How I won fantasy football in my first ever season - without using AI

How I won fantasy football in my first ever season - without using AI20 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GooglePeter GillibrandandIan Murphy,BBC NewsbeatErik IbsenErik Ibsen had never played Fantasy Premier League before this seasonThe Premier League season might be long-forgotten already - but we're definitely still in the window where bragging about how well you did in fantasy football is just about acceptable.Plenty of people will have been frantically checking the app on Sunday to see if they'd beaten friends, family or colleagues and topped their mini leagues.Someone who was refreshing a little more than most is 23-year-old Everton fan Erik Ibsen.But the Danish medical student managed to hold on to his lead to be crowned the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) champion - in his first season playing the game.Ibsen only started playing because his sister was doing a work league and wanted some help, which turned into him picking his own team "for sibling rivalry".But he tells BBC Newsbeat going on to then beat millions of others to the title is "completely insane"."If you had told me at the start of the season I'd even be close I would have thought it's a joke," he says."I don't know how to put it into words. I don't think I understood what position I was in until I actually became number one."I remember when I was like number 18, just that alone was completely insane, but then to win it and bring it home."'You should see my Excel sheet'FPL is the UK's most popular fantasy league, and claims to have more than 11 million players taking part.Users face a £100m budget as they select squads of 15 footballers, who each earn points based on their weekly on-pitch performance.Ibsen was 21 points ahead going into the final day of the season but ended up winning by 38 points thanks to a 14-point haul from his captain, and Manchester United's skipper, Bruno Fernandes."Of cour...