| Nottingham Forest | Coventry City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Sutton | 1 | Steve Ogrizovic | ||
| 2 | Brian Laws | 2 | Brian Borrows | ||
| 3 | Stuart Pearce | 3 | Tony Dobson | ||
| 4 | Des Walker | 4 | Micky Gynn | ||
| 5 | Terry Wilson | 5 | Peter Billing | ||
| S2 | 6 | Toddi Orlygsson | 6 | Trevor Peake | |
| 7 | Gary Crosby | 7 | Kevin Gallacher | ||
| S1 | 8 | Garry Parker | 8 | David Speedie | |
| 9 | Nigel Clough | 9 | Cyrille Regis | ||
| 10 | David Currie | 10 | Kevin Drinkell | ||
| 11 | Brian Rice | 11 | David Smith | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Nigel Jemson | ||||
| S2 | Tommy Gaynor | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Brian Clough | John Sillett | ||||