A FANTASY footy player has missed out on winning a car and going back to back as the overall winner - because he signed up to the competition too late.

Team ‘Moreira’s Magic’ tied with ‘Shuey’s Shockers’ for the overall win in AFL Fantasy, with both sides finishing on 51308 points for the season in a remarkable finish.

However it appears ‘Moreira’s Magic’ team owner Selby Lee-Steere won’t be receiving the grand prize of a car - because he signed up later.

Holy crap #AFLFantasy has 2 overall winners!! It’s a draw!! Incredible finish pic.twitter.com/BXRjcujZeo — Jai Aspinall 🏳️‍🌈 (@ProtoType_47) August 26, 2018

Finals Week 1

Later on the exact same day, that is.

The rules of the competition state that “in the event of a tie between two or more eligible participants ... the eligible participant, from the tied eligible participants, who registered to participate in the game on the website first in time, as determined by the promoter, will be ranked higher”.

In the end, it all came down to St Kilda’s Seb Ross, who needed to score more than 122 points to hand the clear win to Shuey’s Shockers, or less than 122 points for Moreira’s Magic to claim the car.

So of course, he scored 122.

“Ya kidding,” Lee-Steere tweeted on Sunday evening.

“We both registered on the same day (24 Jan) what are the chances! Congrats to James, coach of Shuey’s Shockers, and the others in the money.

“What a finish. Thanks everyone for the support and coming along for the ride. Regardless of the outcome, I reckon I claim it #backtoback.”

We both registered on the same day (24 Jan) what are the chances! Congrats to James, coach of Shuey’s Shockers, and the others in the money. What a finish. Thanks everyone for the support and coming along for the ride. Regardless of the outcome, I reckon I claim it #backtoback https://t.co/vwRnaOUlnS — Moreira’s Magic (@moreira_magic) August 26, 2018

A group of fans have now started a petition to give a car to both players.

Of course, it’s kind of hard to feel too bad for Lee-Steere, given he won the overall competition - and the car - in 2017.

Although that just makes this even crazier.