GARRY GELADE, described as the elder statesman of football analytics after his pioneering work for clients including Chelsea, has died at the age of 74.

SMARTERSCOUT founder Dan Altman reveals the six roles he's seen most often in data departments during his work with teams around the world.

DAVID SLEMEN, founding partner of Elite Performance Partners, explains why the role of Director of Strategy and Analytics should be non-negotiable for any ambitious football club.

LIVERPOOL Director of Research Ian Graham says that although manager Jürgen Klopp “intuitively understands the numbers”, he does not have "day-to-day or week-to-week" contact with the club's data team.

DAN ALTMAN explains how he plans to 'liberate' football analytics with smarterscout - and shares the lessons of his two seasons with Swansea City.

SMARTERSCOUT runs the rule over Birmingham City's Jude Bellingham to decide whether he could be the best 16-year-old in European football.

RICHARD BATTLE, Everton's former Head of Football Strategy, gives TGG his thoughts on how data science will develop in the next five years.

LIVERPOOL'S Lead Data Scientist, William Spearman, delivers a step-by-step guide on how he builds pitch control models and quantifies the creation of space.

MANCHESTER UNITED Head of Football Development John Murtough is heading up a working group developing the club’s data science strategy.

DATA collection and analysis in elite sport can amount to “ubiquitous surveillance” and result in feelings of anxiety, precariousness and performance fatigue among participants, new research has shown.

BRIAN PRESTIDGE has been promoted to Director of Insights and Decision Technology at City Football Group, meaning he will head up data science across nine teams including Manchester City.

TIM WASKETT, one of the unsung heroes from Liverpool's data science team, explains the work they do in the Royal Institute Christmas Lectures.