| Newcastle United | Manchester United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Shay Given | GK | Fabien Barthez | ||
| DR | Andy Griffin | DR | Gary Neville | ||
| DR | Robbie Elliott | DR | Phil Neville | ||
| DR | Nikos Dabizas | DR | Wes Brown | ||
| DR | Andy O'Brien | DR | Laurent Blanc | ||
| S1 | MD | Rob Lee | MD | Roy Keane | |
| MD | Clarence Acuna | MD | David Beckham | ||
| AM | Nolberto Solano | MD | Juan Sebastian Veron | ||
| WR | Laurent Robert | WR | Ryan Giggs | ||
| FD | Alan Shearer | FD | Ruud van Nistelrooy | ||
| S2 | FD | Craig Bellamy | S1 | FD | Andy Cole |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Warren Barton | S1 | MD | Paul Scholes |
| S2 | DR | Sylvain Distin | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Bobby Robson | Sir Alex Ferguson | ||||