Table at 10th October:
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |||||
| Aston Villa Res | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 22 | ||||
| Newcastle Res | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 18 | ||||
| Everton Res | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 15 | ||||
| Leeds Res | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 15 | ||||
| Middlesbrough Res | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 13 | ||||
| Sunderland Res | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Liverpool Res | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Blackburn Res | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Man Utd Res | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Birmingham Res | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 9 | ||||
| West Brom Res | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 6 | ||||
| Man City Res | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 5 | ||||
| Wolverhampton Res | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -12 | 2 | ||||
| Bolton Res | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -11 | 0 | ||||
