| Aston Villa | Newcastle United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Burridge | 1 | Mike Mahoney | ||
| 2 | John Gidman | 2 | Irving Nattrass | ||
| 3 | Charlie Aitken | 3 | Alan Kennedy | ||
| 4 | Ian Ross | 4 | Geoff Nulty | ||
| 5 | Chris Nicholl | 5 | John Bird | ||
| S1 | 6 | Dennis Mortimer | 6 | Pat Howard | |
| 7 | Frank Carrodus | 7 | Micky Burns | ||
| 8 | John Robson | 8 | Tommy Cassidy | ||
| 9 | Andy Gray | 9 | Malcolm MacDonald | ||
| 10 | John Deehan | S1 | 10 | Alan Gowling | |
| 11 | Ian 'Chico' Hamilton | 11 | Tommy Craig | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Leighton Phillips | S1 | Stewart Barrowclough | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Ron Saunders | Gordon Lee | ||||