| Nottingham Forest | Middlesbrough | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Shilton | 1 | Jim Stewart | ||
| 2 | Viv Anderson | 2 | John Craggs | ||
| S1 | 3 | Colin Barrett | 3 | Peter Johnson | |
| 4 | John McGovern | 4 | John Mahoney | ||
| 5 | Larry Lloyd | 5 | Stuart Boam | ||
| 6 | Kenny Burns | 6 | Alan Ramage | ||
| 7 | Martin O'Neill | 7 | David Mills | ||
| 8 | Ian Bowyer | S1 | 8 | Tony McAndrew | |
| 9 | Garry Birtles | 9 | Billy Ashcroft | ||
| 10 | Tony Woodcock | 10 | Stan Cummins | ||
| 11 | John Robertson | 11 | David Armstrong | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | John O'Hare | S1 | David Hodgson | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Brian Clough | John Neal | ||||