| Newcastle United | Coventry City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Pavel Srnicek | GK | Steve Ogrizovic | ||
| DR | Steve Watson | DR | Brian Borrows | ||
| DR | Robbie Elliott | DR | Steve Morgan | ||
| DR | Alan Neilson | DR | Peter Atherton | ||
| DR | Matty Appleby | S1 | DR | Phil Babb | |
| S1 | DR | Rob Lee | DR | David Rennie | |
| MD | Lee Clark | MD | Julian Darby | ||
| S2 | MD | Scott Sellars | S2 | MD | Sean Flynn |
| AM | Ruel Fox | AM | John Williams | ||
| WR | Andy Cole | WR | Leigh Jenkinson | ||
| WR | Peter Beardsley | WR | Peter Ndlovu | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Mark Robinson | S1 | DR | Dave Busst |
| S2 | MD | Alex Mathie | S2 | MD | Sandy Robertson |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Kevin Keegan | Phil Neal | ||||