| Coventry City | Newcastle United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Steve Ogrizovic | GK | Pavel Srnicek | ||
| DR | Brian Borrows | DR | Barry Venison | ||
| DR | Steve Morgan | DR | Marc Hottiger | ||
| DR | Steven Pressley | DR | John Beresford | ||
| DR | Dave Busst | DR | Steve Watson | ||
| DR | Julian Darby | DR | Darren Peacock | ||
| DR | Sean Flynn | DR | Steve Howey | ||
| AM | Paul Cook | AM | Ruel Fox | ||
| FD | Cobi Jones | FD | Paul Kitson | ||
| FD | Peter Ndlovu | FD | Andy Cole | ||
| S1 | FD | Roy Wegerle | S1 | FD | Peter Beardsley |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Willie Boland | S1 | MD | Lee Clark |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Phil Neal | Kevin Keegan | ||||