| Middlesbrough | Sheffield United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Platt | 1 | Jim Brown | ||
| 2 | John Craggs | 2 | Len Badger | ||
| 3 | Frank Spraggon | 3 | Ted Hemsley | ||
| 4 | Graeme Souness | 4 | Keith Eddy | ||
| 5 | Stuart Boam | 5 | Colin Franks | ||
| 6 | Willie Maddren | 6 | John Flynn | ||
| 7 | Bobby Murdoch | 7 | Alan Woodward | ||
| 8 | John Hickton | 8 | David Bradford | ||
| 9 | David Mills | S1 | 9 | Steve Cammack | |
| S1 | 10 | Alan Foggon | 10 | Tony Currie | |
| 11 | David Armstrong | 11 | Tony Field | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Malcolm Smith | S1 | Terry Nicholl | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Jack Charlton | Ken Furphy | ||||