Ranking football players

  1. Ian McHale,
  2. Phil Scarf

Article first published online: 10 JUN 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2005.00091.x

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Significance

Significance

Volume 2, Issue 2, pages 54–57, June 2005

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McHale, I. and Scarf, P. (2005), Ranking football players. Significance, 2: 54–57. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2005.00091.x

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  1. Lecturers in applied statistics at the University of Salford. Ian is currently a member of the Manchester Royal Statistical Society committee, and his research interests are in extreme values, analysis of financial markets and statistics in sport. Phil is co-editor of the IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, which recently published an issue on “OR in sport” (2005, issue 2), and his research interests include replacement modelling, maintenance and reliability, and statistics and decisionmaking in sport.

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  1. Issue published online: 10 JUN 2005
  2. Article first published online: 10 JUN 2005

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The Actim index is the official player rating system of the Barclays Premiership, which was introduced for the 2004–2005 football season. It was devised by Ian McHale and Phil Scarf for the Press Association in partnership with the Premier League and Football Data Co. Here they describe the development of the index and take a look at player performance this season.

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