Sunderland
  Nottingham Forest
Managers
Alan Durban
(Sunderland)
Brian Clough
(Nottingham Forest)
Notes
Chris Turner
Barry Venison
Nick Pickering
Ian Atkins
Gordon Chisholm 1
Shaun Elliott
Paul Bracewell
Gary Rowell
Lee Chapman
Mark Proctor
Leighton James
Substitutes
Iain Munro
Hans Van Breukelen
Viv Anderson 1
Kenny Swain
Chris Fairclough
Paul Hart
Ian Bowyer
Frans Thijssen 75
Ian Wallace 23
Gary Birtles
Steve Hodge
Colin Walsh
Substitutes
Steve Wigley
75   Frans Thijssen
Goals
Gordon Chisholm 74  min
Viv Anderson 85  min