| Nottingham Forest | Aston Villa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Shilton | 1 | Nigel Spink | ||
| 2 | Viv Anderson | 2 | Kenny Swain | ||
| 3 | Frank Gray | 3 | Colin Gibson | ||
| 4 | John McGovern | 4 | Brendan Ormsby | ||
| 5 | Larry Lloyd | 5 | Ken McNaught | ||
| 6 | Kenny Burns | 6 | Dennis Mortimer | ||
| 7 | Ian Bowyer | 7 | Des Bremner | ||
| 8 | Stan Bowles | 8 | Brian Little | ||
| 9 | Garry Birtles | 9 | Terry Donovan | ||
| 10 | Trevor Francis | 10 | Gordon Cowans | ||
| 11 | John Robertson | 11 | Gary Shaw | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Brian Clough | Ron Saunders | ||||