| Stoke City | Aston Villa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bobby Irvine | 1 | Nigel Sims | ||
| 2 | Bill Asprey | 2 | Cammie Fraser | ||
| 3 | Tony Allen | 3 | Gordon Lee | ||
| 4 | Eddie Clamp | 4 | Vic Crowe | ||
| 5 | Eddie Stuart | 5 | John Sleeuwenhoek | ||
| 6 | Eric Skeels | 6 | Alan Deakin | ||
| 7 | Stanley Matthews | 7 | Alan Baker | ||
| 8 | Peter Dobing | 8 | Bobby Thomson | ||
| 9 | Dennis Viollet | 9 | Tony Hateley | ||
| 10 | Jimmy McIlroy | 10 | Phil Woosnam | ||
| 11 | Don Ratcliffe | 11 | Harry Burrows | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Tony Waddington | Joe Mercer | ||||