As the 2020/21 Premier League season kicks off on the 12th September, many football fans will go from friends to competitors thanks to fantasy football.
Fantasy sport participation has grown at a significant rate since the mid-1990s (Brookey and Oates 2015), showing a positive correlation with the rise of digital media. Fantasy football represents one innovation of sports fandom that has emergence out of the internet and new media technologies.
Many football fans and friends, self-identify as fantasy football players, so much so fantasy sport is regularly talked about in everyday conversations and leisurely time (Brookey and Oates 2015), especially when talking about football.
Fantasy football, not only provides a platform for socialising and connecting to other football lovers, but it has become a digital platform for sports competition where any and everyone can play and have a chance to win. Where every match has added value not just for your own football club, and every goal, assist and clean sheet means joy or heartbreak to fantasy players.
Premier League Fantasy Fooball, is just one format that fans partake in fantasy football. You can play fantasy sports across multiple sports (e.g. Baseball, Basketball, F1 and American Football). Not to mention countless other fantasy football competitions (Bundesliga, Champions League ‘Gaming Hub’).
If you’re looking to get involved in this global game, and join the thousands who participate in Premier League fantasy football every year then click on the link and follow the website instructions. There’s still time to sign up to the Premier League Fantasy Football for the new season.
Squad
To join the game you must select a fantasy football squad of 15 players, consisting of:
- 2 Goalkeepers
- 5 Defenders
- 5 Midfielders
- 3 Forwards
The total value of your initial squad must not exceed £100 million, and you can select up to 3 players from a single Premier League team.
Team Name
No fantasy team is complete without a fantasy team name. A good team name is the foundation for any fantasy football team, with so many opting for football-related puns.
Personalising your fantasy team not just with players but with a team name, makes the team feel real, and gives people much optimism that their team is ready and will be successful, just like that for any team at the start of a season.
After the fixtures to the new season has been announced, many fantasy players will be making transfers, dedicating their time to player and team research, having headaches over their starting line-up for the first game week, and will be continuing to add more players to classic and head to head leagues.
The 2020/21 Premier League Football Fantasy is now live.
Fantasy sport is played and loved by so many, because if it is the chance to play with friends, or personalise your team or just another avenue to further interact with the sport they love. It provides an conveniently accessible platform for fans to connect globally, through the common love of their sport, which is why fantasy sport will continue to grow.
Andrew McKelvie's Sporting Personal Network (AMSPN) 