| Newcastle United | Middlesbrough | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Shay Given | GK | Brad Jones | ||
| DR | Stephen Carr | DR | Franck Queudrue | ||
| DR | Robbie Elliott | DR | Andrew Davies | ||
| DR | Peter Ramage | DR | Ugo Ehiogu | ||
| DR | Andy O'Brien | DR | Gareth Southgate | ||
| DR | Jean-Alain Boumsong | MD | George Boateng | ||
| S1 | MD | Kieron Dyer | MD | Ray Parlour | |
| MD | James Milner | MD | Doriva | ||
| MD | Darren Ambrose | S1 | MD | Bolo Zenden | |
| AM | Charles N'Zogbia | S2 | FD | Szilard Nemeth | |
| FD | Alan Shearer | FD | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Shola Ameobi | S1 | AM | Stewart Downing |
| S2 | FD | Danny Graham | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Graeme Souness | Steve McClaren | ||||