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Author: Ciaran Grant
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Talking through football research papers, working forwards from the most important of the past to the most modern. Each paper will be introduced, summarised and compared to current state of research.@TLMAnalytics
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Here’s A network theory analysis of football strategies by Javier Pena and Hugo Touchette from 2012Welcome to this eighteenth episode of The Last Man’s Summary. As usual I’m Ciaran and I’m pretty interested in all things football or soccer analytics.I’m always amazed at the work and research that’s being done out there. There are loads of analytical conferences now, some even specifically for football analytics, which is amazing.It can be hard to keep up, I always want to watch every talk, read every research paper, ask all the questions. It’s just not possible to consume it all, so we have to pick and choose.That’s where this podcast comes in. It’s an attempt to widen my own knowledge and perspective of where the football analytics world has come from, where I’m going to take a look through some research papers and try my best to summarise them here.Hopefully it’ll be fun and we’ll all learn lots, so without further ado..
Here’s An Extension of the Pythagorean Expectation for Association Football by Howard Hamilton from 2011Welcome to this seventeenth episode of The Last Man’s Summary. As usual I’m Ciaran and I’m pretty interested in all things football or soccer analytics.I’m always amazed at the work and research that’s being done out there. There are loads of analytical conferences now, some even specifically for football analytics, which is amazing.It can be hard to keep up, I always want to watch every talk, read every research paper, ask all the questions. It’s just not possible to consume it all, so we have to pick and choose.That’s where this podcast comes in. It’s an attempt to widen my own knowledge and perspective of where the football analytics world has come from, where I’m going to take a look through some research papers and try my best to summarise them here.Hopefully it’ll be fun and we’ll all learn lots, so without further ado..
Here’s An overview of automatic event detection in soccer matches by Samuel Junior, Arnaldo Araujo and David Menotti from 2011Welcome to this sixteenth episode of The Last Man’s Summary. As usual I’m Ciaran and I’m pretty interested in all things football or soccer analytics.I’m always amazed at the work and research that’s being done out there. There are loads of analytical conferences now, some even specifically for football analytics, which is amazing.It can be hard to keep up, I always want to watch every talk, read every research paper, ask all the questions. It’s just not possible to consume it all, so we have to pick and choose.That’s where this podcast comes in. It’s an attempt to widen my own knowledge and perspective of where the football analytics world has come from, where I’m going to take a look through some research papers and try my best to summarise them here.Hopefully it’ll be fun and we’ll all learn lots, so without further ado..
Here’s Quantifying the Performance of Individual Players in a Team Activity by Jordi Duch, Joshua Waitzman and Luis Amaral from 2010Welcome to this fifteenth episode of The Last Man’s Summary. As usual I’m Ciaran and I’m pretty interested in all things football or soccer analytics.I’m always amazed at the work and research that’s being done out there. There are loads of analytical conferences now, some even specifically for football analytics, which is amazing.It can be hard to keep up, I always want to watch every talk, read every research paper, ask all the questions. It’s just not possible to consume it all, so we have to pick and choose.That’s where this podcast comes in. It’s an attempt to widen my own knowledge and perspective of where the football analytics world has come from, where I’m going to take a look through some research papers and try my best to summarise them here.Hopefully it’ll be fun and we’ll all learn lots, so without further ado..
Here’s A Potential Function Approach to the Flow of Play in Soccer by David Brillinger from 2007Welcome to this fourteenth episode of The Last Man’s Summary. As usual I’m Ciaran and I’m pretty interested in all things football or soccer analytics.I’m always amazed at the work and research that’s being done out there. There are loads of analytical conferences now, some even specifically for football analytics, which is amazing.It can be hard to keep up, I always want to watch every talk, read every research paper, ask all the questions. It’s just not possible to consume it all, so we have to pick and choose.That’s where this podcast comes in. It’s an attempt to widen my own knowledge and perspective of where the football analytics world has come from, where I’m going to take a look through some research papers and try my best to summarise them here.Hopefully it’ll be fun and we’ll all learn lots, so without further ado..
Here’s Determinants of possession of the ball in soccer by Carlos Lago and Rafael Martin from 2007.Welcome to this thirteenth episode of The Last Man’s Summary. As usual I’m Ciaran and I’m pretty interested in all things football or soccer analytics.I’m always amazed at the work and research that’s being done out there. There are loads of analytical conferences now, some even specifically for football analytics, which is amazing.It can be hard to keep up, I always want to watch every talk, read every research paper, ask all the questions. It’s just not possible to consume it all, so we have to pick and choose.That’s where this podcast comes in. It’s an attempt to widen my own knowledge and perspective of where the football analytics world has come from, where I’m going to take a look through some research papers and try my best to summarise them here.Hopefully it’ll be fun and we’ll all learn lots, so without further ado..
Here’s Modelling Tactical Changes of Formation in Association Football as a Zero-Sum Game by Nobuyoshi Hirotsu and Mike WrightWelcome to this twelfth episode of The Last Man’s Summary. As usual I’m Ciaran and I’m pretty interested in all things football or soccer analytics.I’m always amazed at the work and research that’s being done out there. There are loads of analytical conferences now, some even specifically for football analytics, which is amazing.It can be hard to keep up, I always want to watch every talk, read every research paper, ask all the questions. It’s just not possible to consume it all, so we have to pick and choose.That’s where this podcast comes in. It’s an attempt to widen my own knowledge and perspective of where the football analytics world has come from, where I’m going to take a look through some research papers and try my best to summarise them here.Hopefully it’ll be fun and we’ll all learn lots, so without further ado..
Here’s Estimating the probability of a shot resulting in a goal: The effects of distance, angle and space by Richard Pollard from 2004Welcome to this eleventh episode of The Last Man’s Summary. As usual I’m Ciaran and I’m pretty interested in all things football or soccer analytics.I’m always amazed at the work and research that’s being done out there. There are loads of analytical conferences now, some even specifically for football analytics, which is amazing.It can be hard to keep up, I always want to watch every talk, read every research paper, ask all the questions. It’s just not possible to consume it all, so we have to pick and choose.That’s where this podcast comes in. It’s an attempt to widen my own knowledge and perspective of where the football analytics world has come from, where I’m going to take a look through some research papers and try my best to summarise them here.Hopefully it’ll be fun and we’ll all learn lots, so without further ado..
Here’s The professional foul in football: Tactics and deterrents by Nobuyoshi Hirotsu and Mike Wright from 2003.Welcome to this tenth episode of The Last Man’s Summary. As usual I’m Ciaran and I’m pretty interested in all things football or soccer analytics.I’m always amazed at the work and research that’s being done out there. There are loads of analytical conferences now, some even specifically for football analytics, which is amazing.It can be hard to keep up, I always want to watch every talk, read every research paper, ask all the questions. It’s just not possible to consume it all, so we have to pick and choose.That’s where this podcast comes in. It’s an attempt to widen my own knowledge and perspective of where the football analytics world has come from, where I’m going to take a look through some research papers and try my best to summarise them here.Hopefully it’ll be fun and we’ll all learn lots, so without further ado..
Here’s An evaluation of characteristics of teams in association football using a Markov process model by Nobuyoshi Hirotsu and Mike Wright from 2003Welcome to this ninth episode of The Last Man’s Summary. As usual I’m Ciaran and I’m pretty interested in all things football or soccer analytics.I’m always amazed at the work and research that’s being done out there. There are loads of analytical conferences now, some even specifically for football analytics, which is amazing.It can be hard to keep up, I always want to watch every talk, read every research paper, ask all the questions. It’s just not possible to consume it all, so we have to pick and choose.That’s where this podcast comes in. It’s an attempt to widen my own knowledge and perspective of where the football analytics world has come from, where I’m going to take a look through some research papers and try my best to summarise them here.Hopefully it’ll be fun and we’ll all learn lots, so without further ado..
Here’s Using a Markov process model of an association football match to determine the optimal timing of substitution and tactical decisions by Nobuyoshi Hirotsu and Mike Wright from 2002Welcome to this eighth episode of The Last Man’s Summary. As usual I’m Ciaran and I’m pretty interested in all things football or soccer analytics.I’m always amazed at the work and research that’s being done out there. There are loads of analytical conferences now, some even specifically for football analytics, which is amazing.It can be hard to keep up, I always want to watch every talk, read every research paper, ask all the questions. It’s just not possible to consume it all, so we have to pick and choose.That’s where this podcast comes in. It’s an attempt to widen my own knowledge and perspective of where the football analytics world has come from, where I’m going to take a look through some research papers and try my best to summarise them here.Hopefully it’ll be fun and we’ll all learn lots, so without further ado..
Here’s A Birth Process Model for Association Football Matches by Mark Dixon and Michael Robinson from 1998Welcome to this seventh episode of The Last Man’s Summary. As usual I’m Ciaran and I’m pretty interested in all things football or soccer analytics.I’m always amazed at the work and research that’s being done out there. There are loads of analytical conferences now, some even specifically for football analytics, which is amazing.It can be hard to keep up, I always want to watch every talk, read every research paper, ask all the questions. It’s just not possible to consume it all, so we have to pick and choose.That’s where this podcast comes in. It’s an attempt to widen my own knowledge and perspective of where the football analytics world has come from, where I’m going to take a look through some research papers and try my best to summarise them here.Hopefully it’ll be fun and we’ll all learn lots, so without further ado..
Here’s Measuring the Effectiveness of Playing Strategies at Soccer by Richard Pollard and Charles Reep from 1997Welcome to this sixth episode of The Last Man’s Summary. As usual I’m Ciaran and I’m pretty interested in all things football or soccer analytics.I’m always amazed at the work and research that’s being done out there. There are loads of analytical conferences now, some even specifically for football analytics, which is amazing.It can be hard to keep up, I always want to watch every talk, read every research paper, ask all the questions. It’s just not possible to consume it all, so we have to pick and choose.That’s where this podcast comes in. It’s an attempt to widen my own knowledge and perspective of where the football analytics world has come from, where I’m going to take a look through some research papers and try my best to summarise them here.Hopefully it’ll be fun and we’ll all learn lots, so without further ado..
Here’s Modelling Association Football Scores and Inefficiencies in the Football Betting Market by Mark Dixon and Stuart Coles from 1997Welcome to this third episode of The Last Man Podcast. As usual I’m Ciaran and I’m pretty interested in all things football or soccer analytics.I’m always amazed at the work and research that’s being done out there. There are loads of analytical conferences now, some even specifically for football analytics, which is amazing.And as I’ve just explained with a single conference, it can be hard to keep up, I always want to watch every talk, read every research paper, ask all the questions. It’s just not possible to consume it all, so we have to pick and choose.That’s where this podcast comes in. It’s an attempt to widen my own knowledge and perspective of where the football analytics world has come from, where I’m going to take a look through some research papers and try my best to summarise them here.Hopefully it’ll be fun and we’ll all learn lots, so without further ado..
Here’s Home Ground Advantage of Individual Clubs in English Soccer by Stephen Clarke and John Norman from 1995Welcome to this third episode of The Last Man Podcast. As usual I’m Ciaran and I’m pretty interested in all things football or soccer analytics.I’m always amazed at the work and research that’s being done out there. There are loads of analytical conferences now, some even specifically for football analytics, which is amazing.And as I’ve just explained with a single conference, it can be hard to keep up, I always want to watch every talk, read every research paper, ask all the questions. It’s just not possible to consume it all, so we have to pick and choose.That’s where this podcast comes in. It’s an attempt to widen my own knowledge and perspective of where the football analytics world has come from, where I’m going to take a look through some research papers and try my best to summarise them here.Hopefully it’ll be fun and we’ll all learn lots, so without further ado..
Here’s Down to Ten: Estimating the Effect of a Red Card in Soccer by Geert Ridder, Jan Salomon Cramer and Peter HopstakenWelcome to this third episode of The Last Man Podcast. As usual I’m Ciaran and I’m pretty interested in all things football or soccer analytics.I’m always amazed at the work and research that’s being done out there. There are loads of analytical conferences now, some even specifically for football analytics, which is amazing.And as I’ve just explained with a single conference, it can be hard to keep up, I always want to watch every talk, read every research paper, ask all the questions. It’s just not possible to consume it all, so we have to pick and choose.That’s where this podcast comes in. It’s an attempt to widen my own knowledge and perspective of where the football analytics world has come from, where I’m going to take a look through some research papers and try my best to summarise them here.Hopefully it’ll be fun and we’ll all learn lots, so without further ado..
This is Modelling Association Football Scores by Michael Maher.Welcome to this second episode of The Last Man's Summary. As part of a general interest in sports and specifically football analytics, I’m always amazed at the work and research that’s being done out there. There are loads of analytical conferences now, some even specifically for football analytics. Which is amazing,But it can be hard to keep up, I always want to watch every talk, read every research paper, ask all the questions. It’s just not possible to consume it all, so we have to pick and choose.That’s where this podcast comes in. In an attempt to widen my own knowledge and perspective of where the football analytics world has come from, I’m going to take a look through some research papers and try my best to summarise them here.Hopefully it’ll be fun and we’ll all learn lots, so without further ado.
We're starting off with one of the first records of any statistical analysis in football history: Charles Reep and Bernard Benjamin’s Skill and Chance in Association Football.Welcome to this first episode of The Last Man's Summary.As part of a general interest in sports and specifically football analytics, I’m always amazed at the work and research that’s being done out there. There are loads of analytical conferences now, some even specifically for football analytics. Which is amazing,But it can be hard to keep up, I always want to watch every talk, read every research paper, ask all the questions. It’s just not possible to consume it all, so we have to pick and choose.That’s where this podcast comes in. In an attempt to widen my own knowledge and perspective of where the football analytics world has come from, I’m going to take a look through some research papers and try my best to summarise them here.Hopefully it’ll be fun and we’ll all learn lots, without further ado.



