West Ham 1 Sunderland 2
Upton Park
Scorers: West Ham - Harewood (43m); Sunderland - Arca (51m), Elliott (86m)
Attendance: 33,482
Friday April 29th 2005

Just Champion! Stephen Elliott's late goal picked up the Championship title for Sunderland at West Ham tonight, and ensured that the final game against Stoke next Sunday would be one hell of a promotion party.

Sunderland 2 Leicester 1
Sunderland Stadium of Light
Scorers: Sunderland - Stewart (23m), Caldwell (60m); Leicester - Maybury (5m)
Attendance: 34,815
Saturday April 23rd 2005

Sunderland have sealed their place back in the Premier League, with a 2-1 win over Leicester City at the Stadium of Light.

Ipswich 2 Sunderland 2
Portman Road
Scorers: Ipswich - Naylor (66m), Bent (89m); Sunderland - Elliott (71m), Robinson (83m)
Attendance: 29,230
Sunday April 17th 2005

Sunderland looked to have completed a comeback at Portman Road, when Stephen Elliott and Carl Robinson turned around a 1-0 deficit, only for Darren Bent to equalise - as Marcus Stewart's missed first half penalty came back to haunt us.

Sunderland 1 Reading 2
Sunderland Stadium of Light
Scorers: Sunderland - Arca (52m); Reading - Kitson (76m, 82m pen)
Attendance: 34,237
Saturday April 9th 2005

Two goals in six minutes from Dave Kitson was enough for Reading to turn around a 1-0 deficit, and hand us only our third home defeat of the season.