Diary of a school teacher: I'll support 'Homework Rovers' forever...for this season anyway [Independent.ie]
- Published: 08 September 2010
Every year my colleague Finnegan and I battle it out in the official English Premier League fantasy football league.
With an imaginary budget of £1m we select a squad of 15 real-life players and win points according to how our selection performs in the real English Premier League.
At last week's staff meeting, Finnegan waves his iPhone under my nose.
"It's that time of the year," he whispers, "you have to register your team!"
Perfect opportunity -- there's none of that flickery, unreliable Wi-Fi that I pay for through the nose at home, and Finnegan has the fantasy football website up and ready for me, displaying his selection and the name of his team: 'Eleven of The Best'.
After I have picked my squad and given it a name -- I go for 'Homework Rovers' -- we enter the most useless selection of players that we can muster from the entire English Premier League and give it the name 'Big Boy FC' and register it to rugby-only fan Kurt Moobs.
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