| Newcastle United | Bolton Wanderers |
|---|
| GK | Shay Given | | GK | Jussi Jaaskelainen |
| DR | Robbie Elliott | | DR | Joey O'Brien |
| DR | Peter Ramage | S2 | DR | Bruno N'Gotty |
| DR | Celestine Babayaro | | DR | Radhi Jaidi |
| DR | Jean-Alain Boumsong | | DR | Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye |
| S1 | MD | Emre Belozoglu | | MD | Kevin Nolan |
| MD | Scott Parker | | MD | Gary Speed |
| AM | Nolberto Solano | S1 | MD | Jay-Jay Okocha |
| AM | Charles N'Zogbia | | AM | Stelios Giannakopoulos |
| FD | Alan Shearer | | AM | Ricardo Gardner |
| S2 | FD | Shola Ameobi | | FD | Kevin Davies |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Lee Bowyer | S3S1 | MD | Hidetoshi Nakata |
| S2 | FD | Albert Luque | S2 | FD | Henrik Pedersen |
| | | S3 | FD | Ricardo Vaz Te |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Glenn Roeder | | | Sam Allardyce |