Retro Fantasy Football

2004/05 Premier League fantasy football

Replay the 2004/05 Premier League as an old school fantasy football manager. Build a £100m squad from that season's 344 real players across 20 clubs, then play all 38 gameweeks and see how many points your 2004/05 XI can rack up. Thierry Henry is the season's most expensive pick at £12.0m.

Draft a squad from 2004/05

The 2004/05 title race

Chelsea won the 2004/05 title with 95 points, 12 points clear of Arsenal. They won 29, drew 8 and lost 1 of their 38 games, scoring 72 and conceding 15. Crystal Palace, Norwich and Southampton were relegated. Thierry Henry took the scoring honours with 25 league goals.

  • Chelsea conceded only 15 goals, the fewest by any champion of any season from 1995/96 to 2024/25.

2004/05 Premier League final table

#ClubPWDLGFGAGDPts
1Chelsea3829817215+5795
2Arsenal3825858736+5183
3Manchester United38221155826+3277
4Everton38187134546-161
5Liverpool38177145241+1158
6Bolton381610124944+558
7Middlesbrough381413115346+755
8Manchester City381313124739+852
9Tottenham Hotspur381410144741+652
10Aston Villa381211154552-747
11Charlton381210164258-1646
12Birmingham381112154046-645
13Fulham38128185260-844
14Newcastle381014144757-1044
15Blackburn38915143243-1142
16Portsmouth38109194359-1639
17West Brom38616163661-2534
18Crystal Palace38712194162-2133
19Norwich38712194277-3533
20Southampton38614184566-2132

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

2004/05 top scorers

PlayerGoalsAssistsOur price
Thierry HenryArsenal2514£12.0m
Andrew JohnsonCrystal Palace213£10.5m
Robert PirèsArsenal144£10.5m
Yakubu AiyegbeniPortsmouth133£7.5m
Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur132£8.0m
Jimmy Floyd HasselbainkMiddlesbrough137£9.0m
Frank LampardChelsea1318£11.5m
Peter CrouchSouthampton126£8.0m
Eiður GuðjohnsenChelsea126£10.0m
Andy ColeFulham124£8.0m

2004/05 assist leaders

PlayerAssistsGoalsOur price
Frank LampardChelsea1813£11.5m
Thierry HenryArsenal1425£12.0m
Dennis BergkampArsenal128£9.5m
Stewart DowningMiddlesbrough115£8.0m
José Antonio ReyesArsenal109£10.5m
Arjen RobbenChelsea97£9.5m
Ryan GiggsManchester United96£8.5m
Luís Boa MorteFulham98£8.0m
Jonathan GreeningWest Brom90£6.0m
Wayne RoutledgeCrystal Palace90£6.0m

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

2004/05 best-value XI

A 5-4-1 that costs £64.0m at our prices, leaving room on a £100m budget for four substitutes.

PlayerPriceest. ptsPer £1m
Russell HoultGoalkeeper · West Brom£4.5m10824.0
Craig FlemingDefender · Norwich£5.0m12625.2
Zat KnightDefender · Fulham£4.5m11124.7
Linvoy PrimusDefender · Portsmouth£4.5m11124.7
Brett EmertonDefender · Blackburn£6.0m14724.5
John Arne RiiseDefender · Liverpool£7.0m16824.0
Zoltán GeraMidfielder · West Brom£6.5m15323.5
Wayne RoutledgeMidfielder · Crystal Palace£6.0m14123.5
Danny MurphyMidfielder · Charlton£6.5m15023.1
Darren HuckerbyMidfielder · Norwich£7.0m15922.7
Leon McKenzieForward · Norwich£6.5m15123.2

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 2004/05.

Goalkeepers

  1. Paul RobinsonTottenham Hotspur · 0 goals, 1 assist£6.5m
  2. Roy CarrollManchester United · 0 goals, 0 assists£6.0m
  3. Petr ČechChelsea · 0 goals, 0 assists£6.0m

Defenders

  1. John Arne RiiseLiverpool · 6 goals, 7 assists£7.0m
  2. Franck QueudrueMiddlesbrough · 5 goals, 4 assists£6.5m
  3. John TerryChelsea · 3 goals, 1 assist£6.5m

Midfielders

  1. Frank LampardChelsea · 13 goals, 18 assists£11.5m
  2. José Antonio ReyesArsenal · 9 goals, 10 assists£10.5m
  3. Robert PirèsArsenal · 14 goals, 4 assists£10.5m

Forwards

  1. Thierry HenryArsenal · 25 goals, 14 assists£12.0m
  2. Andrew JohnsonCrystal Palace · 21 goals, 3 assists£10.5m
  3. Eiður GuðjohnsenChelsea · 12 goals, 6 assists£10.0m

2004/05 on Retro Fantasy Football

92 managers have finished a 2004/05 season on our leaderboard (as of October 2026). The best scores so far:

  1. 2,093 pts
  2. 2,090 pts
  3. 2,067 pts
  4. 2,045 pts
  5. 2,044 pts

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

Draft a squad from 2004/05