11 Oct, 2021

Introducing Coach ID: Using Data to Scout Your Club’s Next Head Coach

11 Oct, 2021

When it comes to recruitment in football, clubs have two primary tasks. The first is player recruitment and there can be little doubt that clubs are aware of the seriousness of this task, sinking time, money and effort into finding the best players for their squads. But when it...

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11 Oct, 2021

Piotr Wawrzynów Joins Analytics FC

11 Oct, 2021

Analytics FC are pleased to announce that Piotr Wawrzynów has joined the company as Senior Coach Analyst and Data Consultant. Piotr first came to our attention through his work profiling coaches in football. After looking at the extensive work that is done profiling football players, he noticed that there...

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VfL Wolfsburg Women Sign Up with Analytics FC

Analytics FC are excited to announce that VfL Wolfsburg Women have signed up to our TransferLab platform ahead of the new season. Back in March, Analytics FC, in collaboration with Lane Clark & Peacock, announced the launch of the first standalone Women’s Football Data analytics platform. In the same...

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05 Oct, 2021

Brexitball: The Effects of GBE Restrictions on the English Football Market

05 Oct, 2021

Andy Watson takes a look at the last two transfer windows in England to see what we can learn about the impact of new Brexit regulations on football in the UK. It is no great revelation to say that the transfer market in the UK is in a state...

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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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