| Manchester United | Nottingham Forest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary Walsh | 1 | Steve Sutton | ||
| 2 | Viv Anderson | 2 | Steve Chettle | ||
| 3 | Colin Gibson | 3 | Stuart Pearce | ||
| 4 | Mike Duxbury | 4 | Des Walker | ||
| 5 | Billy Garton | 5 | Colin Foster | ||
| 6 | Kevin Moran | 6 | Terry Wilson | ||
| 7 | Bryan Robson | 7 | Franz Carr | ||
| 8 | Peter Davenport | 8 | Neil Webb | ||
| 9 | Brian McClair | 9 | Nigel Clough | ||
| S1 | 10 | Norman Whiteside | 10 | Paul Wilkinson | |
| 11 | Jesper Olsen | 11 | Brian Rice | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Gordon Strachan | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Alex Ferguson | Brian Clough | ||||