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How fantasy football, and Fantasy Premier League, went from niche hobby to mainstream boom

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Picture the scene; you're doing your Fantasy Premier League team selection at the last minute on a Friday afternoon, and you're unsure whether your star striker is going to be fit for his side's match on Saturday. There's just one problem: you have no way of verifying his fitness until Saturday's newspapers are published. And instead of confirming your team's changes with a swipe of your finger on an app, you have to phone them in before the deadline.

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Desperate times call for desperate measures.