The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Football is Wrong

Chris Anderson; David Sally

ISBN 10: 0670922242 / ISBN 13: 9780670922246

Published by Viking, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Football is Wrong
• Publisher: Viking
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670922242
• ISBN 13: 9780670922246
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1755258691.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: 47149156
• Signed: 8/15/2025 11:51:31 AM
• Seller catalogs:
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  • 9780670922246

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Synopsis

A must-read . . . Chris Anderson and David Sally have the ability to see football in a way few have before them. Be warned: The Numbers Game will change the way you think about your favourite team or player, and change the way you watch the beautiful game. (Billy Beane, General Manager of the Oakland A's, the subject of Moneyball)

A fascinating and stylish investigation into a rapidly developing way of understanding football (Jonathan Wilson, author of Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics)

Whether you are a traditionalist or a numbers nut you can enjoy this book. It's thorough, accessible, and devoid of the absolute truths so many on both sides of the debate peddle. (Gabriele Marcotti, football broadcaster and author)

It is the book that could change the game forever (Times)

You need to like football. Millions of people do. And they should rush to read this book immediately. The game they love will take on new depth, colour and subtlety (Ed Smith The Times)

Does the impossible of making the beautiful game even more beautiful (Malcolm Gladwell)
About the Author

About the Author

Chris Anderson is a pioneer of soccer analytics and a professor at London School of Economics in the U.K. and Cornell University in the U.S.

David Sally is a professor at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.