| Stoke City | Nottingham Forest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Fox | 1 | Peter Shilton | ||
| 2 | Paul Johnson | 2 | Viv Anderson | ||
| 3 | Peter Hampton | 3 | Frank Gray | ||
| 4 | Alan Dodd | 4 | Stuart Gray | ||
| 5 | Brendan O'Callaghan | 5 | Kenny Burns | ||
| 6 | Mike Doyle | 6 | Bryn Gunn | ||
| 7 | Paul Bracewell | 7 | Gary Mills | ||
| 8 | Adrian Heath | 8 | Ian Wallace | ||
| 9 | Lee Chapman | 9 | Trevor Francis | ||
| S1 | 10 | Loek Ursem | S1 | 10 | Colin Walsh |
| 11 | Iain Munro | 11 | John Robertson | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Peter Griffiths | S1 | Martin O'Neill | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Alan Durban | Brian Clough | ||||