| Manchester City | Nottingham Forest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Walter Smith | GK | Jim Iremonger | ||
| RB | Charlie Burgess | RB | Walter Dudley | ||
| LB | Tommy Kelso | LB | Tommy Gibson | ||
| RH | James Buchan | RH | Teddy Hughes | ||
| CH | John Wilkinson | CH | George Needham | ||
| LH | Jimmy Blair | LH | George 'Ginger' Maltby | ||
| OR | Irvine Thornley | OR | Fred Rowan | ||
| IR | Patsy Hendren | IR | Tom Marrison | ||
| CF | Tom Holford | CF | Knocker West | ||
| IL | Lot Jones | IL | Grenville Morris | ||
| OL | Jimmy Conlin | OL | Herbert Whitchurch | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Harry Newbould | Harry Haslam | ||||