| Blackburn Rovers | Newcastle United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | GK | Shay Given | ||
| DR | Lucas Neill | DR | Olivier Bernard | ||
| DR | Markus Babbel | DR | Andy O'Brien | ||
| DR | Michael Gray | DR | Titus Bramble | ||
| DR | Andy Todd | DR | Aaron Hughes | ||
| MD | Garry Flitcroft | MD | Jermaine Jenas | ||
| MD | Tugay Kerimoglu | MD | Kieron Dyer | ||
| S1 | MD | Jonathan Douglas | MD | Gary Speed | |
| AM | Brett Emerton | WR | Laurent Robert | ||
| S2 | FD | Andy Cole | FD | Alan Shearer | |
| FD | Jon Stead | FD | Craig Bellamy | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Paul Gallagher | |||
| S2 | DR | Nils-Eric Johansson | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Graeme Souness | Bobby Robson | ||||