| Manchester United | Coventry City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Wealands | 1 | Les Sealey | ||
| 2 | Mike Duxbury | 2 | Danny Thomas | ||
| 3 | Arthur Albiston | 3 | Brian Roberts | ||
| 4 | Remi Moses | 4 | Steve Jacobs | ||
| 5 | Paul McGrath | 5 | Paul Dyson | ||
| 6 | Gordon McQueen | 6 | Gary Gillespie | ||
| 7 | Ray Wilkins | S1 | 7 | Steve Whitton | |
| 8 | Arnold Muhren | 8 | Gerry Francis | ||
| 9 | Frank Stapleton | 9 | Mark Hateley | ||
| S1 | 10 | Norman Whiteside | 10 | Steve Hunt | |
| 11 | Steve Coppell | 11 | John Hendrie | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Lou Macari | S1 | Ian Butterworth | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Ron Atkinson | Dave Sexton | ||||