Football strategy, information and analytics consultancy in performance and development environments.
Liverpool
Joined August 2019
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Left Field's latest analysis: the use of data in recruitment decision making.
Thanks to @Gradient_Sports for their support!
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#football #data #talentID
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If you want to catch the full episode, you can find it here:
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On this month's Analytics FC Podcast, we spoke to Richard Battle, the founding director of @LeftFieldFC. Here he is talking about one of the ways football clubs can learn from other businesses when it comes to implementation of a data strategy:
'Careers in the game' is a useful metric to measure academy productivity. Around 150 players per year achieve that. So how many of those would you expect to come from your academy?
#football #academies #productivity
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The increased incentive for clubs to invest in youth development is perhaps the most overlooked consequence of recent regulatory changes to player recruitment in English football.
A blog from Left Field:
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#football #sportsbusiness #youthdevelopment
The latest blog from Left Field Football Consulting: how the changing recruitment landscape can reward successful academies across the league.
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RAE has been a subject of research and debate for many years. Yet it persists. Furthermore, the pathways of young players moving from U18 to first team football demonstrate the value in getting it right. How can it be addressed? leftfieldfc.com/why-the-rela…
As football clubs rely increasingly on data to shape player recruitment and performance analysis, the reliance on the systems that hold, process and present that data will increase - and the involvement of IT will grow in importance and complexity.
To have a greater availability of better quality information to support your most important decisions, it is important to have a plan for how you will do so: an information strategy. A podcast with @TriMyData and @hmschwenk
Podbean: bit.ly/3oEWMl5
A very balanced piece from @mjshrimper + co on a very divisive subject. The ramifications of this will be discussed for years to come, most likely in respect of current Championship clubs who take the loans. theathletic.com/2237356/2020…
Whilst clearly flagged as subject to review, this system will shape the top tiers of our national game for years to come. thefa.com/news/2020/dec/01/g… #football #Brexit #sportsbusiness
Very pleased to launch the new website this week: leftfieldfc.com.
Great work from @designbykalo and @PainterBeard
#football #strategy #analytics
"Analysing all this information at scale helps determine future Academy recruitment strategies - by organising our scouting network and prioritising key areas, we can act quicker and more decisively to recruit the right talent" - Sam Bailey.
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Great to collaborate with @ExasolAG in setting out the case for information strategies within football clubs. More on its way over coming weeks.... exasol.com/en/blog/data-in-f…
An enjoyable conversation with @ground_guru talking about how clubs will develop their own analytic capabilities over years to come. #football #performanceanalytics #digitaltransformation
Richard Battle, the former @Everton Head of Football Strategy and founder of @LeftFieldFC, gives his predictions for how data science in football will develop in the next five years.
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