Sunderland started life under Phil Parkinson with a 1-0 defeat at high-flying Wycombe. Jack Ross was sacked after a disappointing defeat at Lincoln but the Parkinson era started in the same manner at Adams Park after Darius Charles' first-half strike. Wycombe made the early running and Joe Jacobson forced Lee Burge into a fine save, tipping his curling free-kick over the bar. But the Chairboys broke the deadlock in the 28th minute as Charles volleyed home powerfully from a free-kick with Luke O'Nien and Adebayo Akinfenwa also unmarked. Ryan Allsop produced a fine save right at the death to preserve the three points as he tipped tricky Aiden McGeady's drive onto the crossbar and to safety.

Source: Sky sports October 19, 2019 16:18 UTC