Two late goals in two minutes by Nyron Nosworthy and Anthony Stokes saw Sunderland claim a 3-1 win over Sporting Lisbon on a night which saw Roy Keane and striker Michael Chopra both sent off.
Nosworthy had headed the Black Cats into the lead with his first goal for the club after 84 minutes before Stokes sealed victory with a shot from 10 yards a minute later.
It followed Keane's dismissal with 10 minutes to go for remonstrating with the fourth official following Chopra's sending off for a late tackle at the Estadio Municipal de Albufeira.
Sporting had gone ahead in the first half when Ronny fired the hosts into the lead with a 25-yard free-kick.
However, the Black Cats levelled seven minutes after half-time when Roy O'Donovan converted Stokes' corner.
Wolves kicked-off their pre-season tour of Scotland on a winning note thanks to a late 1-0 success at Dundee.
The game looked destined to finish scoreless until Michael Kightly picked out Sylvain Ebanks-Blake in the closing stages, and the striker proceeded to lash home from 12-yards out.
Birmingham's impressive pre-season form is showing no signs of relenting following a 2-1 success over Nurnberg in Austria.
Alex McLeish's side led the contest just 11 seconds after kick-off when Garry O'Connor nodded home James McFadden's cross.
The Bundesliga outfit levelled on the quarter-hour mark when Peter Perchtold lashed an arrowing shot across Maik Taylor.
However, the Blues were not to be denied and regained the lead within a minute when McFadden converted Sebastian Larsson's cross.
Leeds United came from two-down against Bray Wanderers before running out 3-2 winners.
Second half goals from Rui Marques, Canadian trialist striker Marcus Haber and Jonathan Howson saw Gary McAllister's side prevail.
Lincoln City ensured bragging rights within the city following a comfortable 6-0 thrashing of Lincoln United.
First half goals from Sam Mullarkey and David Graham plus a second half hat-trick from Romanian trialist Adrian Patulea and a Gary King header saw the Imps easily lift the John Reames Memorial Cup.
