In the 2016/17 Fantasy Premier League season Jon Pears managed to win the FantasyYIRMA.com mini-league. This is no mean feat when you consider there were approximately 8000 teams competing for the £100 prize.

Let’s put this into perspective though – because in the entire game.. 4,500,000 teams Jon boy not only won the YIRMA league – he finished 5th in the ******* WORLD!!! An unbelievable achievement and one I am not afraid to admit I am incredibly envious of!

As part of our series of preparation articles for the new season I reached out to Jon to give us some insight into what he felt was the key to his success.

There may/may not have been blackmail implemented in the form of “write me an article or you don’t get the £100” but that’s besides the point! Thanks to Jon for his contribution – Let us know your thoughts…