Ad agency Host launches fantasy football site that awards dirty tactics

Tim Burrowes

June 7, 2010 10:40

Host, the ad agency, has launched a website that invites football fans to nominate 11 players that they believe are most likely to engage in dirty tactics during the FIFA World Cup.

Unlike the usual fantasy leagues that award points for goals or assists, the Fantasy Cheaters League site scores players on diving, feigning injury, handball, yard stealing and time wasting.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.