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No football debate will ever be the same again
Today I take the unususal step of recommending that you spend your day at a website other than Between the Lines, as the Guardian launches its interactive chalkboards. They make it possible to track...
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Review: Myths and Facts about Football
This book draws together academic research from around the world, exploring a number of wellknown “facts” about football and submitting them to scientific and mathematical tests. Some are found to be...
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A brief guide to when to commit a red card offence
Defenders often face the decision whether to deny the opponents a scoring opportunity if this means receiving a red card. From now on Ferdinand, Vidic et al can rely on academic research to help them...
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Professor reveals the perfect spot-kick
With the aid of high definition cameras behind the goals Professor Tim Cable at Liverpool John Moores University has studied all penalties in the CL last season and the PL this season to pinpoint the...
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A new way to beat the bookies?
A study published in the new issue of Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports tries to find a statistical measurement to predict the winners of international football tournaments. Ferda Halicioglu...
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Do we get more added time when we need it?
Following the controversy surrounding the amount of time added in the derby, the Guardian today publishes an interesting study that they claim shows that United benefit from an imbalance in the amount...
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The Best Team Unlikely to Win the World Cup (and so is England)
At the recent World Cup qualifier in Ukraine a poll among the English journalists present showed that one third believe that Brazil will eventually win the trophy, one third predict that England will...
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“England at last have a coherent model of play”
Just one article for you to read today. Jonathan Wilson in the Guardian takes a long-term look at England’s lack of a natural left-winger and finds it might even be an advantage. He also explains how...
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Who Deserve the Title? A Semiparametric Answer
In the Belgian premier league in 2008/2009 Sporting Anderlecht and Standard Liege completed the season with the same number of points. Although Anderlecht had the superior goal difference, a play-off...
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Europe’s Top Midfielders and the Uses of a Lamp-post
Most fans agree that United need a truly world-class attacking midfielder, who can consistently deliver the brilliant killer pass in the final third of the field. Someone like Sneijder, Ozil or (in our...
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