| Newcastle United | Coventry City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Shaka Hislop | GK | John Filan | ||
| DR | Warren Barton | DR | Brian Borrows | ||
| DR | John Beresford | DR | David Burrows | ||
| DR | Darren Peacock | S1 | DR | Marcus Hall | |
| DR | Steve Howey | DR | Paul Williams | ||
| DR | Rob Lee | DR | David Rennie | ||
| MD | Lee Clark | MD | Kevin Richardson | ||
| S1 | AM | David Ginola | AM | Paul Telfer | |
| WR | Keith Gillespie | WR | Peter Ndlovu | ||
| WR | Peter Beardsley | WR | John Salako | ||
| FD | Les Ferdinand | FD | Dion Dublin | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Ruel Fox | S1 | DR | Ally Pickering |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Kevin Keegan | Ron Atkinson | ||||