| Nottingham Forest | Birmingham City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Shilton | 1 | Tony Coton | ||
| 2 | Viv Anderson | 2 | David Langan | ||
| 3 | Stuart Gray | 3 | Bud Brocken | ||
| 4 | Bryn Gunn | 4 | Pat van den Hauwe | ||
| 5 | Willie Young | 5 | Kevan Broadhurst | ||
| S1 | 6 | Colin Walsh | 6 | Colin Todd | |
| 7 | John McGovern | 7 | Kevin Dillon | ||
| 8 | Ian Wallace | 8 | Neil Whatmore | ||
| 9 | Peter Ward | 9 | Frank Worthington | ||
| 10 | Mark Proctor | 10 | Archie Gemmill | ||
| 11 | John Robertson | 11 | Toine van Mierlo | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Ian Bowyer | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Brian Clough | Jim Smith | ||||