| Manchester City | Nottingham Forest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric Nixon | 1 | Steve Sutton | ||
| 2 | Kenny Clements | 2 | Des Walker | ||
| 3 | Clive Wilson | 3 | Stuart Pearce | ||
| 4 | Steve Redmond | 4 | Colin Foster | ||
| 5 | Mick McCarthy | 5 | Chris Fairclough | ||
| 6 | Kevin Langley | 6 | Johnny Metgod | ||
| 7 | Andy May | 7 | Gary Mills | ||
| 8 | Neil McNab | 8 | Neil Webb | ||
| 9 | Imre Varadi | 9 | Nigel Clough | ||
| 10 | Paul Stewart | S1 | 10 | Paul Wilkinson | |
| 11 | Paul Simpson | 11 | Kjetil Osvold | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | David Riley | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Mel Machin | Brian Clough | ||||