ASTON VILLA RESERVE 1 MANCHESTER UNITED RESERVE 0
(21st February 2002)
Aston Villa Reserve team beat Manchester United 1-0 with a wonderful goal from Stephen Cooke after a great solo run.
Aston Villa (4-4-2)
Boaz Myhill, Jay Smith, Jonathon Bewers, Liam Ridgewell, Leon Hylton, Michael Standing (Luke Moore), Gavin Melaugh, Stephen Cooke, Peter Whittingham, Stefan Moore (Steven Foley), David Scullion
Unused subs - Antoni Pecora, Robert Edwards, James O'Connor
Goal scored by Stephen Cooke
| Home Matches | Away Matches | |||||||||||||
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | W | D | L | GF | GA | PTS | GD |
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 28 | 12 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 27 | 17 |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 26 | 7 |
| 4 | Manchester City | 15 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 7 |
| 5 | Newcastle United | 16 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 3 |
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 1 |
| 7 | Sunderland | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 4 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 8 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 18 | -15 |
| 10 | Everton | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 17 | -2 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 17 | -13 |
| 12 | Leeds United | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -4 |
| 13 | Sheffield Wednesday | 15 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 5 | -25 |