| Table as at Friday 31st October | ||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |
| Aston Villa Res | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 20 | 31 |
| Newcastle Res | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 24 |
| Man Utd Res | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 18 |
| Everton Res | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 18 |
| Leeds Res | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 18 |
| Liverpool Res | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| Sunderland Res | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | -1 | 15 |
| Middlesbrough Res | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 14 |
| Man City Res | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 11 |
| Birmingham Res | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 11 |
| Blackburn Res | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -5 | 11 |
| West Brom Res | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 25 | -5 | 10 |
| Bolton Res | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -14 | 3 |
| Wolverhampton Res | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | -16 | 3 |