| Manchester City | Newcastle United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | David James | GK | Shay Given | ||
| DR | Ben Thatcher | DR | Stephen Carr | ||
| DR | Danny Mills | DR | Celestine Babayaro | ||
| DR | Sylvain Distin | DR | Andy O'Brien | ||
| DR | Richard Dunne | DR | Titus Bramble | ||
| MD | Kiki Musampa | MD | Jermaine Jenas | ||
| MD | Joey Barton | S1 | MD | Kieron Dyer | |
| MD | Paul Bosvelt | MD | Amdy Faye | ||
| WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips | MD | Lee Bowyer | ||
| FD | Robbie Fowler | FD | Alan Shearer | ||
| S1 | FD | Jon Macken | S2 | FD | Shola Ameobi |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Bradley Wright-Phillips | S1 | MD | Nicky Butt |
| S2 | FD | Patrick Kluivert | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Kevin Keegan | Graeme Souness | ||||