| Newcastle United | Manchester United |
|---|
| GK | Shay Given | | GK | Tim Howard |
| DR | Andy Griffin | | DR | Phil Neville |
| DR | Andy O'Brien | | DR | Rio Ferdinand |
| DR | Titus Bramble | | DR | Mikael Silvestre |
| DR | Aaron Hughes | | DR | John O'Shea |
| MD | Kieron Dyer | | MD | Roy Keane |
| MD | Gary Speed | | MD | Paul Scholes |
| S1 | MD | Lee Bowyer | | MD | Eric Djemba-Djemba |
| S2 | WR | Laurent Robert | S2 | WR | Ryan Giggs |
| FD | Alan Shearer | | FD | Ruud van Nistelrooy |
| S3 | FD | Shola Ameobi | S1 | FD | Ole Gunnar Solskjaer |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Jermaine Jenas | S1 | AM | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| S2 | MD | Hugo Viana | S2 | FD | Diego Forlan |
| S3 | FD | Michael Chopra | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Bobby Robson | | | Sir Alex Ferguson |