A labrador had the best FPL gameweek 13 in the world

The fox red labrador’s team must all play in red
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One of the leagues we’re competing in on Fantasy Premier League is currently being dominated by a guy who gave up on playing in gameweek 3, which is irritating enough. But imagine your careful team selection being beaten by a dog.

Well, you don’t really have to imagine, because we guarantee you that it has already happened.

Yes, that’s right: a dog (a fox red Labrador, to be more precise) has already beaten every single other player in the world this season, claiming the biggest points haul in the world in Gameweek 13.

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The side, called Rosie All Reds, took 144 points on the weekend of November 30 this season, and it came out on the BBC’s Fantasy 606 podcast that the side was managed by Rosie the Labrador.

The dog’s owner, John, wrote in to explain, with the correspondence read out by host Alistair Bruce-Ball.

Rosie the Labrador selected Bark-ayo Saka as her captain (Image credit: Julian Finney/Getty Images)John wrote: “This season I managed to persuade family members to sign up to fantasy football. We created our own league, and we also signed our dog, Rosie, a Fox Red Lab, up to the competition.

“Her team is managed by my wife with some assistance from me, but there’s a restriction on selection here. The only rule for selection is that all the outfield players have to wear red or predominantly red shirts.

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“The team is called Rosie All Reds. It’s top of our league at the moment and it achieved the highest score in the world in game week 13.”

Co-host Statman Dave pointed out that the side had also played their bench boost that week – but sure enough, every member of the side (including the goalkeepers) represent sides who wear red.

The winning team in question was as follows:

Andre Onana (Manchester United): 6 pointsGabriel (Arsenal): 9Ola Aina (Nottingham Forest): 8Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool): 6Marcus Rashford (Manchester United): 14Mo Salah (Liverpool): 13Captain: Bukayo Saka (Arsenal): 36Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United): 9Evanilson (Bournemouth): 12Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest): 9Yoane Wissa (Brentford): 8Bench boost: Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest): 6Bench boost: Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford): 2Bench boost: Nathan Collins (Brentford): 5Bench boost: Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton): 1

The Rosie All Reds Gameweek 13 line-up (Image credit: Future)

Steven Chicken has been working as a football writer since 2009, taking in stints with Football365 and the Huddersfield Examiner. Steven still covers Huddersfield Town home and away for his own publication, WeAreTerriers.com. Steven is a two-time nominee for Regional Journalist of the Year at the prestigious British Sports Journalism Awards, making the shortlist in 2020 and 2023.