| Everton | Nottingham Forest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neville Southall | 1 | Steve Sutton | ||
| 2 | Neil McDonald | 2 | Steve Chettle | ||
| 3 | Neil Pointon | 3 | Stuart Pearce | ||
| 4 | Ian Snodin | 4 | Des Walker | ||
| 5 | Dave Watson | 5 | Colin Foster | ||
| 6 | Peter Reid | 6 | Steve Hodge | ||
| S1 | 7 | Pat Nevin | S1 | 7 | Gary Crosby |
| 8 | Stuart McCall | 8 | Neil Webb | ||
| 9 | Graeme Sharp | 9 | Nigel Clough | ||
| 10 | Tony Cottee | 10 | Tommy Gaynor | ||
| S2 | 11 | Kevin Sheedy | 11 | Brian Rice | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Adrian Heath | S1 | Franz Carr | ||
| S2 | Ian Wilson | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Colin Harvey | Brian Clough | ||||