Retro Fantasy Football

2009/10 Premier League fantasy football

Replay the 2009/10 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 2009/10 XI can rack up. Didier Drogba is the season's most expensive pick at £11.5m.

Draft a squad from 2009/10

The 2009/10 title race

Chelsea won the 2009/10 title with 86 points, 1 point clear of Manchester United. They won 27, drew 5 and lost 6 of their 38 games, scoring 103 and conceding 32. Burnley, Hull and Portsmouth were relegated. Didier Drogba took the scoring honours with 29 league goals.

2009/10 Premier League final table

#ClubPWDLGFGAGDPts
1Chelsea38275610332+7186
2Manchester United3827478628+5885
3Arsenal3823698341+4275
4Tottenham Hotspur38217106741+2670
5Manchester City38181377345+2867
6Aston Villa38171385239+1364
7Liverpool38189116135+2663
8Everton38161396049+1161
9Birmingham381311143847-950
10Blackburn381311144155-1450
11Stoke381114133448-1447
12Fulham381210163946-746
13Sunderland381111164856-844
14Bolton38109194267-2539
15Wolves38911183256-2438
16Wigan3899203779-4236
17West Ham38811194766-1935
18Burnley3886244282-4030
19Hull38612203475-4130
20Portsmouth3877243466-3219

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

2009/10 top scorers

PlayerGoalsAssistsOur price
Didier DrogbaChelsea2910£11.5m
Wayne RooneyManchester United263£10.5m
Darren BentSunderland241£9.5m
Carlos TevezManchester City237£10.0m
Frank LampardChelsea2214£11.5m
Fernando TorresLiverpool183£8.5m
Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur184£9.0m
Cesc FàbregasArsenal1513£10.5m
Emmanuel AdebayorManchester City143£8.0m
Louis SahaEverton131£7.5m

2009/10 assist leaders

PlayerAssistsGoalsOur price
Frank LampardChelsea1422£11.5m
Cesc FàbregasArsenal1315£10.5m
James MilnerAston Villa127£9.0m
Didier DrogbaChelsea1029£11.5m
Aaron LennonTottenham Hotspur93£7.5m
Ryan GiggsManchester United95£8.5m
Florent MaloudaChelsea812£10.0m
Craig BellamyManchester City810£8.0m
Matthew EtheringtonStoke85£7.5m
Leighton BainesEverton81£5.5m

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

2009/10 best-value XI

A 5-3-2 that costs £69.0m at our prices, leaving room on a £100m budget for four substitutes.

PlayerPriceest. ptsPer £1m
Robert GreenGoalkeeper · West Ham£5.0m11422.8
Matthew TaylorDefender · Bolton£6.0m16227.0
Paul ScharnerDefender · Wigan£5.5m14726.7
Graham AlexanderDefender · Burnley£5.5m14426.2
Charles N'ZogbiaDefender · Wigan£6.0m15626.0
Roger JohnsonDefender · Birmingham£4.5m11726.0
Frank LampardMidfielder · Chelsea£11.5m26022.6
Wade ElliottMidfielder · Burnley£6.5m14622.5
Barry FergusonMidfielder · Birmingham£5.0m11122.2
Hugo RodallegaForward · Wigan£7.0m16623.7
Steven FletcherForward · Burnley£6.5m15223.4

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 2009/10.

Goalkeepers

  1. Manuel AlmuniaArsenal · 0 goals, 1 assist£6.0m
  2. Petr ČechChelsea · 0 goals, 1 assist£6.0m
  3. Pepe ReinaLiverpool · 0 goals, 1 assist£6.0m

Defenders

  1. Antonio ValenciaManchester United · 5 goals, 7 assists£7.0m
  2. Ashley YoungAston Villa · 5 goals, 7 assists£6.5m
  3. Charles N'ZogbiaWigan · 5 goals, 6 assists£6.0m

Midfielders

  1. Frank LampardChelsea · 22 goals, 14 assists£11.5m
  2. Cesc FàbregasArsenal · 15 goals, 13 assists£10.5m
  3. Florent MaloudaChelsea · 12 goals, 8 assists£10.0m

Forwards

  1. Didier DrogbaChelsea · 29 goals, 10 assists£11.5m
  2. Wayne RooneyManchester United · 26 goals, 3 assists£10.5m
  3. Carlos TevezManchester City · 23 goals, 7 assists£10.0m

2009/10 on Retro Fantasy Football

94 managers have finished a 2009/10 season on our leaderboard (as of October 2026). The best scores so far:

  1. 2,262 pts
  2. 2,210 pts
  3. 2,158 pts
  4. 2,153 pts
  5. 2,110 pts

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

Draft a squad from 2009/10