| Arsenal | Birmingham City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pat Jennings | 1 | Tony Coton | ||
| 2 | Colin Hill | S1 | 2 | Jim Hagan | |
| 3 | Kenny Sansom | 3 | Pat van den Hauwe | ||
| 4 | David Cork | 4 | Noel Blake | ||
| 5 | Chris Whyte | 5 | Billy Wright | ||
| S1 | 6 | Tommy Caton | 6 | Ivor Linton | |
| 7 | Raphael Meade | 7 | Tony Rees | ||
| 8 | Paul Davis | 8 | Byron Stevenson | ||
| 9 | Tony Woodcock | 9 | Mick Harford | ||
| 10 | Charlie Nicholas | 10 | Kevin Rogers | ||
| 11 | Ian Allinson | 11 | Robert Hopkins | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Brian McDermott | S1 | Wayne Mumford | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Don Howe | Ron Saunders | ||||