Pen pics of Tottenham's coaching, science, medicine and analytics staff.
Pen pics of Tottenham's coaching, science, medicine and analytics staff.
Tottenham are advertising for five key roles as they look to build world-class scouting and insights departments.
Teamworks will be the Headline Sponsor of this year's TGG Live Conference at St George's Park. Our annual two-day event is returning on September 9 & 10 to shine a light on the best of the backroom in football and beyond.
Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou has responded to Eric Dier’s assertion that he “really doesn't do any tactical work” in training.
NATHAN GARDINER has returned to Tottenham as Head of Sports Science. The appointment marks a return to the club he served for 15 years to October 2020.
IN our Set Piece Masterclass, former Newcastle United First Team Analyst Billy Coulston will help to improve your understanding, preparation and delivery of Set Pieces.
TOTTENHAM Technical Director Johan Lange says he and manager Ange Postecoglou are “aligned” to a club game model and methodology that will survive even if they leave.
R is a statistics-specific programming language that is excellent for data cleaning, manipulation and visualisations. In our R Masterclass, on Tuesday February 13th, Harsh Krishna will introduce you to R and RStudio (the interface for writing R code) and explain how they can be used with football event data.
FORMER Tottenham Academy Manager Dean Rastrick has joined the Professional Game Academy Audit Company (PGAAC) as a Leadership and Management Auditor.
ChatGPT and other Large Language models are changing how we write and read texts. In this Masterclass, Professor David Sumpter explains how to make the most of the new technology when writing scouting reports.
OUR Big Data Webinar is now available on-demand and brings you insights from leading practitioners in football and beyond.
STAFF from more than 100 clubs and federations from around the world - in football and beyond - were among those to gather in Manchester last week for two days of learning and networking at TGG Live.
TEAM Operations and Communications specialists Kairos will showcase their new product Kairos TV at TGG Live in Manchester on October 9th and 10th.
STAFF from dozens of leading clubs and federations will be attending TGG Live in Manchester on October 9th and 10th. This event, which is being held in the iconic Beetham Tower, will offer unparalleled opportunities to learn and network with some of the brightest minds in football and beyond.
ANGE POSTECOGLOU expects Tottenham to appoint a new Sporting Director soon - and says he is in favour of the role.
ANGE POSTECOGLOU will have been irked by suggestions he was copying tactics, because he has always prided himself on being original. In an illuminating interview with Hudl, he outlined his philosophy and how it was formed.
WE are delighted to reveal the agenda for our industry-leading TGG Live Conference in Manchester on October 9th and 10th. This two-day event at the iconic Beetham Tower in central Manchester will shine a light on the best of the backroom.
ANGE POSTECOGLOU has named his assistants at Tottenham and - perhaps uniquely - none of them have been on his staff before.
FORMER Manchester City Under-23 boss Simon Davies has been promoted from Head of Methodology to replace Dean Rastrick as Academy Director at Tottenham.
ACADEMY MANAGER Dean Rastrick has left Tottenham after 13 years “to pursue new challenges and opportunities.”
CLUB and Federation experts will give insights into latest trends and best practice at our Youth Development Webinar on June 6th.
ON October 9&10, Training Ground Guru is holding its biggest and best event, with its biggest and best line-up of speakers!
FABIO PARATICI has resigned as Tottenham’s Managing Director of Football after losing his appeal against a 30-month ban from football.
SCOTT MUNN has been appointed Chief Football Officer at Tottenham and will “take charge of all footballing departments.”
FABIO PARATICI, Tottenham’s Managing Director of Football, is forced to step down from his role after FIFA extended a ban imposed on him in Italy.
HEAD COACH Antonio Conte has departed Tottenham along with his brother Gianluca, but the rest of the Italian’s staff have remained at the club.
IN October we'll be holding our biggest ever event. The TGG Live Conference, at the iconic Beetham Tower in central Manchester, spans two days and will be a window into the world of high performance in professional football, featuring dozens of expert speakers from leading clubs and federations.
OUR Scouting and Recruitment Webinar is back for a second edition and again provides industry insights from leading experts in the game.
FABIO PARATICI, Tottenham’s Managing Director of Football, has been banned from working in Italian football for 30 months, with a request that the ban be “extended to UEFA and FIFA activities.”
TOTTENHAM manager Antonio Conte says the deaths of three close football friends within the last four months have led to “important reflections” and a realisation of the need to “give more time to your family and friends and also to yourself.”
LEARN how xG - the most important machine learning model in football - works during our follow-along Masterclass with Professor David Sumpter on Tuesday January 24th.
GIAN PIERO VENTRONE’S son, Ivan, visited Tottenham’s training ground yesterday (December 6th) to see the Evergreen Oak tree that has been planted near the first-team pitches in memory of his late father.
TGG's Big Data event is back for its fourth edition and will once again give top insights into how leading football clubs and federations are using data science.
TOTTENHAM fitness coach Gian Piero Ventrone has died suddenly at the age of 61, the club has announced.
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.
COACHES from the four home nations as well as from Belgium, Holland, Germany, Portugal and the United States came together at TGG’s Youth Development Conference for a day of learning and sharing ideas.
DATA is valuable and SQL makes navigating it a lot easier. Our SQL for Data Analysis Masterclass will provide an introduction to accessing and manipulating datasets in a football context.
GIANNI VIO has been appointed as Tottenham’s first ever set piece coach. The Italian, 69, is a pioneer of the role and was the first specialist set piece coach in English football during his time with Brentford in 2015/16.
ON September 20th, TGG will be holding its first in-person event for three years. The Youth Development Conference will feature top speakers giving insights into the latest innovations and best practice in Academies - from both England and beyond.
FORMER Everton Head of Recruitment Gretar Steinsson has been appointed Performance Director at Tottenham, with Rangers Head of Scouting Andy Scoulding as Assistant.
TOTTENHAM Head of Recruitment Brian Carey has left the club after six years. Carey initially joined Spurs as Senior Scout for the North West of England, before his role was expanded to Europe and then Head of Recruitment.
SERGE AURIER says Jose Mourinho and his staff did not pay enough attention to “the person behind the player” during their time in charge of Tottenham.
HOW do you ensure each individual develops within your team environment? This is a big focus for clubs - and for this webinar.
OUR Python Match Analysis Masterclass is a follow-along interactive session that takes you through the match analysis process, from processing a real match JSON file through to data visualisation and communication.
Our Power BI Masterclass, delivered by Southampton FC Performance Data Analyst Harriet Eastham, helps you to connect multiple data sources to generate interactive insights.
OUR Scouting and Recruitment webinar features insights from leading clubs and professionals.
TOTTENHAM’S Technical Performance Director, Steve Hitchen, has left the club after five years. The 45-year-old initially worked for the club as a scout from 2005 to 2010 before returning in February 2017 as Chief Scout.
OUR Youth Development event, which delivered insights from leading Academies, is now available on-demand.
TOTTENHAM have revealed the six staff who will work with new Head Coach Antonio Conte, including Ryan Mason, who took caretaker charge of the team last season.
TOTTENHAM have sacked Head Coach Nuno Espírito Santo along with his coaching staff of Ian Cathro, Rui Barbosa and Antonio Dias.
BRAIN injury charity Headway has described guidance on heading in training as “unclear and ill thought out” after Tottenham manager Nuno Espirito Santo admitted he had been ignoring the advice.
TGG's Big Data 2021 Webinar, shedding light on how top individuals and organisations are using data science in football, is now available on-demand.
TOTTENHAM are advertising for their first Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Manager to “drive workforce awareness and development about mental health and embed it into all aspects of the business.”
OUR Python Masterclass, which gives an introduction to the football capabilities of one of the world's most popular programming languages, is now available on-demand.
OUR Individual Development Coaching Webinar, which gave in-depth insights into the approach of top clubs and federations in this crucial area of the game, is now available to watch on-demand.
NUNO ESPIRITO SANTO has named his backroom staff at Tottenham, with trio Ian Cathro, Rui Barbosa and Antonio Dias reunited with him from Wolves.
ITALIAN Fabio Paratici has joined Tottenham as Managing Director, Football, as the club return to the Sporting Director model they jettisoned in September 2015.
TOTTENHAM'S team got older under Jose Mourinho and youngsters had fewer opportunities, but was it all his fault?
JOSE MOURINHO has been sacked by Tottenham along with the four assistants who arrived with him at the club in November 2019 - assistant Joao Sacramento, goalkeeper coach Nuno Santos, fitness coach Carlos Lalin and tactical analyst Giovanni Cerra.
RECOVERY is more important now than ever, because unprecedented fixture congestion is leaving so little time between matches. In this event, expert practitioners from elite clubs will be telling you how they monitor recovery and about the methods and tools they use to promote it.
A PLAYER'S position only tells us so much about them - as a comparison of Roberto Firmino and Robert Lewandowski shows. Paul Power of Stats Perform explains how we can carry out some more sophisticated analysis of a player.
TELESTRATION elevates the storytelling power of video, which is why TGG have teamed up with Tracab to bring you a Coach Paint Masterclass delivered by Benfica U23 assistant manager João Nuno Fonseca.
OUR Big Data event, which examines how top teams are using data science, is back for a second year.
TOTTENHAM have appointed Trevor Birch as Director of Football Operations and given him a place on a new four-person ‘Football Board’.
ENGLAND rugby coach Eddie Jones and England Women’s goalkeeper Karen Bardsley were among the superb speakers at TGG’s The Future Game webinar on Wednesday.
FORMER Tottenham captain Ledley King has been appointed as one of Jose Mourinho’s assistants at the club.
ENGLAND rugby coach Eddie Jones will be among the speakers at an online event exploring the future of elite sport post pandemic and beyond.
LONDON MAYOR Sadiq Khan has criticised Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho and some of his players for training in a public park despite the coronavirus lockdown.
TOTTENHAM will cut the pay of all 550 non-playing directors and employees by 20% in April and May using, “where appropriate”, the Government’s furlough scheme.
JOHN MCDERMOTT is leaving Tottenham after 15 years to take up the new role of Assistant Technical Director at the Football Association.
FORMER Tottenham Director of Football Damien Comolli says Jose Mourinho is not a “culture fit” for the club.
TGG will be exploring Modern Leadership at our next live event, at Emirates Old Trafford on Thursday April 23rd.
JOSE MOURINHO has chosen long-time lieutenants Carlos Lalin, Giovanni Cerra and Ricardo Formoshino to join him at Tottenham, with Joao Sacramento and Nuno Santos coming in from Lille to work with him for the first time.
DATA SCIENCE is the growth area in football, yet also one of the least understood. At this special event, we will be finding out what the top Premier League and international teams are doing, from the experts who are doing it.
KRIS VAN DER HAEGEN, the Director of Coach Education for the Belgian Football Association, will head a special TGG conference on youth development in June.
BY making 12 signings in a single summer transfer window, Fulham were always setting themselves up to struggle.
HEAD PHYSIO Geoff Scott says Tottenham invested in two speciality mattresses for every member of the squad following the intervention of one sleep-savvy player.
PREMIER LEAGUE footballers Tom Heaton and Ben Mee were among the attendees at TGG's second Cohesive Coaching event in Manchester.
TOTTENHAM assistant Jesus Perez has described manager Mauricio Pochettino’s philosophy as “risk with knowledge”.
FOLLOWING the success of our first Cohesive Coaching event in June, we decided to put on a sequel.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR may not have added to their squad this summer, but the completion of their Player Lodge could make a difference on and off the pitch.
JUSTIN COCHRANE thanked Chris Ramsey for inspiring him to become a coach after landing the England Under-15 job.
PAUL MITCHELL has been appointed Head of Recruitment and Development at RB Leipzig after the club endured an "unacceptable" January transfer window.
TOTTENHAM fitness and reconditioning coach Anton McElhone has been named Head of Fitness at the New England Revolution.
TOTTENHAM’S ex-nutritionist has revealed how the club monitors body composition and says players are in ‘serious trouble’ if they put on even a ‘tiny bit’ of fat.
CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN has highlighted the role Dennis Bergkamp played in his development when he was at Ajax.
How effective is your team's Academy? A new study has ranked the 86 Category 1-3 clubs in terms of productivity for England-qualified players.
SEBASTIANO POCHETTINO, 22, is the youngest first-team sport scientist in the Premier League, having been promoted to the role by Spurs in the summer.
NO-ONE was banging the drum for Harry Kane before he made his Spurs debut in 2014, which tells us there are very few 'dead certs' until young players are given a chance.
JONNY NORTHEAST, Swansea City's Head of Sports Science, is leaving the club after seven years.
SCOTT PARKER is the latest top player to take an Under-18s coaching job after being named in the role by former club Tottenham.
WEST BROM won the Premier League fitness title in 2016/17, with the lowest number of significant injuries and days lost to injury.
LIVERPOOL and Tottenham are taking a “risk too far” with their players by flying them thousands of miles to play friendlies this week, says the MD of one of Fifa’s medical centres of excellence.
FOOTBALL has lost one its “brightest young coaches” following the sudden death of Ugo Ehiogu - a man who ensured he was as qualified and experienced as possible for a career in management.
US SOCCER's new director of high performance told TGG about his journey from sports science graduate to one of the key jobs in football.