| Watford | Portsmouth | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Coton | 1 | Alan Knight | ||
| 2 | Nigel Gibbs | 2 | Kenny Swain | ||
| 3 | Wilf Rostron | 3 | Lee Sandford | ||
| S1 | 4 | Mark Morris | 4 | Kevin Dillon | |
| 5 | Steve Terry | 5 | Malcolm Shotton | ||
| 6 | John McClelland | 6 | Billy Gilbert | ||
| 7 | Gary Chivers | 7 | Barry Horne | ||
| 8 | Iwan Roberts | 8 | Clive Whitehead | ||
| 9 | Trevor Senior | S2 | 9 | Ian Baird | |
| 10 | Gary Porter | 10 | Micky Quinn | ||
| 11 | Worrell Sterling | 11 | Vince Hilaire | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Luther Blissett | S 02S 01 | John Kerr | ||
| S2 | Kevin Ball | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Dave Bassett | Alan Ball | ||||