| Nottingham Forest | Birmingham City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Shilton | 1 | Jim Montgomery | ||
| 2 | Viv Anderson | 2 | Jimmy Calderwood | ||
| 3 | Colin Barrett | 3 | Garry Pendrey | ||
| 4 | John McGovern | 4 | Gary Emmanuel | ||
| 5 | Dave Needham | 5 | Joe Gallagher | ||
| 6 | Kenny Burns | 6 | Kevan Broadhurst | ||
| 7 | Martin O'Neill | 7 | Kevin Dillon | ||
| 8 | Archie Gemmill | 8 | Trevor Francis | ||
| 9 | Peter Withe | 9 | Keith Bertschin | ||
| S1 | 10 | Tony Woodcock | 10 | Terry Hibbitt | |
| 11 | John Robertson | 11 | Steve Fox | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Ian Bowyer | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Brian Clough | Jim Smith | ||||