| As at Thursday 6/11/03 | ||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |
| Aston Villa Res | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 21 | 34 |
| Newcastle Res | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 24 |
| Everton Res | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 21 |
| Man Utd Res | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 18 |
| Leeds Res | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 18 |
| Liverpool Res | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| Sunderland Res | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | -1 | 15 |
| Middlesbrough Res | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 14 |
| Birmingham Res | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 14 |
| West Brom Res | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 26 | -4 | 13 |
| Blackburn Res | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -5 | 12 |
| Man City Res | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 11 |
| Bolton Res | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 24 | -14 | 4 |
| Wolverhampton Res | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 25 | -17 | 3 |
