| Nottingham Forest | Manchester City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Harry Linacre | GK | Jack Hillman | ||
| RB | Charlie Craig | RB | Johnny McMahon | ||
| LB | Jim Iremonger | LB | Herbert Burgess | ||
| RH | Sammy Timmins | RH | Sammy Frost | ||
| CH | Fred Warren | CH | Tommy Hynds | ||
| LH | Bob Norris | LH | Sam Ashworth | ||
| OR | Tom Davies | OR | Billy Meredith | ||
| IR | Bill Shearman | IR | Geordie Livingstone | ||
| CF | Syd Sugden | CF | Billy Gillespie | ||
| IL | Grenville Morris | IL | Sandy Turnbull | ||
| OL | Alf Spouncer | OL | Fred Threlfall | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Harry Haslam | Tom Maley | ||||