Tag: analytics

The rise of football analytics

Back in the late eigthies and early nineties when I was trying to win the football pools, nobody really understood what was going through my head.

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I remember writing to a football magazine and explaining to them how I carefully mapped out what happens during a match. I carefully laid out an extensive document talking about how the time of the goal influences the outcome of a match and how a red card can significantly alter that match …