The Chris Gill Podcast

Man Utd & Leeds coach, talks tactics! (coaching and analysis) - Ewan SharpThis video is sponsored by In-Play Online! Tag and analyse your sports videos like the professionals. All from just £10/month!Check it out here 👉🏼 https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals?fpr=chrisgill_ukUse code GILL20 for 20% discount!◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️The guest for this video is the brilliant Ewan Sharp. Ewan, a Scottish football coach, has spent time in the US, Canada, Russia, and more recently in the Premier League with both Leeds and Manchester United.Ewan has worked closely with both Ralf Rangnick and Jess Marsch over his career so far and he shares a really interesting insight into what coaching and analysis looks like at the highest level.0:00 - Introduction 2:46 - Ewan joins and gives background12:40 - Masters in Leadership, up-skilling20:31 - More experience with New York Red Bulls29:09 - Toronto, then working closely with Ralf Rangnick36:06 - Joining Man Utd41:59 - Imposter syndrome45:40 - In game adjustments at Man Utd51:07 - Joining Leeds with Jesse Marsch57:58 - Some roles Ewan had at Leeds1:04:33 - An average week for Ewan1:12:05 - Ewan gives pre-match masterclass (screen share)1:45:41 - Difficulties of getting a job in elite football, learning1:52:21 - Book recommendations, wrap up#manutd #leeds #leedsunited #tactics #footballanalysis #tenhaag #jessmarsch Learn more about Multi-Club Ownership within professional football (Red Bull) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VICX8q9yzsBooks Ewan mentioned:The Alchemist – https://amzn.to/4cEU219Alex Ferguson book - https://amzn.to/3U0cdaf Lead and Change – https://amzn.to/3xm4Lxr The Straight A Conspiracy - https://amzn.to/3vO2kD4 ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️CONNECT WITH ME🌎 Website: https://www.chris-gill.com 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk/ 🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZocCdjxjdVJZjO4UNNNew 🆇 X/Twitter: https://x.com/chrisgill_UK FREE RESOURCES📋 Football CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download 📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/download 📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/download PAID RESOURCES💻 Video Analysis Software (GILL20 for 20% off) - https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals?fpr=chrisgill_uk⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Become a data analyst with Data Camp: https://datacamp.pxf.io/WqBZGA

Promotion from league one and scouting new players - Jacob Blain #49This video is sponsored by In-Play Online! Tag and analyse your sports videos like the professionals. All from just £10/month!Check it out here 👉🏼 https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals?fpr=chrisgill_ukUse code GILL20 for 20% discount!◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️The guest for this video is Jacob Blain. Jacob has been at Carlisle United for over 4 years and in that time has transitioned from first team analyst, to recruitment analyst.We speak about the differences between these roles, Jacobs experience at Wembley, winning promotion via the play-offs and much more. It was great to hear from an analyst that had real constraints from a smaller budget and department. Jacob even explains how, as a Carlisle fan anyway, he was going to watch a game, and ended up meeting the manager afterwards to get his job!0:00 - Introduction2:42 - Jacob joins and gives overview, placements, getting started10:31 - The role of academy analyst19:40 - Coaching23:19 - Joining Carlisle United29:12 - Average week for a solo analyst33:01 - Pre-match presentations & set pieces38:30 - Promotion via the play-offs, Wembley47:00 - Shifting over to recruitment56:40 - Advice for new analysts, book recommendationsOther relevant Episodes mentioned:Matty Owen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9EB0iuqHy4Phill Hudson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ2tlAmhmaUBooks Jacob mentions:Net Gains: https://amzn.to/3JoiS8dThe Nowhere Men: https://amzn.to/3VE6qZbMatty owen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9EB0iuqHy4Phil Hudson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ2tlAmhmaU#carlisle #sportsanalysis #sportsanalytics #cufc #leagueone #leaguetwo◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️CONNECT WITH ME🌎 Website: https://www.chris-gill.com 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk/ 🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZocCdjxjdVJZjO4UNNNew 🆇 X/Twitter: https://x.com/chrisgill_UK FREE RESOURCES📋 Football CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download 📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/download 📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/download PAID RESOURCES💻 Video Analysis Software (GILL20 for 20% off) - https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals?fpr=chrisgill_uk⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Become a data analyst with Data Camp: https://datacamp.pxf.io/WqBZGA

Football clubs using DATA to make better decisions - Tim Keech - #48This video is sponsored by In-Play Online! Tag and analyse your sports videos like the professionals. All from just £10/month!Check it out here 👉🏼 https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals?fpr=chrisgill_ukUse code GILL20 for 20% discount!◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️Tim Keech is a co-founder of football consultancy firm, MRKT Insights. His company works with clubs from around the world helping them make better decisions with the use of data around scouting, recruitment and long term planning.In this chat we speak about the types of things clubs are doing, but also go into the under tapped market of recruiting players from Africa. Really interesting stuff, all timestamps below.Don't forget to subscribe if you haven't already, and thanks for watching.Check out MRKT Insights: https://mrktinsights.com/Tim on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sbunching?lang=enNot the top 20 Pod: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLi4ccCSo1F7C_9Djbu_aWAAlfie Kohn Book: https://amzn.to/43jnIN80:00 - Introduction2:13 - Tim joins and gives background, working with Swansea6:26 - The data analytics landscape, types of things Tim does15:32 - Using data to recruit a head coach23:15 - Risk and reward in football31:58 - Bringing players from Africa39:53 - Why is scouting so hard?46:36 - Strategic planning for football clubs, sporting directors53:28 - Future predictions, trends59:37 - Advice for new analysts, the APFA, recommendations#scouting #footballscouting #mrktinsights #footballanalysis #footballanalytics #sportsanalytics◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️CONNECT WITH ME🌎 Website: https://www.chris-gill.com 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk/ 🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZocCdjxjdVJZjO4UNNNew 🆇 X/Twitter: https://x.com/chrisgill_UK FREE RESOURCES📋 Football CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download 📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/download 📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/download PAID RESOURCES💻 Video Analysis Software (GILL20 for 20% off) - https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals?fpr=chrisgill_uk⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Become a data analyst with Data Camp: https://datacamp.pxf.io/WqBZGA

Football Analytics, coaching and scouting (Analytics FC) - Jeremy Steele #47This video is sponsored by In-Play Online! Tag and analyse your sports videos like the professionals. All from just £10/month!Check it out here 👉🏼 https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals?fpr=chrisgill_ukUse code GILL20 for 20% discount!◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️Jeremy Steele is the Managing Director of sports analytics consultancy, Analytics FC. He is quite unique in the fact that he has experience as a coach, head coach, scout, sporting director as well as a his current business leadership role.Analytics FC work with clubs all around the world but also work with players too, with one notable project being the work they did with Kevin De Bruyne when he negotiated his current long term contract with Man City.Check out Analytics FC here: https://analyticsfc.co.uk/0:00 - Introduction2:33 - Jeremy joins and gives background6:28 - Coaching positions, Brentford FC, and the start of data22:52 - Scouting for West Ham Utd30:27 - Moving to Cyprus as a sporting Director38:27 - What does a sporting director do?46:23 - Analytics FC, using data for scouting and finding head coaches1:04:40 - Working with De Bruyne and Hector Bellerin 1:15:29 - Future predictions, the data landscape in sport1:18:53 - Jobs in football, APFA, advice for analysts1:25:15 - Wrap up, summary#sportsanalysis #sportsanalytics #sportsdata #kevindebruyne #mancity #manchestercity #analyticsfc #footballanalytics #footballdata◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️CONNECT WITH ME🌎 Website: https://www.chris-gill.com 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk/ 🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZocCdjxjdVJZjO4UNNNew 🆇 X/Twitter: https://x.com/chrisgill_UK FREE RESOURCES📋 Football CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download 📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/download 📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/download PAID RESOURCES💻 Video Analysis Software (GILL20 for 20% off) - https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals?fpr=chrisgill_uk⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Become a data analyst with Data Camp: https://datacamp.pxf.io/WqBZGA

The TRUTH behind football multi-club ownerships - Jason Stephens #46This video is sponsored by In-Play Online! Tag and analyse your sports videos like the professionals. All from just £10/month!Check it out here 👉🏼 https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals?fpr=chrisgill_ukUse code GILL20 for 20% discount!◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️For this video I am joined by Jason Stephens, a international football business lecturer at UCFB. Jason is an expert on the growing trend of multi-club ownerships in football (MCOs) and kindly shares some of his wisdom.Man City are of course part of this with City Football Group, but the whole landscape is a web of connections between rich individuals, businesses, and venture funds.I found this conversation fascinating and so I hope you enjoy it. Don't forget to subscribe!0:00 - Introduction2:27 - Jason joins and gives overview of MCOs8:12 - Ownerships or Partnerships?9:36 - The Red Bull model15:47 - Racing City Group19:24 - Rules and regulations (Man City, Girona, AC Milan)34:00 - Deep dive into City Football Group, dodgy transfers?52:05 - Positives and negatives of MCOs56:37 - Future predictions, a super league?1:01:35 - Wrap up, where to learn moreCheck out the PDF I reference here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jasonstephens4sports_premier-league-multi-club-ownership-links-activity-7145834721229303808-T1ju?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktopCheck out the episode I mentioned about Football Finance with Kieran Maguire here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y15qsP8bhHs#mancity #cityfootballgroup #manchestercity #redbull #multiclubownership◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️CONNECT WITH ME🌎 Website: https://www.chris-gill.com 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk/ 🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZocCdjxjdVJZjO4UNNNew 🆇 X/Twitter: https://x.com/chrisgill_UK FREE RESOURCES📋 Football CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download 📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/download 📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/download PAID RESOURCES💻 Video Analysis Software (GILL20 for 20% off) - https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals?fpr=chrisgill_uk⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Become a data analyst with Data Camp: https://datacamp.pxf.io/WqBZGA

David Sumpter, an applied mathematician and author of Soccermatics, joins to unveil the fascinating intersection of mathematics and football. He discusses how mathematical models can demystify the game’s randomness and enhance tactical understanding. Topics range from expected goals and pitch control to innovative scouting tools using AI. David highlights the significance of metrics like expected threat and shares his insights on engaging players with analytics. A must-listen for football enthusiasts curious about the science behind the game!

Man Utd ownership, financial fair play, TV deals & millions in wages! - Kieran Maguire #44 This video is sponsored by In-Play Online! Tag and analyse your sports videos like the professionals. All from just £10/month!Check it out here 👉🏼 https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals?fpr=chrisgill_ukUse code GILL20 for 20% discount!◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️This weeks guest in football finance expert, Kieran Maguire. Kieran is a university lecturer in football finance, author and co-host of the 'Price of Football' podcast.In this conversation we break down a lot of topical football finance topics such as player wages, tv deals, financial fair play and the ownership of Manchester United.I hope you enjoy the video and if you do, please don't forget to subscribe!0:00 - Introduction 2:06 - Kieran joins and gives overview3:44 - How football clubs make money11:05 - Financial fair play, Man City, Forest and Everton charges19:07 - Multi-club ownership25:00 - Broadcast Deals (Sky, TNT Sports)36:27 - Man Utd ownership, debt, transfers45:09 - Transfer fees, player wages49:48 - Jose Mourinho, manager pay-outs54:59 - Additional myths about football finance57:44 - Kierans books, podcast, where to hear more from Kieran, recommendationsThe Price of football book - https://amzn.to/3vUAZirUnfit and improper persons book - https://amzn.to/3SyQd5qCheck out Kieran's podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-price-of-football/id1482886394◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️CONNECT WITH ME🌎 Website: https://www.chris-gill.com 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk/ 🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZocCdjxjdVJZjO4UNNNew 🆇 X/Twitter: https://x.com/chrisgill_UK FREE RESOURCES📋 Football CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download 📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/download 📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/download PAID RESOURCES💻 Video Analysis Software (GILL20 for 20% off) - https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals?fpr=chrisgill_uk ⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Become a data analyst with Data Camp: https://datacamp.pxf.io/WqBZGA

How to be a football scout (and what scouting is REALLY like!) - Chris Robinson #43This video is sponsored by In-Play Online! Tag and analyse your sports videos like the professionals. All from just £10/month!Check it out here 👉🏼 https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals/scouts?fpr=chrisgill_ukUse code GILL20 for 20% discount!◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️Check out Chris new scouting book for 2025! - https://amzn.to/3XGWjmC The guest for todays video is very experienced scout, Chris Robinson. Chris has experience in coaching and management as well as a very extensive scouting career with his most recent spell being with Chelsea FC.Chris has experience in all areas of scouting and is kind enough to share some of the things he has learnt over any years in the game.Don't forget to subscribe for more content like this!0:00 - Introduction2:00 - Chris joins, gives background, and explains different types of scouting6:13 - Managing Cheltenham, how things have changed over the years11:05 - Joining Chelsea as a scout, integration scouting14:20 - What does a scouting department look like?18:08 - Youth scouting (ages, positions, agents)30:35 - Has scouting been professionalised? Are scouts undervalued?36:54 - The day in the life of a scout, what to look out for44:10 - Scouting an individual player48:15 - Modern day scouting (position specific)53:40 - Selling players for profit, teams without academies56:42 - Advice for aspiring scouts59:57 - The Scouting Game (Chris' new business)1:02:39 - Book recommendations, wrap up, where to find ChrisBooks mentioned by Chris:The signal and the Noise - https://amzn.to/48tN1OgThe Numbers Game – https://amzn.to/3O0drPe Football Hackers - https://amzn.to/41WWtHp Inverting the Pyramid - https://amzn.to/3RYXAlrThe Mixer – https://amzn.to/41V3IQ0 Intensity (Pep Lijnders) - https://amzn.to/47y2Fqg Chris now also has created his own business, that you can check out here: www.thescoutinggame.co.uk◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️CONNECT WITH ME🌎 Website: https://www.chris-gill.com 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk/ 🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZocCdjxjdVJZjO4UNNNew 🆇 X/Twitter: https://x.com/chrisgill_UK FREE RESOURCES📋 Football CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download 📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/download 📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/download PAID RESOURCES💻 Video Analysis Software (GILL20 for 20% off) - https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals?fpr=chrisgill_uk⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Become a data analyst with Data Camp: https://datacamp.pxf.io/WqBZGA

Sports Data Analytics - (Power BI, Python, Tableau etc.) - Lorna Belford #42This video is sponsored by In-Play Online! Tag and analyse your sports videos like the professionals. All from just £10/month!Check it out here 👉🏼 https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals?fpr=chrisgill_ukUse code GILL20 for 20% discount!◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️🐍 Learn PYTHON for football analysis – https://mckay-s-site.thinkific.com/courses/football-analytics-course?ref=3f7c5cThe guest for this video is Lorna Belford, the Performance Data Lead at the UK Sports Institute. Lorna explains what she gets up to in her role, and explains the tools that she uses now, and has done in the past to help gain better insights across a range of sports.Lorna also spent some time in the golf sector, carrying out some really interesting tests on golf balls, clubs, and even turf.We speak about (and Lorna gives some advice) on Tableau, Power BI, Python, SPSS, Matlab, Minitab and others. If you have any questions, please leave a comment below, and don't forget to subscribe to the channel if you haven't already!The books Lorna mentioned:Data Visualisation (Andy Kirk) - https://amzn.to/3TYuipJInvisible Women (Caroline Criado Perez) - https://amzn.to/3to8Q2w TLDR email that Lorna mentioned - https://tldr.tech/ 0:00 - Introduction1:59 - Lorna joins, the difference between data analyst/engineer/scientist6:41 - Dashboards, the UK Sports Institute9:17 - Lorna's education and background13:19 - Lack of female representation in data roles21:05 - Lorna's interesting roles in golf29:58 - Matlab, Minitab, VBA for Excel34:10 - Lorna's current role (Performance Data Lead)43:53 - Tips for Tableau and Power BI52:08 - Other tools, different tech stacks of different teams54:46 - Case study explains work with UK diving and swimming teams59:52 - Lorna gives 3 tips to get started1:03:37 - Book recommendations, summary, where to find Lorna◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️CONNECT WITH ME🌎 Website: https://www.chris-gill.com 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk/ 🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZocCdjxjdVJZjO4UNNNew 🆇 X/Twitter: https://x.com/chrisgill_UK FREE RESOURCES📋 Football CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download 📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/download 📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/download PAID RESOURCES💻 Video Analysis Software (GILL20 for 20% off) - https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals?fpr=chrisgill_uk⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Become a data analyst with Data Camp: https://datacamp.pxf.io/WqBZGA

How to get started in Sport Analytics (Python, R, SQL, Visualisations) - @McKayJohns #41This video is sponsored by In-Play Online! Tag and analyse your sports videos like the professionals. All from just £10/month! Check it out here 👉🏼 https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals?fpr=chrisgill_uk Use code GILL20 for 20% discount!◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️The guest for this weeks video is McKay Johns! If you have an interest in sports analytics and have been on YouTube or Twitter in the last few years then you probably already know who McKay is!.McKay has his own channel where he shares incredibly valuable tutorials and other tips on getting started in sports analytics. He has been a real help for so many new football analysts and so I so happy to be able to do this collaboration with him. Thanks for all the work you do McKay!0:00 - Introduction2:11 - McKay joins and gives overview, different types of data roles7:30 - Inspirations for McKay, getting started10:42 - Keeping up with trends, picking a niche14:08 - The tools that McKay uses, Python, R, SQL19:26 - Tips for getting started, questions from viewers34:29 - McKays predictions for the future, AI, ChatGPT42:43 - Web scraping45:20 - Analysis of Jude Bellingham49:29 - Nice, visual tables using Python51:34 - Book recommendations, summary, wrap upYou can check out McKay's channel here - https://www.youtube.com/c/McKayJohnsFollowing McKay on Twitter – https://twitter.com/mckayjohns?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EauthorMcKay’s web scraping course - https://mckay-s-site.thinkific.com/courses/webscraping-data-workshop?ref=3f7c5cBooks mentioned by McKay:Socermatics - https://amzn.to/40tfWym Soccernomics - https://amzn.to/3RnkS3B Moneyball – https://amzn.to/3S0OpC2Red Rising - https://amzn.to/47cx2Cx◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️CONNECT WITH ME🌎 Website: https://www.chris-gill.com 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk/ 🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZocCdjxjdVJZjO4UNNNew 🆇 X/Twitter: https://x.com/chrisgill_UK FREE RESOURCES📋 Football CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download 📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/download 📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/download PAID RESOURCES💻 Video Analysis Software (GILL20 for 20% off) - https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals?fpr=chrisgill_uk⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Become a data analyst with Data Camp: https://datacamp.pxf.io/WqBZGA