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Newcastle 2011/12

Most often 10th

Alan Pardew's 4-2-3-1, their most-played XI that season, through this season's Premier League (2026/27) 400 times, in the same engine as the game.

Most often

10th

59 of 400 seasons

Average

52 pts

10th on average

Champions

0

of 400 seasons

Relegated

1

of 400 seasons

Every finish

1
1
14
28
50
58
53
59
37
35
25
17
10
7
4
1
14101720
Where they finished in each of the 400 seasons. Red: most often; green: their real 2011/12 finish.

Then and now

FinishPtsScoredConceded
The real 2011/125th655651
This season, on average10th524242
  • Best of the 400: 3rd, 75 points. Worst: 19th, 31 points.
  • Top scorer: Hatem Ben Arfa, 11 a season on average.
  • When they didn't win it, Arsenal usually did: 181 titles in the 400.

The side

Alan Pardew, 4-2-3-1. The XI that played most that season, position by position.

Arfa
GutiérrezObertanBaCabayeTioté
SimpsonWilliamsonColocciniTaylor
Krul

Could your XI do better?

Four quick quiz games earn a budget. Sign a manager and eleven, any Premier League season since 2010. Then they play this season, the same league as Newcastle 2011/12 did here.

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A simulation, not a prediction: the real 2011/12 figures are the club's own; everything else is the game's engine, played 400 times.