Zac goes large on apology for football failure
Manchester Evening News|June 03, 2024
FANTASY LEAGUE DISASTER SPARKS FUNNY FORFEIT FOR FINAL PLACE
IMOGEN CLYDE SMITH
Zac goes large on apology for football failure

A FANTASY football manager has plastered his face on a huge billboard in Salford Quays to publicly apologise for finishing last in his friends' league.

Zac Evans, 30, said his Fantasy Premier League season was "an absolute catastrophe", so he agreed to fulfil the forfeit for coming bottom of the pile against his friends.

That means he now has his face placed on a giant screen on the side of Victoria Warehouse in Trafford Park, along with an apology.

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