| Sunderland | Nottingham Forest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barry Siddall | 1 | Peter Shilton | ||
| 2 | Barry Venison | 2 | Viv Anderson | ||
| 3 | Iain Munro | 3 | Bryn Gunn | ||
| 4 | Rob Hindmarch | 4 | Stuart Gray | ||
| 5 | Jeff Clarke | 5 | Dave Needham | ||
| 6 | Shaun Elliott | S1 | 6 | Einar Jan Aas | |
| S1 | 7 | Mick Buckley | 7 | Colin Walsh | |
| 8 | Ally McCoist | 8 | Peter Ward | ||
| 9 | Ian Bowyer | 9 | Justin Fashanu | ||
| 10 | Nick Pickering | 10 | Mark Proctor | ||
| 11 | Stan Cummins | 11 | John Robertson | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Tom Ritchie | S1 | Gary Mills | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Alan Durban | Brian Clough | ||||