| Middlesbrough | Manchester United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Platt | 1 | Gary Bailey | ||
| 2 | John Craggs | 2 | Jimmy Nicholl | ||
| 3 | Peter Johnson | 3 | Arthur Albiston | ||
| 4 | John Mahoney | 4 | Sammy McIlroy | ||
| 5 | Stuart Boam | 5 | Gordon McQueen | ||
| 6 | Tony McAndrew | 6 | Martin Buchan | ||
| 7 | David Hodgson | 7 | Steve Coppell | ||
| 8 | Mark Proctor | 8 | Jimmy Greenhoff | ||
| S1 | 9 | Billy Ashcroft | 9 | Joe Jordan | |
| 10 | Micky Burns | 10 | Brian Greenhoff | ||
| 11 | David Armstrong | 11 | Mickey Thomas | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Terry Cochrane | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| John Neal | Dave Sexton | ||||