| Stoke City | Middlesbrough | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger Jones | 1 | Jim Platt | ||
| 2 | Ray Evans | 2 | John Craggs | ||
| 3 | Geoff Scott | 3 | Ian Bailey | ||
| 4 | Mike Doyle | 4 | Craig Johnston | ||
| 5 | Denis Smith | S1 | 5 | Billy Ashcroft | |
| 6 | Alan Dodd | 6 | Tony McAndrew | ||
| S1 | 7 | Sammy Irvine | 7 | Terry Cochrane | |
| 8 | Adrian Heath | 8 | Mark Proctor | ||
| 9 | Brendan O'Callaghan | 9 | David Hodgson | ||
| 10 | Garth Crooks | 10 | Micky Burns | ||
| 11 | Paul Richardson | 11 | David Armstrong | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Viv Busby | S1 | Alan Ramage | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Alan Durban | John Neal | ||||