Here’s an odd one: Aston Villa, the once great English football club now struggling to get out of the Championship, has launched an esports league.
If you’re mad into Aston Villa and you’re good at FIFA, this might be for you.
The appropriately-named AVFC Gaming starts in June with a series of FIFA 18 tournaments that may or may not cheer up Villa fans still mourning the Championship playoff final defeat to Fulham that saw Chelsea legend John Terry exit the club.
AVFC Gaming will be another example of this, as well as being a great way for fans and the club to interact away from Villa Park.