| Arsenal | Stoke City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pat Jennings | 1 | Peter Fox | ||
| 2 | John Hollins | 2 | Derek Parkin | ||
| 3 | Kenny Sansom | 3 | Peter Hampton | ||
| 4 | Chris Whyte | 4 | Paul Bracewell | ||
| S1 | 5 | David O'Leary | 5 | Dave Watson | |
| 6 | Peter Nicholas | 6 | Neville Chamberlain | ||
| 7 | Paul Davis | 7 | Ian Painter | ||
| 8 | Alan Sunderland | 8 | Sammy McIlroy | ||
| 9 | Vladimir Petrovic | 9 | Brendan O'Callaghan | ||
| 10 | Tony Woodcock | 10 | Mickey Thomas | ||
| 11 | Graham Rix | S1 | 11 | Chris Maskery | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Brian Talbot | S1 | Loek Ursem | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Terry Neill | Ritchie Barker | ||||