| Coventry City | Newcastle United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Jonathan Gould | GK | Pavel Srnicek | ||
| S1 | DR | Steve Morgan | DR | Barry Venison | |
| DR | Phil Babb | DR | John Beresford | ||
| DR | Peter Atherton | DR | Steve Watson | ||
| DR | David Rennie | DR | Kevin Scott | ||
| MD | Sean Flynn | MD | Paul Bracewell | ||
| MD | John Williams | MD | Liam O'Brien | ||
| S2 | MD | Tony Sheridan | MD | Rob Lee | |
| MD | Peter Ndlovu | MD | Lee Clark | ||
| AM | Roy Wegerle | S1 | AM | Nicky Papavasiliou | |
| FD | Micky Quinn | FD | Andy Cole | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | GK | Paul Williams | S1 | GK | Tommy Wright |
| S2 | Mick Harford | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Bobby Gould | Kevin Keegan | ||||