| Nottingham Forest | Stoke City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hans van Breukelen | 1 | Peter Fox | ||
| 2 | Viv Anderson | 2 | Derek Parkin | ||
| 3 | Bryn Gunn | 3 | Alan Dodd | ||
| 4 | Mark Proctor | 4 | Paul Bracewell | ||
| 5 | Chris Fairclough | 5 | Dave Watson | ||
| 6 | Colin Todd | 6 | George Berry | ||
| 7 | Steve Hodge | 7 | Paul Maguire | ||
| S1 | 8 | Ian Wallace | 8 | Sammy McIlroy | |
| 9 | Garry Birtles | 9 | Brendan O'Callaghan | ||
| 10 | Colin Walsh | S1 | 10 | Neville Chamberlain | |
| 11 | John Robertson | 11 | Mark Chamberlain | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Peter Ward | S1 | Peter Hampton | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Brian Clough | Ritchie Barker | ||||