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Saturday, August 3 • 11:00am - 12:00pm
By the Numbers: Figures, Fantasy and Football Manager

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Whether it is through the lens of modern statistics, fantasy football, research studies or Football Manager, numbers have become a huge part of everyday football conversations. Join us as we explore amusing stories, surprising facts and of course, numbers from the world of football.
Moderators
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John Burn-Murdoch

John Burn-Murdoch is a senior data-visualisation journalist at the Financial Times in London, where he analyses data to find stories, and uses words and graphics to communicate the results. He works primarily on telling visual stories about the way societies cohere and fracture, and... Read More →

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Roya Arabshahi

Manchester City
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David Wardale

David Wardale is an author and freelance writer whose book, 'Wasting Your Wildcard - the Method and Madness of Fantasy Football', was published by Yellow Jersey Press in 2018. He has written for national and regional newspapers for more than 30 years and is currently trying to blag... Read More →
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Chris Anderson

Author, The Numbers Game
Chris Anderson has played in goal, been a professor in the Ivy League, written a best-selling book about football numbers, advised on Premier League football club takeovers, and managed a football club.An award-winning behavioural scientist with many years of experience analysing... Read More →
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Louis Myles

Louis is a Film and TV and ad director who’s film “Kaiser! The Greatest Footballer Never to Play Football” was a worldwide hit in 2018. A former Match of the Day producer, Louis has worked on many football projects throughout the years, including being campaign director for... Read More →
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Tom Davidson

SI Games
Tom Davidson is the PR Manager at Sports Interactive, the makers of Football Manager. Since joining the SI team in 2012, Tom has written about Football Manager for The Guardian, The Mirror, The New York Times and FourFourTwo. He co-hosts the studio’s regular video series, The FM... Read More →


Saturday August 3, 2019 11:00am - 12:00pm BST
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