THE USURPER LEAGUEPremier League 2017/18.
A different title race.
Burnley win our alternative 2017/18 Premier League with 47 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 2017/18 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 | Burnley | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 47 |
| 2 | Everton | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 28 | 10 | 45 |
| 3 | Crystal Palace | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 36 | 28 | 8 | 40 |
| 4 | Leicester City | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 37 | 31 | 6 | 39 |
| 5 | AFC Bournemouth | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 38 | 35 | 3 | 38 |
| 6 | West Ham United | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 41 | -3 | 35 |
| 7 | Newcastle United | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 34 |
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 26 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 33 |
| 9 | Watford | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 30 | -1 | 33 |
| 10 | Southampton | 26 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 28 | 33 | -5 | 33 |
| 11 | Huddersfield Town | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 31 | -8 | 32 |
| 12 | Stoke City | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 32 | -4 | 28 |
| 13 | Swansea City | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 29 | -6 | 26 |
| 14 | West Bromwich Albion | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 35 | -13 | 21 |
How the table changes
With everybody participating, Manchester City lead our all-club calculation. Removing Big Six fixtures puts Burnley first in the alternative league.
Who's been excused?
Excluded clubs present in 2017/18: 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 | Manchester City | 38 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 106 | 27 | 79 | 100 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 38 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 68 | 28 | 40 | 81 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 74 | 36 | 38 | 77 |
| 4 | Liverpool | 38 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 84 | 38 | 46 | 75 |
| 5 | Chelsea | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 62 | 38 | 24 | 70 |
| 6 | Arsenal | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 74 | 51 | 23 | 63 |
| 7 | Burnley | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 39 | -3 | 54 |
| 8 | Everton | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 58 | -14 | 49 |
| 9 | Leicester City | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 56 | 60 | -4 | 47 |
| 10 | Newcastle United | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 39 | 47 | -8 | 44 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 45 | 55 | -10 | 44 |
| 12 | AFC Bournemouth | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 45 | 61 | -16 | 44 |
| 13 | West Ham United | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 48 | 68 | -20 | 42 |
| 14 | Watford | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 44 | 64 | -20 | 41 |
| 15 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 34 | 54 | -20 | 40 |
| 16 | Huddersfield Town | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 58 | -30 | 37 |
| 17 | Southampton | 38 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 37 | 56 | -19 | 36 |
| 18 | Swansea City | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 56 | -28 | 33 |
| 19 | Stoke City | 38 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 35 | 68 | -33 | 33 |
| 20 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 31 | 56 | -25 | 31 |
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.