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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Association football"”.
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Player valuation in thin markets: the case of European Association football
The amount of money in football is staggering and is a concern for people of all walks of life. While these concerns are valid, the money in football is justified and consumers of football as a form of entertainment, actively participate in the set-up of this labour market. Thanks to the …
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European betting market efficiency and the frequency of draws in association football
This study attempts to investigate and scrutinise the betting market efficiency of the top eleven leagues in Europe for eight respective seasons starting from the campaign of 2005-06 till the season of 2012-13. An analysis of the ‘1X2’ market and the ‘Over/Under 2.5 goals’ market, using the average …
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Association football and Irish Society during the Inter-War period, 1918-1939
… inter-war period, focussing primarily on association football and its status within the country's sporting land.scape. As the political uncertainty ofthe revolutionary period subsided with the violence that had characterised the struggle for autonomy from Britain it slowly became apparent …
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THE ROLE OF ACCELERATION RELATED VARIABLES FOR HAMSTRING MUSCLE (RE-) INJURY PREVENTION IN ELITE ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL
… muscle injuries constitute a major concern in football and a major challenge for physiotherapists working in this sport, being an injury with long absence from playing and training. Although clinical strategies to rehabilitate these injuries and clinical injury risk assessments have been …
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The origins, patronage and culture of association football in the west of Scotland, c. 1865-1902
Rangers and Celtic Football Clubs, together known as the ‘Old Firm’, have received the lion’s share of attention given to Scottish association football in both scholarly and popular literature. During Scottish football’s formative years, however, the ascendancy of the Old Firm was far from set in …
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The Origins and Development of Association Football in th eLiverpool District, c.1879 until c.1915
This thesis examines how association football evolved in Liverpool in the period before the Great War, and how the sport impacted on the lives of Liverpudlians during this period. Specific consideration is given in the first two chapters to the introduction of football to Liverpool and its …
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The Representation of Association Football in Fine Art in England From its Origins to the Present Day
This thesis aims to explore the representation of football in art from its origins in Ancient Greece to the present day, although the main focus of the analysis will be upon representations of football in English art from the late Victorian period up to 2010. In general terms, with minor but …
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Professional Football and its Supporters in Lancashire, circa 1946-1985
The academic study of Association Football and other sports is now regularly regarded as a valid and essential part of disciplines including psychology, history, philosophy, geography and sociology. The sociology and social history of Association Football in England for the period after the Second …
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A study of home advantage in football and other contributions to sports data analysis
… into this area. Building on the model for association football goal counts discussed in Dixon and Coles (1997), reparameterisation to reflect time and team dependent home advantage was explored, alongside the effect of cards on home advantage. Covariate analysis was performed using …
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"Oh, When the Wiz": An Ethnography of Communal Music-Making in Kansas City Soccer Culture
… to ponder why and how that music-making works? Association football (soccer) fans around the world chant together as a means of establishing a game day atmosphere as well as to proclaim their collective identity as members of an exclusive group. Aiming to explore this relationship between …
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The Growth and Development of Sport in Co. Tipperary, 1840-1880
… In the instances of cricket, rugby union and association football, the military were the principle agency through which these sports were disseminated among the people of Tipperary. Sporting trends which were fashionable in Great Britain also became evident in Ireland, and by extension, …
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Competitive balance in complex professional sports leagues
… analysis of competitive balance in European (association) football and the North American Major Leagues, It is found that cross-league comparisons of competitive balance are dependent on the dimension analysed. Win dispersion is better in the Big Five European domestic football leagues …
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When Moneyball Meets the Beautiful Game: A Predictive Analytics Approach to Exploring Key Drivers for Soccer Player Valuation
… the market value of a professional soccer (i.e., association football) player is of great interest to soccer clubs. Several gaps emerge from the existing soccer transfer market research. Economics literature only tests the underlying hypotheses between a player’s market value or wage and a few …
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Why Donegal Slept: The Development of Gaelic Games in Donegal, 1884-1934
… played. The rivalry between organisers of Gaelic football and soccer will be addressed and the impact of the press on this will also be explored. The reasons for the failure of hurling within the county will also be outlined. How the GAA became integrated into Donegal society will be examined …
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Analisis faktor penyebab stres pada wasit sepakbola di asosiasi PSSI Kota Blitar
… the surrounding. In 2010 on the PSSI internal Association football match, happened a great deal of heat between a referee and a player. The player was disappointed in the referee’s decision that became the problem causing the match of the 23 years old group stopped and disturbed the smoothness …
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A social history of sport in Cork, Tipperary and Waterford, c. 1880-1930
This thesis seeks to explore the development of sport in Munster in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by comparing developments in three counties: Cork, Tipperary and Waterford. In particular this thesis considers the development of rugby and soccer in comparative perspective across …
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A Survey of Administrative Practices and Policies Among NCAA Division III Football Programs
1 PDF file (49 leaves)
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The application of maximal mean and critical speed and metabolic powers for the quantification of external load in soccer
In Association football, often referred to as “soccer”, competitive match play is typically known to represent the greatest physical demand that players experience. The demands associated with match running performance may impact training outcomes and injury risk. As a result, practitioners …
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An Australian perspective on talent identification and development in soccer
Association football (soccer) is one of the most popular sports discussed in talent identification and development research. However, discrepancies exist in how researchers, coaches, and sporting professionals (i.e. scouts, recruiters, and skill acquisition specialists) define optimal practice. …