Decoding and demystifying football

Mark Thompson

Handy Resources

A bunch of links to useful resources of various different types. They're split into three sections: * conferences/research, which can help keep up-to-date with the latest advances in football analytics * guides/courses, helping to get started with football analytics yourself (not an exhaustive list, but if it was

Get Goalside 100

As Get Goalside reaches 100 editions, we speak to some smart minds in the industry about what they've learnt during the 'Get Goalside era'

When will tracking data have its xG moment?

Five years ago, I wandered into my first Stats Perform Pro Forum.[1] The Pro Forum, if you're not familiar with it, is like Davos for people who read Opta data feed specifications instead of public policy documents. A swarm of analysts, and increasing numbers of 'Head

Everything you need to know about expected goals

Expected goals is everywhere, and it kind of has been for quite a while. However, that doesn't mean everyone's had it explained nicely for them. So here's a quick, handy, cut-out-and-keep guide to everything you need to know about expected goals. Contents 'What

The Theory of Everything (in football)

There was a point in time where people didn't write books on story structure. Nobody knew what an 'act' was, or what pathos was, or that a punchline goes at the end of a list of three. They just told stories, and a lot of those

Analytics Mailbag!

Hello reader, For this edition of Get Goalside we're going for the trusty Q&A mailbag. I put out a call for questions, I got some questions, I answer the questions below. Some of the questions have been shortened a little for conciseness. The answers, slightly less

Ask away! Get Goalside mailbag edition coming soon

Hello dear subscriber - it's been a while, over a year, since I last did a Get Goalside mailbag/Q&A newsletter, so it's about time for another one. It'll be coming out on the 10th of February, so get your data/analytics/