| Nottingham Forest | Stoke City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hans van Breukelen | 1 | Peter Fox | ||
| 2 | Viv Anderson | 2 | Steve Bould | ||
| 3 | Kenny Swain | 3 | Peter Hampton | ||
| 4 | Chris Fairclough | 4 | Robbie James | ||
| 5 | Paul Hart | 5 | Paul Dyson | ||
| 6 | Ian Bowyer | 6 | Brendan O'Callaghan | ||
| 7 | Steve Wigley | 7 | Ian Painter | ||
| 8 | Steve Hodge | 8 | Sammy McIlroy | ||
| 9 | Peter Davenport | 9 | Colin Russell | ||
| S1 | 10 | Gary Mills | 10 | Alan Hudson | |
| 11 | Colin Walsh | S1 | 11 | Mark Chamberlain | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Garry Birtles | S1 | Paul Maguire | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Brian Clough | Bill Asprey | ||||