| Arsenal | Sunderland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Wood | 1 | Chris Turner | ||
| 2 | John Devine | 2 | Steve Whitworth | ||
| 3 | Kenny Sansom | 3 | Joe Bolton | ||
| S1 | 4 | Brian Talbot | 4 | Sam Allardyce | |
| 5 | Steve Walford | 5 | Shaun Elliott | ||
| 6 | Willie Young | 6 | Gordon Chisholm | ||
| 7 | John Hollins | 7 | Kevin Arnott | ||
| 8 | Alan Sunderland | 8 | Gary Rowell | ||
| 9 | Frank Stapleton | 9 | John Cooke | ||
| 10 | Steve Gatting | 10 | Alan Brown | ||
| 11 | Graham Rix | 11 | Stan Cummins | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Brian McDermott | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Terry Neill | Ken Knighton | ||||