| Nottingham Forest | Birmingham City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Shilton | 1 | Jeff Wealands | ||
| 2 | Viv Anderson | 2 | David Langan | ||
| S1 | 3 | Frank Gray | 3 | Mark Dennis | |
| 4 | John McGovern | 4 | Alan Curbishley | ||
| 5 | Dave Needham | 5 | Joe Gallagher | ||
| 6 | Kenny Burns | 6 | Colin Todd | ||
| 7 | Martin O'Neill | S1 | 7 | Alan Ainscow | |
| 8 | Raimondo Ponte | 8 | Keith Bertschin | ||
| 9 | Garry Birtles | 9 | Frank Worthington | ||
| 10 | Ian Wallace | 10 | Archie Gemmill | ||
| 11 | John Robertson | 11 | Kevin Dillon | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Ian Bowyer | S1 | Don Givens | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Brian Clough | Jim Smith | ||||