| Watford | Manchester United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Sherwood | 1 | Gary Bailey | ||
| 2 | Pat Rice | 2 | Mike Duxbury | ||
| 3 | Wilf Rostron | 3 | Arthur Albiston | ||
| 4 | Les Taylor | 4 | Remi Moses | ||
| 5 | Steve Sims | 5 | Martin Buchan | ||
| 6 | Ian Bolton | 6 | Gordon McQueen | ||
| 7 | Nigel Callaghan | 7 | Bryan Robson | ||
| 8 | Luther Blissett | 8 | Arnold Muhren | ||
| S1 | 9 | Ross Jenkins | 9 | Frank Stapleton | |
| 10 | Kenny Jackett | 10 | Norman Whiteside | ||
| 11 | John Barnes | 11 | Steve Coppell | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | David Johnson | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Graham Taylor | Ron Atkinson | ||||