MAX NYREN LOOKS AT HOW THE POPULAR GAME HAS GROWN FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS INTO A PHENOMENON...

IT’S early August. Millions of hopeful, expectant people up and down the country make the last little changes to their fantasy football teams.
Groups of friends start their own mini-leagues and persuade each other to get money involved to “make it more interesting”. Every player holds the tiny hope that maybe this could be their year…
Fantasy football has become a worldwide phenomenon, but where did it all begin?
Fantasy sport was first played across the Atlantic, in the form of early ver...