| Watford | Coventry City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Sherwood | 1 | Les Sealey | ||
| 2 | Pat Rice | 2 | Danny Thomas | ||
| 3 | Wilf Rostron | 3 | Brian Roberts | ||
| 4 | Les Taylor | 4 | Ian Butterworth | ||
| 5 | Steve Sims | 5 | Paul Dyson | ||
| 6 | Kenny Jackett | 6 | Gary Gillespie | ||
| 7 | Nigel Callaghan | 7 | Steve Jacobs | ||
| 8 | Luther Blissett | 8 | Gerry Francis | ||
| S1 | 9 | Gerry Armstrong | 9 | Jim Melrose | |
| 10 | Jan Lohman | 10 | Garry Thompson | ||
| 11 | John Barnes | 11 | Steve Hunt | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Ross Jenkins | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Graham Taylor | Dave Sexton | ||||