London, April 2019 – We are delighted to announce that Dan Nichol has joined Analytics FC as our Lead Club Consultant. Dan arrives with a strong reputation in the industry having presented at the Opta Pro Forum this year, while his work for Proform Analytics has been popular in the...
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London, December 2018 – We are delighted to announce that Major League Soccer’s Colorado Rapids have chosen Analytics FC as a partner for their recruitment process, in a deal which will see them use Analytics FC’s data scouting platform, TransferLab, to track players in over fifty competitions globally and...
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London, December 2018 – We are delighted to announce that West Ham United FC have chosen Analytics FC as a partner for their recruitment process, in a deal which will see them use Analytics FC’s data scouting platform, TransferLab, to track players in over fifty competitions globally and help...
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In June, I managed to fulfil something of a personal dream of mine and write for FiveThirtyEight about Messi’s walking as a phenomenon. The piece was based largely on research by Luke Bornn, who has been described as the “high priest” of sports analytics, and Javier Fernandez, who works...
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In February, I wrote a piece for the Ringer called “David De Gea Shouldn’t Be This Good“. The piece is about the effect of the Spaniard on Manchester United this season, almost single-handedly dragging them into 2nd place. Goalkeepers play an almost completely different sport to their team-mates, and...
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