| Arsenal | Middlesbrough | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pat Jennings | 1 | Jim Stewart | ||
| 2 | Pat Rice | 2 | John Craggs | ||
| 3 | Sammy Nelson | 3 | Peter Johnson | ||
| 4 | Brian Talbot | 4 | John Mahoney | ||
| 5 | David O'Leary | 5 | Stuart Boam | ||
| 6 | Willie Young | 6 | Tony McAndrew | ||
| 7 | Liam Brady | S1 | 7 | Billy Ashcroft | |
| 8 | Alan Sunderland | 8 | Mark Proctor | ||
| 9 | Frank Stapleton | 9 | Micky Burns | ||
| 10 | David Price | 10 | Stan Cummins | ||
| 11 | Graham Rix | 11 | David Armstrong | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | David Hodgson | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Terry Neill | John Neal | ||||