| MIDDLESBROUGH 1 CITY 0 Nationwide League Division 1 17th April 1998 attendance 30,182 scorer Armstrong(44) |
City Margetson, Edghill, Horlock, Jeff Whitley, Symons, Vaughan, Jim Whitley, Brown, Pollock, Goater, Bradbury – subs used Rosler(45), Bishop(54), Brannan(81)
Middlesbrough Schwarzer, Maddison, Fleming, Vickers, Festa, Townsend, Mustoe, Gascoigne, Nranca, Merson, Armstrong – subs used Hignett(57), Ricard(16), Blackmore(45)