I’ve only just started to extract statistical data from the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations database, and I am getting more excited about the various analyses that my database schema has enabled. I’m going to start by summarizing the performance of a group that comes in for a lot of commentary, but not necessarily analysis: […]
Weston, M. et. al. (2006) "The effect of match standard and referee experience upon the objective and subjective match workload of English Premier League referees", Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 9 (3): 256-262. [Citation|PDF]Mallo, J. et al. (2009) "Physical demands of top-class soccer assistant refereeing during high-standard matches", International Journal of Sports Medicine, […]
Yavuz, M., Inan, U.H., Figlali, A. "Fair referee assignments for professional football leagues", Computers and Operations Research, 35: 2937-2951, 2008. [Citation][From the abstract] Assignment of referees to football games is an important problem faced in professional football leagues. Despite its importance, the problem has received limited academic attention. This paper presents a model and analysis […]
Analytics work in soccer has tended to focus on the performance of teams and players, but it is inevitable that attention would turn to match referees. Assessment of referee performance — especially concerning specific referees — is extremely important not only to the leagues and the teams, but also (let's admit this) to gambling interests. […]
