Retro Fantasy Football

1995/96 Premier League fantasy football

Replay the 1995/96 Premier League as an old school fantasy football manager. Build a £100m squad from that season's 334 real players across 20 clubs, then play all 38 gameweeks and see how many points your 1995/96 XI can rack up. Alan Shearer is the season's most expensive pick at £11.5m.

Draft a squad from 1995/96

The 1995/96 title race

Manchester United won the 1995/96 title with 82 points, 4 points clear of Newcastle. They won 25, drew 7 and lost 6 of their 38 games, scoring 73 and conceding 35. Manchester City, Queens Park Rangers and Bolton were relegated. Alan Shearer took the scoring honours with 31 league goals.

1995/96 Premier League final table

#ClubPWDLGFGAGDPts
1Manchester United3825767335+3882
2Newcastle3824686637+2978
3Liverpool38201177034+3671
4Aston Villa38189115235+1763
5Arsenal38171294932+1763
6Everton381710116444+2061
7Blackburn38187136147+1461
8Tottenham Hotspur38161395038+1261
9Nottingham Forest381513105054-458
10West Ham38149154352-951
11Chelsea381214124644+250
12Middlesbrough381110173550-1543
13Leeds38127194057-1743
14Wimbledon381011175570-1541
15Sheffield Wednesday381010184861-1340
16Coventry38814164260-1838
17Southampton38911183452-1838
18Manchester City38911183358-2538
19Queens Park Rangers3896233857-1933
20Bolton3885253971-3229

The bottom three were relegated. In the game, every result behind this table plays out as it really happened.

1995/96 top scorers

PlayerGoalsAssistsOur price
Alan ShearerBlackburn317£11.5m
Robbie FowlerLiverpool285£10.0m
Les FerdinandNewcastle256£10.0m
Dwight YorkeAston Villa1710£9.0m
Andrei KanchelskisEverton168£7.0m
Teddy SheringhamTottenham Hotspur168£8.5m
Ian WrightArsenal152£7.5m
Chris ArmstrongTottenham Hotspur156£8.0m
Stan CollymoreLiverpool1411£8.5m
Eric CantonaManchester United1410£9.0m

1995/96 assist leaders

PlayerAssistsGoalsOur price
Steve McManamanLiverpool156£10.5m
Stan CollymoreLiverpool1114£8.5m
Eric CantonaManchester United1014£9.0m
Ian WoanNottingham Forest108£9.5m
Dwight YorkeAston Villa1017£9.0m
John BarnesLiverpool103£6.0m
Mike NewellBlackburn93£6.5m
Stuart RipleyBlackburn90£6.5m
Ryan GiggsManchester United911£11.5m
Peter BeardsleyNewcastle98£10.0m

League goals and assists only. Players who moved clubs mid-season are listed under the club they played most for.

1995/96 best-value XI

A 5-3-2 that costs £70.5m at our prices, leaving room on a £100m budget for four substitutes.

PlayerPriceest. ptsPer £1m
Eike ImmelGoalkeeper · Manchester City£4.5m11425.3
David LeeDefender · Chelsea£5.0m15931.8
Andrei KanchelskisDefender · Everton£7.0m21630.9
Julian DicksDefender · West Ham£6.5m17126.3
John BarnesDefender · Liverpool£6.0m15626.0
Jimmy PhillipsDefender · Bolton£4.5m11726.0
Trevor SinclairMidfielder · Queens Park Rangers£6.0m13622.7
Nicky SummerbeeMidfielder · Manchester City£5.5m12222.2
Paul MersonMidfielder · Arsenal£7.0m15422.0
Robbie FowlerForward · Liverpool£10.0m24124.1
Teddy SheringhamForward · Tottenham Hotspur£8.5m20223.8

The best return on our prices, using an estimate of fantasy points per £1m from real league stats and our scoring: 3 points per appearance, plus goals (10 for goalkeepers, 6 for defenders, 5 for midfielders, 4 for forwards) and 3 per assist. Clean sheets were not recorded per player in this era, so defenders and goalkeepers are ranked mostly on appearances. Players need at least 1,710 league minutes (half a season), and no more than three come from one club.

Most expensive players by position

The premium picks a £100m budget forces you to choose between in 1995/96.

Goalkeepers

  1. David JamesLiverpool · 0 goals, 1 assist£6.0m
  2. Ian WalkerTottenham Hotspur · 0 goals, 1 assist£6.0m
  3. David SeamanArsenal · 0 goals, 0 assists£6.0m

Defenders

  1. Andrei KanchelskisEverton · 16 goals, 8 assists£7.0m
  2. Julian DicksWest Ham · 10 goals, 3 assists£6.5m
  3. John BarnesLiverpool · 3 goals, 10 assists£6.0m

Midfielders

  1. Ryan GiggsManchester United · 11 goals, 9 assists£11.5m
  2. Steve McManamanLiverpool · 6 goals, 15 assists£10.5m
  3. Peter BeardsleyNewcastle · 8 goals, 9 assists£10.0m

Forwards

  1. Alan ShearerBlackburn · 31 goals, 7 assists£11.5m
  2. Robbie FowlerLiverpool · 28 goals, 5 assists£10.0m
  3. Les FerdinandNewcastle · 25 goals, 6 assists£10.0m

1995/96 on Retro Fantasy Football

105 managers have finished a 1995/96 season on our leaderboard (as of October 2026). The best scores so far:

  1. 2,221 pts
  2. 2,133 pts
  3. 2,119 pts
  4. 2,075 pts
  5. 2,070 pts

Points follow our scoring rules. Think you can beat them?

Draft a squad from 1995/96