| Middlesbrough | Nottingham Forest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Platt | 1 | Peter Shilton | ||
| 2 | John Craggs | 2 | Viv Anderson | ||
| 3 | Joe Bolton | 3 | Stuart Gray | ||
| 4 | Mike Angus | 4 | Gary Mills | ||
| 5 | Mick Baxter | 5 | Einar Jan Aas | ||
| 6 | Tony McAndrew | 6 | Bryn Gunn | ||
| 7 | Terry Cochrane | 7 | Mark Proctor | ||
| 8 | Heini Otto | 8 | Ian Wallace | ||
| 9 | Billy Ashcroft | 9 | Justin Fashanu | ||
| 10 | David Shearer | S1 | 10 | Colin Walsh | |
| S1 | 11 | Bobby Thomson | 11 | John Robertson | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Billy Woof | S1 | John McGovern | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Bobby Murdoch | Brian Clough | ||||