Retro Fantasy Football

2011/12 Premier League fantasy football

Replay the 2011/12 Premier League as an old school fantasy football manager. Build a £100m squad from that season's 339 real players across 20 clubs, then play all 38 gameweeks and see how many points your 2011/12 XI can rack up. Robin van Persie is the season's most expensive pick at £11.5m.

Draft a squad from 2011/12

The 2011/12 title race

Manchester City won the 2011/12 title on goal difference, level with Manchester United on 89 points. They won 28, drew 5 and lost 5 of their 38 games, scoring 93 and conceding 29. Bolton, Blackburn and Wolves were relegated. Robin van Persie took the scoring honours with 30 league goals.

  • The title was decided on goal difference, with the top two level on 89 points.

2011/12 Premier League final table

#ClubPWDLGFGAGDPts
1Manchester City3828559329+6489
2Manchester United3828558933+5689
3Arsenal38217107449+2570
4Tottenham Hotspur3820996641+2569
5Newcastle38198115651+565
6Chelsea381810106546+1964
7Everton381511125040+1056
8Liverpool381410144740+752
9Fulham381410144851-352
10West Brom38138174552-747
11Swansea381211154451-747
12Norwich381211155266-1447
13Sunderland381112154546-145
14Stoke381112153653-1745
15Wigan381110174262-2043
16Aston Villa38717143753-1638
17Queens Park Rangers38107214366-2337
18Bolton38106224677-3136
19Blackburn3887234878-3031
20Wolves38510234082-4225

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

2011/12 top scorers

PlayerGoalsAssistsOur price
Robin van PersieArsenal309£11.5m
Wayne RooneyManchester United274£10.0m
Sergio AgüeroManchester City238£9.5m
Yakubu AiyegbeniBlackburn172£8.5m
Emmanuel AdebayorTottenham Hotspur1711£9.0m
Clint DempseyFulham176£11.5m
Demba BaNewcastle162£8.5m
Grant HoltNorwich152£8.0m
Edin DžekoManchester City143£9.0m
Papiss CisséNewcastle131£7.5m

2011/12 assist leaders

PlayerAssistsGoalsOur price
David SilvaManchester City156£10.5m
Antonio ValenciaManchester United134£6.5m
Juan MataChelsea136£8.5m
Emmanuel AdebayorTottenham Hotspur1117£9.0m
Alexandre SongArsenal111£6.0m
NaniManchester United108£9.5m
Gareth BaleTottenham Hotspur109£10.0m
Samir NasriManchester City95£7.5m
Stéphane SessègnonSunderland97£7.5m
Robin van PersieArsenal930£11.5m

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

2011/12 best-value XI

A 5-3-2 that costs £64.0m at our prices, leaving room on a £100m budget for four substitutes.

PlayerPriceest. ptsPer £1m
Ali Al-HabsiGoalkeeper · Wigan£4.5m11425.3
Stephen WardDefender · Wolves£5.0m13527.0
Maynor FigueroaDefender · Wigan£4.5m11425.3
Brede HangelandDefender · Fulham£4.5m11425.3
Gary CaldwellDefender · Wigan£5.0m12625.2
Ryan ShawcrossDefender · Stoke£5.0m12625.2
Chris EaglesMidfielder · Bolton£6.0m14023.3
Matthew JarvisMidfielder · Wolves£7.0m16323.3
Danny MurphyMidfielder · Fulham£6.0m13823.0
Danny GrahamForward · Swansea£7.0m16223.1
Sergio AgüeroForward · Manchester City£9.5m21822.9

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 2011/12.

Goalkeepers

  1. Tim HowardEverton · 1 goal, 0 assists£6.0m
  2. David de GeaManchester United · 0 goals, 0 assists£6.0m
  3. Joe HartManchester City · 0 goals, 0 assists£6.0m

Defenders

  1. Antonio ValenciaManchester United · 4 goals, 13 assists£6.5m
  2. Ashley YoungManchester United · 6 goals, 7 assists£6.5m
  3. Alexandre SongArsenal · 1 goal, 11 assists£6.0m

Midfielders

  1. Clint DempseyFulham · 17 goals, 6 assists£11.5m
  2. David SilvaManchester City · 6 goals, 15 assists£10.5m
  3. Gareth BaleTottenham Hotspur · 9 goals, 10 assists£10.0m

Forwards

  1. Robin van PersieArsenal · 30 goals, 9 assists£11.5m
  2. Wayne RooneyManchester United · 27 goals, 4 assists£10.0m
  3. Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 23 goals, 8 assists£9.5m

2011/12 on Retro Fantasy Football

137 managers have finished a 2011/12 season on our leaderboard (as of October 2026). The best scores so far:

  1. 2,114 pts
  2. 2,094 pts
  3. 2,092 pts
  4. 2,080 pts
  5. 2,073 pts

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

Draft a squad from 2011/12