29 Sep, 2021

Virtual Scout: Why an Independent Eye Can Be a Key Asset

29 Sep, 2021

Charlie Mitchell, our Head of Virtual Scouting, tells you how our Virtual Scout service can improve your recruitment process. One of the age-old debates in football discourse focuses on the distinction between “eyes vs data”. Which approach will give you a better measure of a player’s skill set and...

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Manchester City’s Ellen White and Khadija Shaw Compared

Abdullah Abdullah looks at Manchester City’s new recruit Khadija Shaw and compares her with her teammate Ellen White. Manchester City have had arguably one of the best transfer windows of the summer, signing several top-class players, including Filippa Angeldal, Hayley Raso, Alanna Kennedy, and Vicky Losada to name a...

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20 Sep, 2021

Loan Pathways: What Did We Learn?

20 Sep, 2021

At Analytics FC, we recently concluded a series of case studies focusing on Loan Pathways as a means for young players to embark on their careers in professional football. Each case study distinguished a different model of player development before exploring how the loan system was used to aid...

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13 Sep, 2021

Introducing Signature

13 Sep, 2021

By now, you’ve all heard about our work with Kevin De Bruyne and Hector Bellerin, producing bespoke reports to help them negotiate new contracts. As part of our rebrand, we decided it’s high time this service had its own name… so welcome to Signature! Signature is revolutionising the way...

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08 Sep, 2021

Loan Pathways: The Buy-to-Loan Model

08 Sep, 2021

Jon Mackenzie and Josh Hobbs explore the loan systems used in the modern game and assess how clubs have created different pathway models for their players. Most of these models focus on player development in some way but each has a very different methodology and some have very different...

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08 Sep, 2021

CEO Jeremy Steele Reflects on the Analytics FC Rebrand

08 Sep, 2021

Analytics FC CEO Jeremy Steele talks us through the recent rebrand process, what he learned and what you should expect from Analytics FC going forward. As anyone who has started a business will know, the flow of time is a funny thing. You can get stuck in the day-to-day...

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06 Sep, 2021

Analytics FC in the Media: Vedomosti Cover Dynamo Moscow Partnership

06 Sep, 2021

Analytics FC made an appearance in the Russian media this week when Andrey Vasiliev wrote about our new partnership with Russian Premier League leaders, Dynamo Moscow. His article, titled Players Measured by Data: how algorithms are helping to evaluate football players, mentioned how in August 2021, Analytics FC announced...

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