| Newcastle United | Manchester City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Shay Given | GK | David James | ||
| DR | Stephen Carr | DR | Ben Thatcher | ||
| DR | Celestine Babayaro | DR | Sun Jihai | ||
| DR | Jean-Alain Boumsong | DR | Sylvain Distin | ||
| DR | Titus Bramble | DR | Nedum Onuoha | ||
| S1 | MD | Lee Bowyer | DR | Richard Dunne | |
| MD | Scott Parker | MD | Claudio Reyna | ||
| MD | Lee Clark | MD | Joey Barton | ||
| AM | Charles N'Zogbia | S1 | MD | Kiki Musampa | |
| S2 | FD | Alan Shearer | S2 | MD | Antoine Sibierski |
| FD | Michael Owen | FD | Darius Vassell | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Amdy Faye | S1 | MD | Stephen Ireland |
| S2 | FD | Shola Ameobi | S2 | WR | Lee Croft |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Graeme Souness | Stuart Pearce | ||||