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How to Win the Premier League
- The Inside Story of Football’s Data Revolution
- Narrated by: Daniel Hawksford
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
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Summary
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The insider account of the data revolution that has swept through the modern football world written by one of its key architects, Ian Graham.
Between 2012 and 2023, Ian Graham worked as Liverpool FC's Director of Research. His tenure coincided with the club’s greatest period of success since the 1980s, including winning the Premier League in 2020 – Liverpool’s first league title after an agonising 29 years.
Here for the first time, Graham reveals the fascinating data that informed some of the club’s most pivotal moments of the past decade, from the appointment of Jurgen Klopp as manager in 2015 to the signing of Mohamed Salah in 2017. Along the way, he shares groundbreaking insight into the modern game, including how a season largely played behind closed doors transformed our understanding of a home-side advantage, or why the GOAT (greatest of all time) might not be who you think. And, in a game that is increasingly dominated by an elite few oil-backed teams, Graham charts a path for the future where a data-savvy underdog will always find their competitive edge.
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- John Williams
- 27-08-24
Very informative
Great book and the author gives a great insight into data analysis int
football and in particular Liverpool FC
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- Andy Sammons
- 31-08-24
Incredible insights esp for Liverpool fans
Loved the Liverpool stuff
Some of the stats were a bit too much and involved but I skipped those bits
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- Andy Lamb
- 16-08-24
Great look under the hood of data and its relationship with football.
This is a fantastic insight into the world of data in football. Ian’s experiences and analysis of the modern game, from its difficulties of acquiring data and then using it effectively to the recent years of tracking data. This book is a brilliant read/listen from start to finish. Anyone with any remote interest in football, data or ideally both, will love this book.
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- I. littlejohn
- 23-08-24
Very informative
Loved this book which gets under the skin of how football is changing.
I’d love to know whether football rule makers consider the sort of insights that Ian and his peers have gained, particularly around the value of particular types of foul relative to the sanction received.
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- BillzWheelz
- 20-09-24
Very insightful
Fantastic insight into data in football, especially as a Liverpool fan, highly recommended for any football fan.
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- Richard Cook
- 26-08-24
Groundbreaking and Inspiring
As a data nerd and a Liverpool fan, this book feeds my soul. It has given me a new perspective on football. It has even inspired me to be more ambitious in my (non-football) career. To think about how data can help in a context high in chaos.
Narration is superb in every way except he clearly doesn’t follow football… There are some hilarious mispronunciations of household football player names.
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- Richard Howard
- 30-08-24
Most informative football book I have read
this us not just an opinion. this is someone shoeing how analytics is used to assess players and make decisions and how analytics has evolved. Best football book I have read.
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- John Espirian
- 07-09-24
Good data insights
I never knew there were so many things for the data analysts to consider, but it's good to hear that data alone can't tell you everything about what makes a good player. Some really interesting content here. Had to deduct a point for some sketchy player name pronunciations.
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- Andrew Hymers
- 21-09-24
Interesting but difficult.
The stories of Liverpool and the success and disappointments during Grahams career as well as chapters on Ronaldo and Messi are easy to sink your teeth into and enjoy. Then there is a middle chunk which is so, over your head, difficult to understand terms and fractions that it loses you from time to time.
Performance was good despite a fair few footballers names being mispronounced which slightly drove me mad!
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