| Sunderland | Newcastle United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barry Siddall | 1 | Mike Mahoney | ||
| 2 | Mick Docherty | 2 | Irving Nattrass | ||
| 3 | Joe Bolton | 3 | Alan Kennedy | ||
| 4 | Kevin Arnott | 4 | Tommy Cassidy | ||
| 5 | Shaun Elliott | 5 | Aidan McCaffery | ||
| 6 | Jackie Ashurst | 6 | Geoff Nulty | ||
| 7 | Bobby Kerr | 7 | Stewart Barrowclough | ||
| 8 | Doug Collins | 8 | Paul Cannell | ||
| 9 | Mel Holden | 9 | Micky Burns | ||
| 10 | Bob Lee | 10 | Alan Gowling | ||
| 11 | Gary Rowell | 11 | Tommy Craig | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Jimmy Adamson | Richard Dinnis | ||||