| Nottingham Forest | Newcastle United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Harry Linacre | GK | Matt Kingsley | ||
| RB | Charlie Craig | RB | Tommy Davidson | ||
| LB | Jim Iremonger | LB | Willie Agnew | ||
| RH | George Henderson | RH | Peter McWilliam | ||
| CH | Fred Warren | CH | Colin Veitch | ||
| LH | Bob Norris | LH | Jack Carr | ||
| OR | Alf Turner | OR | Archie Turner | ||
| IR | Jack Calvey | IR | Ronald Orr | ||
| CF | Syd Sugden | CF | Bob McColl | ||
| IL | Grenville Morris | IL | Andy Gardner | ||
| OL | Alf Spouncer | OL | Richard James Roberts | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Harry Haslam | Frank Watt | ||||