| Coventry City | Nottingham Forest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Les Sealey | 1 | Peter Shilton | ||
| 2 | Keith Osgood | 2 | Viv Anderson | ||
| 3 | Bobby McDonald | 3 | Colin Barrett | ||
| 4 | John Beck | 4 | John McGovern | ||
| 5 | Jim Holton | 5 | Dave Needham | ||
| S1 | 6 | Gary Gillespie | 6 | Kenny Burns | |
| 7 | Donato Nardiello | 7 | Martin O'Neill | ||
| 8 | Ian Wallace | 8 | Archie Gemmill | ||
| 9 | Mick Ferguson | 9 | Steve Elliott | ||
| 10 | Barry Powell | 10 | Tony Woodcock | ||
| 11 | Tommy Hutchison | 11 | John Robertson | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Alan Green | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Gordon Milne | Brian Clough | ||||