Retro Fantasy Football

2005/06 Premier League fantasy football

Replay the 2005/06 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 2005/06 XI can rack up. Thierry Henry is the season's most expensive pick at £12.0m.

Draft a squad from 2005/06

The 2005/06 title race

Chelsea won the 2005/06 title with 91 points, 8 points clear of Manchester United. They won 29, drew 4 and lost 5 of their 38 games, scoring 72 and conceding 22. Birmingham, West Brom and Sunderland were relegated. Thierry Henry took the scoring honours with 27 league goals.

2005/06 Premier League final table

#ClubPWDLGFGAGDPts
1Chelsea3829457222+5091
2Manchester United3825857234+3883
3Liverpool3825765725+3282
4Arsenal38207116831+3767
5Tottenham Hotspur38181195338+1565
6Blackburn38196135142+963
7Newcastle38177144742+558
8Bolton381511124941+856
9West Ham38167155255-355
10Wigan38156174552-751
11Everton38148163449-1550
12Fulham38146184858-1048
13Charlton38138174155-1447
14Middlesbrough38129174858-1045
15Manchester City38134214348-543
16Aston Villa381012164255-1342
17Portsmouth38108203762-2538
18Birmingham38810202850-2234
19West Brom3879223158-2730
20Sunderland3836292669-4315

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

2005/06 top scorers

PlayerGoalsAssistsOur price
Thierry HenryArsenal278£12.0m
Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United213£10.5m
Darren BentCharlton184£9.0m
Robbie KeaneTottenham Hotspur163£9.0m
Wayne RooneyManchester United169£10.0m
Frank LampardChelsea168£11.5m
Marlon HarewoodWest Ham144£8.5m
Craig BellamyBlackburn132£8.0m
Yakubu AiyegbeniMiddlesbrough136£8.5m
Didier DrogbaChelsea1211£9.5m

2005/06 assist leaders

PlayerAssistsGoalsOur price
Didier DrogbaChelsea1112£9.5m
José Antonio ReyesArsenal105£8.5m
Luís Boa MorteFulham96£8.0m
Wayne RooneyManchester United916£10.0m
Danny MurphyCharlton84£7.0m
Park Ji-sungManchester United81£6.5m
Charles N'ZogbiaNewcastle85£7.0m
James MilnerAston Villa81£6.5m
Thierry HenryArsenal827£12.0m
Frank LampardChelsea816£11.5m

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

2005/06 best-value XI

A 5-4-1 that costs £62.0m at our prices, leaving room on a £100m budget for four substitutes.

PlayerPriceest. ptsPer £1m
David JamesGoalkeeper · Manchester City£5.0m11422.8
Dean WhiteheadDefender · Sunderland£5.5m14726.7
Radostin KishishevDefender · Charlton£4.5m11425.3
Leighton BainesDefender · Wigan£4.5m11124.7
Pascal ChimbondaDefender · Wigan£5.5m13224.0
Aaron HughesDefender · Aston Villa£5.0m12024.0
Jonathan GreeningMidfielder · West Brom£6.0m13622.7
Jermaine PennantMidfielder · Birmingham£6.5m14221.8
Steven DavisMidfielder · Aston Villa£6.0m13121.8
Jimmy BullardMidfielder · Wigan£6.5m14021.5
Brian McBrideForward · Fulham£7.0m15922.7

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 2005/06.

Goalkeepers

  1. Paul RobinsonTottenham Hotspur · 0 goals, 0 assists£6.5m
  2. Petr ČechChelsea · 0 goals, 0 assists£6.0m
  3. Jens LehmannArsenal · 0 goals, 0 assists£6.0m

Defenders

  1. Charles N'ZogbiaNewcastle · 5 goals, 8 assists£7.0m
  2. Matthew TaylorPortsmouth · 6 goals, 4 assists£6.5m
  3. William GallasChelsea · 5 goals, 1 assist£6.5m

Midfielders

  1. Frank LampardChelsea · 16 goals, 8 assists£11.5m
  2. Steven GerrardLiverpool · 10 goals, 5 assists£10.5m
  3. Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 9 goals, 6 assists£10.0m

Forwards

  1. Thierry HenryArsenal · 27 goals, 8 assists£12.0m
  2. Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United · 21 goals, 3 assists£10.5m
  3. Wayne RooneyManchester United · 16 goals, 9 assists£10.0m

2005/06 on Retro Fantasy Football

75 managers have finished a 2005/06 season on our leaderboard (as of October 2026). The best scores so far:

  1. 2,093 pts
  2. 2,090 pts
  3. 2,065 pts
  4. 2,064 pts
  5. 2,064 pts

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

Draft a squad from 2005/06