| Sunderland | Coventry City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Turner | 1 | Les Sealey | ||
| 2 | Jimmy Nicholl | 2 | Danny Thomas | ||
| S1 | 3 | Iain Munro | 3 | Brian Roberts | |
| 4 | Ian Atkins | 4 | Ian Butterworth | ||
| 5 | Gordon Chisholm | 5 | Paul Dyson | ||
| 6 | Nick Pickering | 6 | Gary Gillespie | ||
| 7 | Barry Venison | 7 | Steve Whitton | ||
| 8 | Gary Rowell | 8 | Gerry Francis | ||
| 9 | Frank Worthington | 9 | Mark Hateley | ||
| 10 | Leighton James | S1 | 10 | Jim Melrose | |
| 11 | Stan Cummins | 11 | Steve Hunt | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Mick Buckley | S1 | Garry Thompson | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Alan Durban | Dave Sexton | ||||