| Nottingham Forest | Birmingham City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hans van Breukelen | 1 | Tony Coton | ||
| 2 | Viv Anderson | 2 | Brian Roberts | ||
| 3 | Bryn Gunn | 3 | Pat van den Hauwe | ||
| 4 | Chris Fairclough | 4 | Noel Blake | ||
| 5 | Paul Hart | 5 | Billy Wright | ||
| 6 | Ian Bowyer | 6 | Martin Kuhl | ||
| 7 | Steve Wigley | 7 | Howard Gayle | ||
| 8 | Ian Wallace | 8 | Byron Stevenson | ||
| 9 | Peter Davenport | 9 | Mick Harford | ||
| S1 | 10 | Frans Thijssen | S1 | 10 | Mark McCarrick |
| 11 | Colin Walsh | 11 | Jim Hagan | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Gary Mills | S1 | Kevan Broadhurst | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Brian Clough | Ron Saunders | ||||