SHORTLISTED 2025

Football Book of the Year | Shortlisted

How to Win the Premier League

by Ian Graham

In 2012, Ian Graham landed his dream job as Director of Research at his beloved Liverpool Football Club. Thanks to a series of ingenious, data-driven decisions. Liverpool would end their decades’ long streak languishing in the middle of the League tables, to finally reclaim their status as serious title contenders. Here, Graham reveals the inside story of the data revolution that has swept through the football world and charts a path for a future in which the underdog might fight back against teams who have dominated the modern game.

How to Win the Premier League by Ian Graham
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