| Blackburn Rovers | Newcastle United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | GK | Shay Given | ||
| S1 | DR | Lucas Neill | S1 | DR | Robbie Elliott |
| DR | Hakan Unsal | DR | Aaron Hughes | ||
| DR | Craig Short | DR | Nikos Dabizas | ||
| DR | Henning Berg | DR | Sylvain Distin | ||
| MD | Tugay Kerimoglu | MD | Kieron Dyer | ||
| MD | David Dunn | MD | Gary Speed | ||
| WR | Keith Gillespie | AM | Nolberto Solano | ||
| WR | Damien Duff | WR | Laurent Robert | ||
| FD | Andy Cole | FD | Alan Shearer | ||
| FD | Matt Jansen | S2 | FD | Lomana LuaLua | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Nils-Eric Johansson | S1 | DR | Olivier Bernard |
| S2 | FD | Craig Bellamy | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Graeme Souness | Bobby Robson | ||||