| Newcastle United | Derby County | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Shay Given | GK | Mart Poom | ||
| DR | Robbie Elliott | DR | Francois Grenet | ||
| DR | Aaron Hughes | S2 | DR | Luciano Zavagno | |
| DR | Nikos Dabizas | DR | Danny Higginbotham | ||
| DR | Andy O'Brien | DR | Youl Mawene | ||
| MD | Rob Lee | DR | Chris Riggott | ||
| MD | Gary Speed | S1 | MD | Darryl Powell | |
| AM | Nolberto Solano | MD | Craig Burley | ||
| S1 | WR | Laurent Robert | MD | Pierre Ducrocq | |
| FD | Alan Shearer | FD | Benito Carbone | ||
| FD | Craig Bellamy | FD | Fabrizio Ravanelli | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Lomana LuaLua | S1 | FD | Malcolm Christie |
| S2 | DR | Paul Boertien | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Bobby Robson | Colin Todd | ||||