Retro Fantasy Football

1999/00 Premier League fantasy football

Replay the 1999/00 Premier League as an old school fantasy football manager. Build a £100m squad from that season's 341 real players across 20 clubs, then play all 38 gameweeks and see how many points your 1999/00 XI can rack up. Kevin Phillips is the season's most expensive pick at £12.0m.

Draft a squad from 1999/00

The 1999/00 title race

Manchester United won the 1999/00 title with 91 points, 18 points clear of Arsenal. They won 28, drew 7 and lost 3 of their 38 games, scoring 97 and conceding 45. Wimbledon, Sheffield Wednesday and Watford were relegated. Kevin Phillips took the scoring honours with 30 league goals.

1999/00 Premier League final table

#ClubPWDLGFGAGDPts
1Manchester United3828739745+5291
2Arsenal3822797343+3073
3Leeds38216115843+1569
4Liverpool38191095130+2167
5Chelsea38181195334+1965
6Aston Villa381513104635+1158
7Sunderland381610125756+158
8Leicester38167155555055
9West Ham381510135253-155
10Tottenham Hotspur38158155749+853
11Newcastle381410146354+952
12Middlesbrough381410144652-652
13Everton381214125949+1050
14Coventry38128184754-744
15Southampton38128184562-1744
16Derby38911184457-1338
17Bradford3899203868-3036
18Wimbledon38712194674-2833
19Sheffield Wednesday3887233870-3231
20Watford3866263577-4224

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

1999/00 top scorers

PlayerGoalsAssistsOur price
Kevin PhillipsSunderland304£12.0m
Alan ShearerNewcastle237£10.5m
Dwight YorkeManchester United203£10.0m
Andy ColeManchester United194£9.0m
Michael BridgesLeeds194£11.5m
Thierry HenryArsenal178£9.0m
Paolo Di CanioWest Ham1613£9.5m
Chris ArmstrongTottenham Hotspur141£7.5m
Niall QuinnSunderland148£8.5m
Steffen IversenTottenham Hotspur148£8.5m

1999/00 assist leaders

PlayerAssistsGoalsOur price
Nolberto SolanoNewcastle153£7.5m
David BeckhamManchester United156£10.5m
Paolo Di CanioWest Ham1316£9.5m
Ryan GiggsManchester United126£10.5m
Dennis BergkampArsenal96£7.0m
Marc OvermarsArsenal87£8.0m
Paul MersonAston Villa85£7.5m
Thierry HenryArsenal817£9.0m
Wim JonkSheffield Wednesday83£6.5m
Niall QuinnSunderland814£8.5m

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

1999/00 best-value XI

A 5-3-2 that costs £64.5m at our prices, leaving room on a £100m budget for four substitutes.

PlayerPriceest. ptsPer £1m
Neil SullivanGoalkeeper · Wimbledon£5.0m11122.2
Paul RobinsonDefender · Watford£4.5m13530.0
Matt ElliottDefender · Leicester£6.0m15926.5
Gunnar HalleDefender · Bradford£5.0m12925.8
Steve PalmerDefender · Watford£4.5m11425.3
Des WalkerDefender · Sheffield Wednesday£4.5m11124.7
Niclas AlexanderssonMidfielder · Sheffield Wednesday£6.5m14822.8
Dean WindassMidfielder · Bradford£7.5m17022.7
Gary McAllisterMidfielder · Coventry£8.0m18122.6
Jason EuellForward · Wimbledon£6.0m14223.7
Gilles De BildeForward · Sheffield Wednesday£7.0m16323.3

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 1999/00.

Goalkeepers

  1. Ed de GoeyChelsea · 0 goals, 0 assists£6.0m
  2. David JamesAston Villa · 0 goals, 0 assists£6.0m
  3. Nigel MartynLeeds · 0 goals, 0 assists£6.0m

Defenders

  1. Ian HarteLeeds · 6 goals, 5 assists£7.0m
  2. Christian ZiegeMiddlesbrough · 6 goals, 6 assists£6.5m
  3. Matt ElliottLeicester · 6 goals, 4 assists£6.0m

Midfielders

  1. Michael BridgesLeeds · 19 goals, 4 assists£11.5m
  2. David BeckhamManchester United · 6 goals, 15 assists£10.5m
  3. Ryan GiggsManchester United · 6 goals, 12 assists£10.5m

Forwards

  1. Kevin PhillipsSunderland · 30 goals, 4 assists£12.0m
  2. Alan ShearerNewcastle · 23 goals, 7 assists£10.5m
  3. Dwight YorkeManchester United · 20 goals, 3 assists£10.0m

1999/00 on Retro Fantasy Football

31 managers have finished a 1999/00 season on our leaderboard (as of October 2026). The best scores so far:

  1. 2,082 pts
  2. 2,072 pts
  3. 2,039 pts
  4. 2,032 pts
  5. 1,994 pts

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

Draft a squad from 1999/00