| Manchester United | Newcastle United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Stepney | 1 | Mike Mahoney | ||
| 2 | Jimmy Nicholl | 2 | Irving Nattrass | ||
| 3 | Stewart Houston | 3 | Alan Kennedy | ||
| 4 | Sammy McIlroy | 4 | Tommy Cassidy | ||
| 5 | Brian Greenhoff | 5 | Aidan McCaffery | ||
| 6 | Martin Buchan | 6 | Geoff Nulty | ||
| 7 | Steve Coppell | 7 | Stewart Barrowclough | ||
| 8 | Jimmy Greenhoff | 8 | Kenny Mitchell | ||
| 9 | Stuart Pearson | 9 | Micky Burns | ||
| 10 | Lou Macari | 10 | Alan Gowling | ||
| S1 | 11 | Gordon Hill | 11 | Tommy Craig | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Arthur Albiston | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Tommy Docherty | Richard Dinnis | ||||