Tom Hancock

Articles

Champions League

Champions League 2021-22: The Quirks and the Trends

The 2022 Champions League final is upon on us but what sort of season has it been in European football's top tier competition?

12 hours ago Tom Hancock

Soccer

10 League Titles and a Concrete Cow: Previewing the League One Play-Offs

The EFL League One play-offs start today. Here's how the data sees each of the four clubs taking part.

3 weeks ago Tom Hancock

Soccer

A Brief History of the EFL Play-Offs

The 2021-22 EFL play-offs commence on Thursday. Here's a brief history of who's enjoyed them in the past, and who has not.

3 weeks ago Tom Hancock

Premier League

Should The Golden Boot Ignore Penalties?

Should players who don't get to take penalties regularly be accounted for when it comes to deciding the Golden Boot?

1 month ago Tom Hancock

Soccer

The Relegation Battle: Who Could Be the Saviours?

As the Premier League run-in commences, it’s time for heroes as far as those battling to avoid the drop are concerned. But who will those heroes be?

2 months ago Tom Hancock

Champions League

Small Fish, Big Pond: Celebrating the Champions League Minnows

One of Benfica or Ajax will reach the Champions League quarter-finals this season. We look back at some of the most memorable performances by clubs from outside the big five…

3 months ago Tom Hancock

Soccer

Mitrović’s Historic Hunt For a Half-Century of Goals

Aleksandar Mitrović is having one of the great goalscoring seasons in the second tier but can he sustain this form if Fulham go up?

4 months ago Tom Hancock

Soccer

How is League One Shaping Up at the Halfway Point?

We look under the League One bonnet at (roughly) halfway through the season to see how it's shaping up.

5 months ago Tom Hancock

Soccer

Yo-Yo Forever: the EFL Clubs in Perpetual Motion

After studying the gap between the Premier League and the Championship, we investigate whether chasms exist further down the English footballing pyramid

6 months ago Tom Hancock

Soccer

The Rise of the Premierchamp

Do Mind The Gap. We examine the disparity between the Premier League and the Championship and ask whether it's growing bigger.

7 months ago Tom Hancock