Allan Klo (@fjellgeit.bsky.social)

Susan Clarke, 67, beats millions to top the Fantasy Premier League Data-crunching rivals in league of 11.4m players shocked to be left trailing by pen-and-paper approach It is a game for the football geeks, the data-lovers, the algorithm-obsessed. But the current leader of the Fantasy Premier League (FPL), which allows participants to play at being Premier League managers during the football season, is not a data analyst, a football insider or a computer scientist, but a 67-year-old woman who uses a pen and paper to choose her team each week. Susan Clarke, otherwise known as the Ruby Reds, achieved near-mythical status among committed FPL players this week as she beat millions of competitors to be top of the online Premier League game, despite admitting to a lo-fi approach. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/mar/29/susan-clarke-67-beats-millions-to-top-the-fantasy-premier-league?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu