THE USURPER LEAGUEPremier League 2015/16.
A different title race.
Leicester City win our alternative 2015/16 Premier League with 64 points from 26 matches. The usual suspects have been excused.
We removed every fixture involving the clubs on our exclusion list who actually played in the Premier League that year. We kept all other scores unchanged. That's 182 real matches and 14 competing clubs.
The new 2015/16 table
No imaginary fixtures. No points generously handed out. The other clubs keep their results against one another.
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leicester City | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 53 | 22 | 31 | 64 |
| 2 | Southampton | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 24 | 13 | 43 |
| 3 | Watford | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 40 |
| 4 | Everton | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 50 | 35 | 15 | 39 |
| 5 | Stoke City | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 34 | -2 | 39 |
| 6 | West Ham United | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 42 | 36 | 6 | 37 |
| 7 | AFC Bournemouth | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 35 | 2 | 36 |
| 8 | Crystal Palace | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 34 |
| 9 | West Bromwich Albion | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 28 | -7 | 32 |
| 10 | Swansea City | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 34 | -8 | 32 |
| 11 | Sunderland | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 31 |
| 12 | Norwich City | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 46 | -17 | 28 |
| 13 | Newcastle United | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 42 | -17 | 23 |
| 14 | Aston Villa | 26 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 44 | -20 | 16 |
How the table changes
With everybody participating, Leicester City lead our all-club calculation. Removing Big Six fixtures puts Leicester City first in the alternative league.
Who's been excused?
Excluded clubs present in 2015/16: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur. We removed 198 fixtures, along with every point and goal from those matches.
See the all-club calculated table for comparison
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leicester City | 38 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 68 | 36 | 32 | 81 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 65 | 36 | 29 | 71 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 69 | 35 | 34 | 70 |
| 4 | Manchester City | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 71 | 41 | 30 | 66 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 49 | 35 | 14 | 66 |
| 6 | Southampton | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 59 | 41 | 18 | 63 |
| 7 | West Ham United | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 65 | 51 | 14 | 62 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 63 | 50 | 13 | 60 |
| 9 | Stoke City | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 41 | 55 | -14 | 51 |
| 10 | Chelsea | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 59 | 53 | 6 | 50 |
| 11 | Everton | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 59 | 55 | 4 | 47 |
| 12 | Swansea City | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 42 | 52 | -10 | 47 |
| 13 | Watford | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 40 | 50 | -10 | 45 |
| 14 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 34 | 48 | -14 | 43 |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 39 | 51 | -12 | 42 |
| 16 | AFC Bournemouth | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 45 | 67 | -22 | 42 |
| 17 | Sunderland | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 48 | 62 | -14 | 39 |
| 18 | Newcastle United | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 44 | 65 | -21 | 37 |
| 19 | Norwich City | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 39 | 67 | -28 | 34 |
| 20 | Aston Villa | 38 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 76 | -49 | 17 |
About the numbers
This is not an official Premier League table. We use real results to calculate an alternative competition. Wins earn three points; ties are ordered by goal difference and goals scored. This does not attempt every official historical disciplinary deduction or tiebreaker.
Original historical match results: openfootball/football.json, CC0 public-domain licensed. Each source season was validated as a complete home-and-away league before inclusion.
That trophy never existed. The argument about who deserves it absolutely can.