association football

Explore " association football" with insightful episodes like "#6 Is Football Really the Greatest Game?", "THE HATEFUL MATES - Teammates who did not see eye to eye", "FOR THE MONEY - Strangest Sponsorships in Sports", "Behind-The-Ball-N-All" and "Episode #11: Jonathan Gruhl" from podcasts like ""Life Math Podcast", "Prof Sports", "Prof Sports", "Paul-N-All" and "Soccermetrics Podcast"" and more!

Episodes (13)

#6 Is Football Really the Greatest Game?

$#6 Is Football Really the Greatest Game?$

Two guys who don't watch football discuss football.

They say football is the greatest game ever. So our hosts decided to investigate this claim.

Is there anything about the nature of football that makes it so popular?

Is it about the physics of the game? Or is it about the lack of tech? How about the economics of football?

How do people get interested in football? Is it the nature of it or the nurture by some relative?

Or maybe there is some intrinsic structural appeal that no other sport can match.

Lots of frameworks, lots of structure, unnecessary complications.

This is Life Math’s take on football.

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enJuly 14, 2021

THE HATEFUL MATES - Teammates who did not see eye to eye

In the light of rumours that Australian “Swish King” Ben Simmons is to be traded away from the Philadelphia 76ers essentially because he and Joel Embiid do not get along, the team dive into the annals to dig up all the dirt on team mates who hated each other. Discussed this week: two Aussie Cricketers who fought over the timing of a song, NFL players mates who got into fisticuffs at training, two EPL teammates who brawled on the pitch, an AFL star who got intimate with his vice captain’s better half, and an Argentine footballer who stole his teammate’s wife, family and playing aspirations.

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enAugust 26, 2020

FOR THE MONEY - Strangest Sponsorships in Sports

In the light of the controversy over Telstra asking the NZ Warriors to drop Vodafone as their major sponsor (then backing away from the request), the team dig deep into the annals to find the weirdest sponsorships in sports. Discussed this week are an AFL Club that turned its back on tradition for a bag of lollies, a 90's alt rock group who invested in kids sports, an Italian football club sponsored by an oddly named jeans company, an English Premier League team sponsored by a business in their arch rival’s town, an Olympic Team sponsored by a comedian, a very adult stadium sponsor in the NBA and for some reason Nick does a story about something completely different.

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Twitter: @ProfessorJRoch @MrABarnett @nickradocomedian

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enAugust 19, 2020

Behind-The-Ball-N-All

GUEST: Andrew Haywood

In this episode, American-based Englishman Andrew Haywood joins Paul once again. Andrew is not only a world traveler, a good friend, and a fellow Lostie, but Andrew also hosts his own podcast!
In "Behind The Ball", Andrew gives his takes on the latest happening in the world of association football ("soccer" in the US). And he joined Paul on this program to talk about the triumphs and tribulations of getting the podcast started and maintaining the series.

Paul also made an appearance on "Behind the Ball", which you can find on iTunes and Apple Podcasts here: https://apple.co/2HfxGqx

en-usMarch 04, 2019

Episode #11: Jonathan Gruhl

Jonathan Gruhl is a data scientist at a major technology company with extensive experience in applying quantitative knowledge to fields such as management, finance, and sports. He presented research at the OptaPro Analytics Forum on developing similarity scores in football using match event data. We discussed his work, go over some of the surprising and not so surprising results, and muse on what makes player similarity studies so challenging in soccer.

Soccermetrics Podcast

en-usMarch 11, 2014

Episode #10: Oliver Page

Oliver Page is a sports trader with experience at a number of firms in the United Kingdom and interests in applying academic research and mathematical concepts to sports statistics and betting. He presented research at the OptaPro Analytics Forum on shotmaking strategies and expected goals in football. We discussed his work and the challenges of presenting probabilistic information to the rest of the football industry.

Soccermetrics Podcast

en-usFebruary 21, 2014

Episode #8: Zach Slaton (Best/Worst of 2013)

Zach Slaton is the proprietor of the soccer analytics blog A Beautiful Numbers Game and a columnist at Forbes.com. In this episode, we discuss our respective lists of the major stories in football analytics during 2013, such as Opta's acquisition by PERFORM Media, the release of The Numbers Game and The Nowhere Men, the fallout from the Soccer Analytics panel at SSAC, the acceptance of randomness in football, and more.

Soccermetrics Podcast

en-usJanuary 12, 2014

Episode #7: 2014 FIFA World Cup Finals Draw

This episode of the Soccermetrics Podcast was a live Google Hangout On Air to discuss the 2014 World Cup Final Draw that was conducted earlier in the day (6 December). Axel Torres (MARCA and GOL TV), Bobby McMahon (Forbes and formerly FOX Soccer), and Albert Larcada (ESPN Stats and Info) joined Howard Hamilton to give overall impressions of the draw and provide initial assessments of the final eight groups.

Soccermetrics Podcast

en-usDecember 10, 2013

Episode #6: Geir Jordet

Dr Geir Jordet is a professor at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, the head of the Psychology division of the Norwegian Center of Football Excellence, and a sports psychology consultant to professional football clubs and national teams. In this episode, we discuss the role of the Centre in Norway's football development, the factors that influence expert performance in football, and the factors that influence performance in high-pressure scenarios, such as penalty kick shootouts.

Soccermetrics Podcast

en-usNovember 22, 2013

Episode #5: David Sally (The Numbers Game)

David Sally is a trained behavioral economist, visiting professor at the Tuck School of Management at Dartmouth College, and the co-author (with Chris Anderson) of The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Soccer is Wrong. In this episode, we discuss David's interests in behavioral economics and how they influence his approach to soccer analytics, his path to becoming a soccer fan, and some of the counterintuitive findings presented in The Numbers Game.

Soccermetrics Podcast

en-usNovember 08, 2013

Episode #4: Murray Innes (Integral Interview #2)

(Originally recorded for Integral magazine project.) Murray Innes is the proprietor of a site called Football Mythbusters, in which he takes a whack at several "myths" that people in football just know to be true. We talked about the motivation for starting Mythbusters, some of the myths he examined, and get his thoughts on the upcoming season in the Premier League as a Liverpool supporter and La Liga as a new resident of Barcelona.

Soccermetrics Podcast

en-usOctober 19, 2013

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english premier league

liverpool

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Episode #3: Damien Comolli (Integral Interview #1)

(Originally recorded for Integral magazine project.) Damien Comolli is a controversial figure in football depending on which set of supporters you talk to. He has worked as a scout and then a sporting director at a number of clubs in France and England, and for better or worse he has been the leading exponent of the Moneyball philosophy in football. We talked before the 2013-14 season about expectations throughout Europe and his thoughts on the current state of analytics in the game.

Soccermetrics Podcast

en-usOctober 19, 2013

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la liga

english premier league

liverpool

soccer

Episode #2: Michael Calvin (The Nowhere Men)

Michael Calvin is the author of The Nowhere Men, a book on the life of football scouts in England. In this episode, we discuss the previously unknown world of football scouts, the challenges posed to it by the analytics movement, and what both groups could learn from each other.

Soccermetrics Podcast

en-usOctober 19, 2013

football

english premier league

liverpool

soccer

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