Over a million Brits set to pick their teams on Fantasy Football Day
By Sunday Post
August 3, 2017, 12:41 pm
FANTASY football fans are gearing up for another season of tinkering with their squads.
And next Tuesday, August 8, has been named Fantasy Football Day, with over a million amateur managers in the UK alone expected to make their picks.
Analysis of data from leading game Draft Fantasy shows that the Tuesday prior to the first Premier League fixture is the day most managers select their players.
The corresponding day in 2016 (August 4th) accounted for 12% of all selections.
In total, the week before the start of the season will see over a fifth 21% of all players select their team.
Fantasy football games are estimated to attract over 8.5 million players in the UK alone.
Tuesday’s Fantasy Football Day has been marked with a dedicated website, FantasyFootballDay.com, which has hints and tips for managers, exclusive videos from football influencers and everything budding Guardiolas need to know ahead of them making their final selections.
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