| Nottingham Forest | Newcastle United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Harry Linacre | GK | Jimmy Lawrence | ||
| RB | Walter Dudley | RB | Tony Whitson | ||
| LB | George 'Ginger' Maltby | LB | Dick Pudan | ||
| RH | Teddy Hughes | RH | Bob Liddell | ||
| CH | George Needham | CH | Colin Veitch | ||
| LH | Jack Armstrong | LH | David Willis | ||
| OR | Bill Hooper | OR | Scott Duncan | ||
| IR | Tom Marrison | IR | Sandy Higgins | ||
| CF | Knocker West | CF | Albert Shepherd | ||
| IL | Grenville Morris | IL | George Wilson | ||
| OL | Bill Birch | OL | Bert Gosnell | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Harry Haslam | Frank Watt | ||||