| Newcastle United | Nottingham Forest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Thomas | 1 | Steve Sutton | ||
| S1 | 2 | Peter Haddock | 2 | Gary Mills | |
| 3 | John Anderson | 3 | Stuart Pearce | ||
| 4 | Alan Davies | 4 | Ian Butterworth | ||
| 5 | Jeff Clarke | 5 | Garry Birtles | ||
| 6 | Glenn Roeder | 6 | Neil Webb | ||
| 7 | Neil McDonald | 7 | Franz Carr | ||
| 8 | David McCreery | 8 | Johnny Metgod | ||
| 9 | George Reilly | 9 | Nigel Clough | ||
| 10 | Peter Beardsley | 10 | Peter Davenport | ||
| 11 | Ian Stewart | 11 | Brian Rice | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Tony Cunningham | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Willie McFaul | Brian Clough | ||||