NEWCASTLE UNITED are beefing up their scouting and recruitment department - and also moving to the position-specific model that Sporting Director Dan Ashworth used at Brighton.

MANCHESTER CITY have added to their growing Insights team by hiring Maram AlBaharna from The Athletic as Football Insights Analyst.

CHELSEA’S Head of Research and Innovation, Ben Smith, has left the club after 16 years to join Los Angeles-based data analytics firm BreakAway Data.

JONNY WHITMORE of Stats Perform uses advanced metrics to analyse the contribution of Thomas Partey this season and show why he is Arsenal's unsung hero.

NORWICH CITY have developed an innovative alternative to the Hoffenheim videowall with their own analysis buggy.

VIDEO TELESTRATION has been growing in popularity in football for several years. However, to date, there has been little published research about the efficacy of these tools. That's what Jordan Smith and his co-authors set out to put right.

LIVERPOOL’S Director of Research, Ian Graham, has resigned from his role and will leave Anfield after more than a decade. The Welshman joined Liverpool in July 2012 and became a key figure at the club, building the leading data science department in the Premier League and perhaps even in Europe.

CHARLIE REEVES has been promoted to Senior Lead for Performance Insights by Everton. The club are also still aiming to recruit a Head of Performance Analysis and Insights to lead the department.

MANCHESTER UNITED have started the process of recruiting data scientists, machine learning scientists, analysts and engineers as they look to become “dominant” in data science.

HARRY DUNN has been promoted to Performance Analysis Lead at Manchester City. The analyst, who has been with City for eight years, replaces Piet Cremers, who left at the start of this season.

ANALYSIS Operations Manager Andrew Meredith has left Manchester United after three years. The Australian, who previously coached the Germany men’s hockey team to two Olympic golds, joined United in the new role in September 2019.

EDD WEBSTER is a data scientist for LEGO who previously worked for Manchester City and West Ham. On October 25th, he will be hosting an SQL Masterclass for TGG. Here is some background on SQL and what the Masterclass will involve.