West Brom Reserves 0 Leeds Reserves 1

Leeds included Ian Moore, Dan Harding, Simon Walton, Jermaine Wright, Danny Pugh and Rui Marques in their line-up whilst Albion had one-time target Richard Chaplow and England international 'keeper Chris Kirkland in their team.

West Brom had to wear red training tops as their kit clashed with United's but the game was a non-event in the 1st half with few chances being created.

Nick Gray went close for the Whites and Wright made Kirkland force a decent save from close-range.

Chaplow made a mazy 40-yard run before skying over Ben Smith's crossbar and then Rothery scored what was the winning goal in the 67th minute when he received a pass from Jonathan Howson and lobbed Kirkland.

Leeds' second away win on the trot.

United: Smith, Madden, Marques, Walton, Harding, Gray (Parker 78), Wright, Rothery, Pugh, Moore, Howson.

As at: Thu 02 Feb 06 P W D L F A GD PTS Man Utd Res 17 14 0 3 47 18 29 42 Middlesbrough Res 19 12 5 2 40 16 24 41 Aston Villa Res 16 9 5 2 35 17 18 32 Newcastle Res 19 7 6 6 34 31 3 27 Man City Res 17 7 6 4 25 23 2 27 Sunderland Res 18 7 4 7 25 26 -1 25 Blackburn Res 16 6 5 5 26 28 -2 23 Liverpool Res 15 7 2 6 18 20 -2 23 Everton Res 17 6 5 6 21 24 -3 23 Birmingham Res 19 5 6 8 22 23 -1 21 Leeds Res 16 5 4 7 14 23 -9 19 Wolves Res 17 4 4 9 18 23 -5 16 West Brom Res 17 3 4 10 12 31 -19 13 Wigan Res 17 3 2 12 12 28 -16 11 Bolton Res 16 3 2 11 14 32 -18 11