Fantasy football site issues apology

THE world’s biggest fantasy football game issued an apology yesterday after thousands of users were unable to register teams.

Fantasy Premier League, an online game which involves picking a 15-man squad on a £100 million budget, has more than two million users and had more than 200,000 Irish participants last season but many were unable to log on to register teams or amend previously selected squads 16 hours before Saturday’s 11.30am deadline.

A statement on fantasy.premierleague.com said the problem was caused by the “unprecedented levels of demand on Saturday morning” but admitted the site had fallen short of the standard required.