Retro Fantasy Football

2012/13 Premier League fantasy football

Replay the 2012/13 Premier League as an old school fantasy football manager. Build a £100m squad from that season's 333 real players across 20 clubs, then play all 38 gameweeks and see how many points your 2012/13 XI can rack up. Robin van Persie is the season's most expensive pick at £12.0m.

Draft a squad from 2012/13

The 2012/13 title race

Manchester United won the 2012/13 title with 89 points, 11 points clear of Manchester City. They won 28, drew 5 and lost 5 of their 38 games, scoring 86 and conceding 43. Wigan, Reading and Queens Park Rangers were relegated. Robin van Persie took the scoring honours with 26 league goals.

2012/13 Premier League final table

#ClubPWDLGFGAGDPts
1Manchester United3828558643+4389
2Manchester City3823966634+3278
3Chelsea3822977539+3675
4Arsenal38211077237+3573
5Tottenham Hotspur3821986646+2072
6Everton38161575540+1563
7Liverpool38161397143+2861
8West Brom38147175357-449
9Swansea381113144751-446
10West Ham381210164553-846
11Norwich381014144158-1744
12Fulham381110175060-1043
13Stoke38915143445-1142
14Southampton38914154960-1141
15Aston Villa381011174769-2241
16Newcastle38118194568-2341
17Sunderland38912174154-1339
18Wigan3899204773-2636
19Reading38610224373-3028
20Queens Park Rangers38413213060-3025

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

2012/13 top scorers

PlayerGoalsAssistsOur price
Robin van PersieManchester United269£12.0m
Luis SuárezLiverpool235£10.5m
Gareth BaleTottenham Hotspur214£11.5m
Christian BentekeAston Villa194£9.5m
MichuSwansea182£9.5m
Romelu LukakuWest Brom174£9.0m
Frank LampardChelsea151£8.5m
Demba BaNewcastle150£7.5m
Dimitar BerbatovFulham153£8.0m
Rickie LambertSouthampton155£8.5m

2012/13 assist leaders

PlayerAssistsGoalsOur price
Juan MataChelsea1212£10.5m
Eden HazardChelsea119£8.5m
Santi CazorlaArsenal1112£9.5m
Wayne RooneyManchester United1012£10.0m
Theo WalcottArsenal1014£10.5m
Lukas PodolskiArsenal911£9.0m
Robin van PersieManchester United926£12.0m
Steven GerrardLiverpool99£8.0m
Carlos TevezManchester City811£9.0m
David SilvaManchester City84£7.5m

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

2012/13 best-value XI

A 5-4-1 that costs £63.0m at our prices, leaving room on a £100m budget for four substitutes.

PlayerPriceest. ptsPer £1m
Jussi JääskeläinenGoalkeeper · West Ham£5.0m11422.8
Ashley WilliamsDefender · Swansea£4.5m11124.7
Ben DaviesDefender · Swansea£5.0m12324.6
Bradley JohnsonDefender · Norwich£5.0m12324.6
Sascha RietherDefender · Fulham£5.0m12324.6
Emmerson BoyceDefender · Wigan£5.5m13224.0
Sebastian LarssonMidfielder · Sunderland£5.5m12823.3
Nathan DyerMidfielder · Swansea£6.0m13823.0
Robert SnodgrassMidfielder · Norwich£7.0m15922.7
Steven GerrardMidfielder · Liverpool£8.0m18022.5
Papiss CisséForward · Newcastle£6.5m14622.5

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 2012/13.

Goalkeepers

  1. Asmir BegovićStoke · 0 goals, 0 assists£6.0m
  2. Petr ČechChelsea · 0 goals, 0 assists£6.0m
  3. Joe HartManchester City · 0 goals, 0 assists£6.0m

Defenders

  1. Leighton BainesEverton · 5 goals, 5 assists£7.0m
  2. Patrice EvraManchester United · 4 goals, 5 assists£6.5m
  3. Jan VertonghenTottenham Hotspur · 4 goals, 3 assists£6.0m

Midfielders

  1. Gareth BaleTottenham Hotspur · 21 goals, 4 assists£11.5m
  2. Juan MataChelsea · 12 goals, 12 assists£10.5m
  3. Theo WalcottArsenal · 14 goals, 10 assists£10.5m

Forwards

  1. Robin van PersieManchester United · 26 goals, 9 assists£12.0m
  2. Luis SuárezLiverpool · 23 goals, 5 assists£10.5m
  3. Wayne RooneyManchester United · 12 goals, 10 assists£10.0m

2012/13 on Retro Fantasy Football

121 managers have finished a 2012/13 season on our leaderboard (as of October 2026). The best scores so far:

  1. 2,141 pts
  2. 2,115 pts
  3. 2,106 pts
  4. 2,095 pts
  5. 2,088 pts

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

Draft a squad from 2012/13