| Sheffield United | Manchester City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Bill 'Fatty' Foulke | GK | Jack Hillman | ||
| RB | Harry Thickitt | RB | Robert Davidson | ||
| LB | Peter Boyle | LB | Herbert Burgess | ||
| RH | Harry Johnson | RH | Sammy Frost | ||
| CH | Bernard Wilkinson | CH | Tommy Hynds | ||
| LH | Nudger Needham | LH | Sam Ashworth | ||
| OR | Johnny Lang | OR | Billy Meredith | ||
| IR | Alf Common | IR | Geordie Livingstone | ||
| CF | Arthur Brown | CF | Billy Gillespie | ||
| IL | Alonzo Drake | IL | Sandy Turnbull | ||
| OL | Bert Lipsham | OL | Fred Threlfall | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| John Nicholson | Tom Maley | ||||