| Manchester United | Newcastle United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Stepney | 1 | Mike Mahoney | ||
| 2 | Jimmy Nicholl | 2 | Irving Nattrass | ||
| 3 | Stewart Houston | 3 | Alan Kennedy | ||
| 4 | Gerry Daly | 4 | Geoff Nulty | ||
| 5 | Brian Greenhoff | 5 | David Craig | ||
| 6 | Martin Buchan | 6 | Pat Howard | ||
| 7 | Steve Coppell | S1 | 7 | Micky Burns | |
| 8 | Sammy McIlroy | 8 | Stewart Barrowclough | ||
| S1 | 9 | Stuart Pearson | 9 | Malcolm MacDonald | |
| 10 | Lou Macari | 10 | Alan Gowling | ||
| 11 | Gordon Hill | 11 | Tommy Craig | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | David McCreery | S1 | John Tudor | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Tommy Docherty | Gordon Lee | ||||