If you have the official Premier League app download on your mobile phone, then you're probably wondering why Arsenal played 7 games this afternoon...
A very weird bug has caused the app, which is currently sitting at 59th in the Apple App Store free downloads section, to send push notifications to anyone who has installed on their phone.
That's grand, right? We want the latest news now so we can stay up to date... Well, it's a shame that it appears to be posting results from over a decade ago...
Users have been driven mad by the spam and are taking to twitter to vent:
Hey @premierleague app. Go home, you're drunk. Keep getting these push notifications about 00'-01' @Arsenal games ? pic.twitter.com/L73hq9Jvto
— Sander Denayer (@sandenayer) September 13, 2016
Wtf @OfficialFPL pic.twitter.com/ugBEKRre3M
— ⚒Thames Ironworks ⚒ (@ArronEveritt) September 13, 2016
The premier league app is flipping out pushing me every single arsenal result ever ffs xD pic.twitter.com/AiD4Lkxlce
— NepentheZ (@NepentheZ) September 13, 2016
Really glad the @premierleague app is keeping me up to date with games that took place years ago. Ideal.#SpamCentral pic.twitter.com/aUFfPj8v9Z
— Owen Hodge (@ojhodge) September 13, 2016
Yo @premierleague, your app has just distributed quite the back catalogue of Arsenal results to my notifications pic.twitter.com/YjNo9bZ20t
— Jason Kallend (@JasonKallend) September 13, 2016
According to my @premierleague app, Nelson Vivas had a penalty saved for #Arsenal. A bit odd as he left 15yrs ago. pic.twitter.com/bZ6EUWlZx9
— Ed Goodman (@edagoodman) September 13, 2016
Worst app in history @premierleague @_fantasypremier pic.twitter.com/6PPwcNsboe
— #ClockEndToStand (@ClockEndToStand) September 13, 2016
Why is the @premierleague app mugging me off like this for no reason??????? pic.twitter.com/xo08cyWrNS
— Mark (@MarkUpsonTV) September 13, 2016
Obviously, nobody likes to be spammed on their phone by push notifications, which is why many people have turned the feature off, but when it comes to scores and players news (especially for fantasy football), speed can often be key... When it's not Nelson Vivas missing penalties from 16 years ago that is.
Imagine being an Arsenal fan on the way home from work and having Manchester United's 8-2 win at Old Trafford sent to your phone three times... It's a comical glitch to happen to the official Premier League app.
We're expecting an explanation soon, although it looks as though an intern updating the back catalogue of results has had a shocker.
