Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know.

My name's Linda Davies and I Commission Podcasts for BBC Sounds.

As you'd expect, at the BBC we make podcasts of the very highest quality featuring the most knowledgeable

experts and genuinely engaging voices. What you may not know is that the BBC

makes podcasts about all kinds of things like pop stars,

poltergeist, cricket, and conspiracy theories and that's just a few examples.

If you'd like to discover something a little bit unexpected, find your next podcast over at BBC Sounds.

Thanks for downloading the shorter World Service edition of More or Less,

First Broadcast on the 25th of August.

If you've also listened to the longer episode of the program,

don't worry, there is no repetition.

You can enjoy every moment of it.

Hello and welcome to more or less on the BBC World Service.

We're your weekly guide to the numbers all around us in the news and in life,

and I'm Tim Harford.

It's August, and this really means only one thing. Okay, it probably means

lots of things but for the many millions of fans of English football it means the start of the new season.

20 of the top teams will now play each other twice over the season.

Three points for a win, one point for a draw,

goals and saves, penalties, injury time winners,

ticky tacker, the long ball, all that. But if just watching the matches

wasn't enough for some fans, there's something else. There's the Fantasy League. This is where

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