A Darren Carter first half double (1 penalty) and a Dean Curtis strike eight minutes after the break sent Keith Bertschin's side to the top of the Barclays Premiership Reserves League (north) table, albeit with just one game played. League Table 12/08/04
Blues Res: Colin Doyle, Chris Cottrill, Mat Sadler, Sam Oji, Marcus Painter, Darren Carter, Mathew Birley, Neil Kilkenny, Dean Curtis, Peter Till, Carl Motteram. Subs: Sam Alsop, James Dormand, Tom Parratt, David Howland, Liam Reynolds.P W D L F A GD PTS Blues Res 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3 Man City Res 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 Blackburn Res 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Everton Res 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 West Brom Res 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Wolves Res 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Villa Res 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bolton Res 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Leeds Res 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Man Utd Res 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Middlesbrough Res 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Newcastle Res 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Notts Forest Res 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Liverpool Res 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Sunderland Res 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0