| Newcastle United | Derby County | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Shay Given | GK | Russell Hoult | ||
| DR | Stuart Pearce | DR | Jacob Laursen | ||
| DR | Laurent Charvet | DR | Horacio Carbonari | ||
| DR | Andy Griffin | DR | Spencer Prior | ||
| MD | Nikos Dabizas | MD | Rory Delap | ||
| MD | Stephen Glass | MD | Darryl Powell | ||
| MD | David Batty | MD | Lee Carsley | ||
| MD | Rob Lee | S1 | MD | Stefano Eranio | |
| S1 | FD | Nolberto Solano | FD | Dean Sturridge | |
| S2 | FD | Paul Dalglish | FD | Paulo Wanchope | |
| FD | Alan Shearer | S2 | FD | Francesco Baiano | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Gary Speed | S1 | DR | Stefan Schnoor |
| S2 | FD | Temur Ketsbaia | S2 | FD | Deon Burton |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Ruud Gullit | Jim Smith | ||||