Atkins, Chisholm, Pickering, James (Hindmarch 85), Rowell, West, Proctor, Atkinson.
Wolves (0) 2 (Towner 81, Eves 87): Burridge, Humphrey, Palmer, Cartwright, Pender, Dodd, Towner, Daniel, Livingstone (Clarke 67), Eves, Rudge.

Referee: Mr M Peck (Kendal).
Order of Goals: s,s,s,W,W.
Penalty: Harshly awarded after a flurry in the box and ball ricocheting onto John Pender’s hand.
Booked: Rowell 55.
Landmark: Tony Towner nets his first goal for Wolves.
Position: 21st.