This week, we spoke to Richard Battle, founding director of Left Field Football Consulting.

In the conversation, we talked about the processes of implementing data strategies within football, the importance of getting data buy-in at the highest levels, and what the future of data in the football industry looks like.

To find out more about Left Field Football Consulting, visit their website: www.leftfieldfc.com.

We’ll be back next month with another interesting guest, but until then, make sure you subscribe to this podcast, rate and review it, and check out all the content that is going out from Analytics FC on our Twitter account @analyticsfc.

Episode 40: Richard Battle, Founding Director of Left Field Football Consulting

This month, we spoke to Oliver Seitz, business intelligence director of United World. 

During his career, Oliver has worked with agents and clubs, he has completed a PhD and lectured on the topic of football business, he has worked on the scouting side of the industry, with coaching staff and with ownership groups. This depth of experience led to a very insightful conversation.

In the course of the discussion, Oliver talked about the processes of implementing data strategies within a multi-club, the importance of having a long-term approach to data, and how communication is key when working across a number of clubs.

Episode 41: Oliver Seitz, Business Intelligence Director at United World

This month, we spoke to Kim McCauley, Director of Analytics at Angel City Football Club. Starting off working in the media, Kim has spent the last year or so setting up an analytics department at one of the newest clubs in the world.

In our chat, we talked about implementing a data strategy from scratch at a club that has no players, working towards an NWSL and NCAA expansion draft, and how the capacity to be able to make mistakes is important for the implementation process.

Kim McCauley is Director of Analytics at Angel City Football Club. You can follow her on Twitter @lgbtqfc and Angel City @weareangelcity.

We’ll be back next month with another interesting guest, but until then, make sure you subscribe to this podcast, rate and review it, and check out all the content that is going out from Analytics FC on our Twitter account @analyticsfc.

Episode 42: Kim McCauley, Director of Analytics at Angel City FC

This month, we spoke to Justinas Gasiunas, the first-team goalkeeping coach at Hajduk Split. 

After ending his career as a goalkeeper, Justinas has coached with a number of clubs including Brighton and Hove Albion and Brentford.

In the conversation, we talked about the development of goalkeeping analysis, Justinas's processes for analysing opponents ahead of games, and the future of goalkeeping analysis.

You can follow Justinas on Twitter @GasiunasJ.

We’ll be back next month with another interesting guest, but until then, make sure you subscribe to this podcast, rate and review it, and check out all the content that is going out from Analytics FC on our Twitter account @analyticsfc.

Episode 43: Justinas Gasiunas, First Team Goalkeeping Coach at Hajduk Split

This month, we spoke to David Sumpter. David is Professor of Applied Mathematics at Uppsala University, the author of a number of books about data analytics, and the co-founder of football analytics company, Twelve Football. He also works for Hammarby in the Swedish Allsvenskan.

In the course of the conversation, David talked at length about the use of tracking data within football analysis, the industry’s shift towards more bespoke modelling and the impact of big data on football itself.

You can follow David on Twitter @Soccermatics and Twelve Football @twelve_football.

We’ll be back next month with another interesting guest, but until then, make sure you subscribe to this podcast, rate and review it, and check out all the content that is going out from Analytics FC on our Twitter account @analyticsfc.

Episode 44: David Sumpter, Uppsala University and Twelve Football

This month, we spoke to Elliott Stapley, a software engineer working on the match engine and data for Sports Interactive’s Football Manager game.

During our conversation, we talked about how the Football Manager match engine works, how Sports Interactive use data benchmarking to guarantee the realism of Football Manager, and considered what Football Manager can teach us about the game in real life.

You can follow Elliott on Twitter @elliott_stapley and Sports Interactive @SIgames.

Episode 45: Elliott Stapley, Sports Interactive and Football Manager

This month, we spoke to Mike D’Auria, Chief Commercial Officer at Second Spectrum, a tracking and analytics provider working in, among others, the NBA and the Premier League.

In our chat, we talked about how Mike came to work in the analytics space, what Second Spectrum do, and how clubs and media organizations are harnessing the power of tracking data to improve understanding of the game, which can be leveraged in different ways. 

You can follow Mike on Twitter @mikewdauria and Second Spectrum at @SecondSpectrum.

Episode 46: Mike D'Auria, Second Spectrum

This month, we spoke to Brexitball expert Andy Watson and immigration lawyer and senior partner at Fragomen LLP, John Kiely, about Analytics FC's ground-breaking new report. The report examines the impact of the GBE regulations on the British transfer market.
The pod discusses, among other things, the difference between the English and Scottish markets, the impact on the Women's game, and breaks down effects on a league-by-league basis.

Episode 47: Brexitball Report special with Andy Watson and John Kiely

This month, Alex spoke to Dan Micciche. Dan is widely regarded as a coaching innovator whose career has encompassed stints at the FA, coaching England youth teams, Arsenal, MK Dons, and most recently, Crawley Town. 

Dan talks about the England DNA approach, football and language, and how to create a set-up that fosters creative coaching.

You can find Dan on LinkedIn - he is smart enough to avoid Twitter!

We’ll be back next month with another interesting guest, but until then, make sure you subscribe to this podcast, rate and review it, and check out all the content that is going out from Analytics FC on our Twitter account @analyticsfc.

Episode 48: Dan Micciche, Ex-England, Arsenal and Spurs Coach

This month, Analytics FC teams up with Ankura Consulting Group, an independent global expert services and advisory firm, to discuss the process and pitfalls of acquiring a football club. Alex is joined by Analytics FC CEO Jeremy Steele and Ankura's Jonny Gray and Jon Brown to discuss their new partnership.

Episode 49: Analytics FC x Ankura – how to buy a football club

Analytics FC is a football podcast looking at the beautiful game in a different light. 

Each episode, we’re joined by a guest from the world of football analytics to talk about the ways we can use numbers, statistics and data to better understand the sport.

Episode 44: David Sumpter, Uppsala University and Twelve Football

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