Retro Fantasy Football

2001/02 Premier League fantasy football

Replay the 2001/02 Premier League as an old school fantasy football manager. Build a £100m squad from that season's 345 real players across 20 clubs, then play all 38 gameweeks and see how many points your 2001/02 XI can rack up. Thierry Henry is the season's most expensive pick at £11.5m.

Draft a squad from 2001/02

The 2001/02 title race

Arsenal won the 2001/02 title with 87 points, 7 points clear of Liverpool. They won 26, drew 9 and lost 3 of their 38 games, scoring 79 and conceding 36. Ipswich, Derby and Leicester were relegated. Thierry Henry took the scoring honours with 24 league goals.

2001/02 Premier League final table

#ClubPWDLGFGAGDPts
1Arsenal3826937936+4387
2Liverpool3824866730+3780
3Manchester United3824598745+4277
4Newcastle3821897452+2271
5Leeds38181285337+1666
6Chelsea38171386638+2864
7West Ham38158154857-953
8Aston Villa381214124647-150
9Tottenham Hotspur38148164953-450
10Blackburn381210165551+446
11Southampton38129174654-845
12Middlesbrough38129173547-1245
13Fulham381014143644-844
14Charlton381014143849-1144
15Everton381110174557-1243
16Bolton38913164462-1840
17Sunderland381010182951-2240
18Ipswich3899204164-2336
19Derby3886243363-3030
20Leicester38513203064-3428

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

2001/02 top scorers

PlayerGoalsAssistsOur price
Thierry HenryArsenal245£11.5m
Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United234£10.5m
Jimmy Floyd HasselbainkChelsea236£10.0m
Alan ShearerNewcastle234£9.5m
Michael OwenLiverpool191£8.5m
Ole Gunnar SolskjærManchester United179£9.0m
Robbie FowlerLeeds154£8.0m
Eiður GuðjohnsenChelsea146£8.0m
Marians PaharsSouthampton144£8.5m
Andy ColeBlackburn135£7.5m

2001/02 assist leaders

PlayerAssistsGoalsOur price
Robert PirèsArsenal159£11.5m
Ryan GiggsManchester United127£9.0m
Dennis BergkampArsenal129£8.5m
Laurent RobertNewcastle118£9.0m
Ole Gunnar SolskjærManchester United917£9.0m
Nolberto SolanoNewcastle97£8.0m
David BeckhamManchester United811£10.5m
Steven GerrardLiverpool83£7.0m
Benito CarboneMiddlesbrough82£6.0m
Mark VenusIpswich81£5.5m

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

2001/02 best-value XI

A 5-3-2 that costs £62.0m at our prices, leaving room on a £100m budget for four substitutes.

PlayerPriceest. ptsPer £1m
Ian WalkerGoalkeeper · Leicester£4.5m10523.3
Christian DaillyDefender · West Ham£4.5m11726.0
Danny HigginbothamDefender · Derby£4.5m11726.0
Chris RiggottDefender · Derby£4.5m11726.0
Steve FinnanDefender · Fulham£4.5m11425.3
David WeirDefender · Everton£5.5m13825.1
Steed MalbranqueMidfielder · Fulham£7.5m17523.3
Scott ParkerMidfielder · Charlton£5.5m12522.7
Marians PaharsMidfielder · Southampton£8.5m19022.4
Michael RickettsForward · Bolton£6.5m16525.4
Niall QuinnForward · Sunderland£6.0m14724.5

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 2001/02.

Goalkeepers

  1. Dean KielyCharlton · 0 goals, 1 assist£6.0m
  2. Peter SchmeichelAston Villa · 1 goal, 0 assists£6.0m
  3. Jerzy DudekLiverpool · 0 goals, 0 assists£6.0m

Defenders

  1. John Arne RiiseLiverpool · 7 goals, 3 assists£7.0m
  2. Ian HarteLeeds · 5 goals, 4 assists£6.5m
  3. Christian ZiegeTottenham Hotspur · 5 goals, 6 assists£6.0m

Midfielders

  1. Robert PirèsArsenal · 9 goals, 15 assists£11.5m
  2. David BeckhamManchester United · 11 goals, 8 assists£10.5m
  3. Freddie LjungbergArsenal · 12 goals, 4 assists£10.0m

Forwards

  1. Thierry HenryArsenal · 24 goals, 5 assists£11.5m
  2. Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United · 23 goals, 4 assists£10.5m
  3. Jimmy Floyd HasselbainkChelsea · 23 goals, 6 assists£10.0m

2001/02 on Retro Fantasy Football

55 managers have finished a 2001/02 season on our leaderboard (as of October 2026). The best scores so far:

  1. 2,076 pts
  2. 2,072 pts
  3. 2,061 pts
  4. 2,041 pts
  5. 2,036 pts

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

Draft a squad from 2001/02