| Sunderland | Newcastle United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | GK | Shay Given | ||
| DR | Patrice Carteron | DR | Warren Barton | ||
| DR | Michael Gray | DR | Wayne Quinn | ||
| DR | Jody Craddock | DR | Andy O'Brien | ||
| DR | Emerson | DR | Nikos Dabizas | ||
| MD | Gavin McCann | MD | Christian Bassedas | ||
| MD | Stefan Schwarz | S1 | MD | Clarence Acuna | |
| MD | Julio Arca | MD | Gary Speed | ||
| MD | Don Hutchison | S3 | AM | Nolberto Solano | |
| FD | Niall Quinn | S2 | FD | Kevin Gallacher | |
| FD | Kevin Phillips | FD | Carl Cort | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Andy Griffin | |||
| S2 | FD | Daniel Cordone | |||
| S3 | FD | Shola Ameobi | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Peter Reid | Bobby Robson | ||||