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Head of Data & Technology @ Brentford FC - Luke Stopforth (Sports Analysis) - #13 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/in... Use code GILL20 for 20% discount! ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ In this video I sit down with Luke Stopforth who has been with his current club, Brentford FC for over a decade. Starting in League One as an analyst, Luke has showed some great progression to get into the position he is in now. We chat about the the ways in which Brentford do things a little different, more on Lukes career, advice for new analysts and much more in between. One interesting part of this chat was around the analyst community as a whole and we speak about an idea Luke posted about a couple of years ago regarding a 'union' type community to help and support analysts. Really curious to see what others think about this so let us know in the comments! Thanks again for Luke for taking part! ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Introduction 0:51 - Luke joins and gives some background 3:25 - The early days and early experiences 7:23 - Brentford and progression 13:12 - Closing the Academy 17:28 - Brentford's data background & ownership 22:00 - Premier League, style of play 23:16 - Average week of an analyst 28:39 - Advice for aspiring analysts 30:50 - Data over the years... 32:44 - The Analyst Community 37:17 - Hiring Staff 41:00 - Books and Podcasts 42:18 - xG and wrap up ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ CONNECT WITH ME 🌎 Website: https://www.chris-gill.com 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn:   / chrisgilluk   🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZocCdj... 🆇 X/Twitter: https://x.com/chrisgill_UK FREE RESOURCES 📋 Football CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/dow... 📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/do... 📚 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/in... ⚽️ 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

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