| Coventry City | Nottingham Forest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Ogrizovic | 1 | Steve Sutton | ||
| 2 | Brian Borrows | 2 | Brian Laws | ||
| 3 | Tony Dobson | 3 | Stuart Pearce | ||
| 4 | Dean Emerson | 4 | Des Walker | ||
| 5 | Brian Kilcline | 5 | Terry Wilson | ||
| S2 | 6 | Trevor Peake | 6 | Brian Rice | |
| S1 | 7 | David Phillips | 7 | Franz Carr | |
| 8 | David Speedie | 8 | Neil Webb | ||
| 9 | Cyrille Regis | 9 | Nigel Clough | ||
| 10 | Steve Livingstone | 10 | Lee Chapman | ||
| 11 | David Smith | 11 | Garry Parker | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Howard Clark | ||||
| S2 | Greg Downs | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| John Sillett | Brian Clough | ||||