| Aston Villa | Nottingham Forest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmy Rimmer | 1 | Hans van Breukelen | ||
| 2 | Gary Williams | 2 | Viv Anderson | ||
| 3 | Pat Heard | 3 | Ian Bowyer | ||
| 4 | Des Bremner | 4 | Colin Todd | ||
| 5 | Ken McNaught | 5 | Willie Young | ||
| 6 | Dennis Mortimer | S1 | 6 | Chris Fairclough | |
| 7 | Andy Blair | 7 | Steve Hodge | ||
| S1 | 8 | Gary Shaw | 8 | Ian Wallace | |
| 9 | Peter Withe | 9 | Peter Davenport | ||
| 10 | Gordon Cowans | 10 | Colin Walsh | ||
| 11 | Tony Morley | 11 | John Robertson | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Allan Evans | S1 | Mark Proctor | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Tony Barton | Brian Clough | ||||