| Newcastle United | Manchester City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Shay Given | GK | Carlo Nash | ||
| DR | Olivier Bernard | S2 | DR | Sun Jihai | |
| DR | Steven Caldwell | DR | Niclas Jensen | ||
| DR | Aaron Hughes | DR | Steve Howey | ||
| DR | Nikos Dabizas | DR | Sylvain Distin | ||
| MD | Jermaine Jenas | DR | Richard Dunne | ||
| MD | Kieron Dyer | MD | Ali Benarbia | ||
| S1 | AM | Nolberto Solano | MD | Kevin Horlock | |
| WR | Laurent Robert | MD | Marc-Vivien Foe | ||
| FD | Alan Shearer | S1 | FD | Shaun Goater | |
| FD | Craig Bellamy | FD | Nicolas Anelka | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Brian Kerr | S1 | MD | Djamel Belmadi |
| S2 | FD | Jon Macken | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Bobby Robson | Kevin Keegan | ||||