To update on this, my son using a different account managed 1 game before being kicked out of 2, and I've managed to play 3 games before being kicked out of a 4th just now.

I'm not the only one with this problem, looking on various sites covering server game times it seems most of central and western Europe are suffering the same thing, while America is having problems too.

Why aren't EA solving this problem? I'm sure most people would rather see this improved that lazy rereleases of past sbc!