2020 – A YEAR IN REVIEW
JANUARY 2020 – the year is flat out from the get go. I arrive back in Sydney from NYC after doing last minute research on my next novel OVER MY DEAD BODY. The first murder […]
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BALLBURSTER out now!
An album of 50 AFL footy songs by Martin Cilia and me, Ballburster is now available for download and streaming on all services. There are tracks for every AFL Club. Not all the songs are […]
DARK SIDE OF THE SCRUM
My 1990 comedy Rugby League album has been digitally remastered and is now available for download from CD Baby. Under $4 (U.S.) for fourteen tracks is I think as good a value as it gets. […]
HOME TOWN UMPIRING VOL XV1
Okay it’s now about 15 years since I started to check out stats on home town umpiring and about 10 since I did some assiduous stats work on it. Those of you who have followed […]
CLUB OF ORIGIN
An idea of mine back in the mid-90s when East Fremantle were supplying top footballers across the land. I’d still like to see it – a Club of Origin style FA Cup. No it won’t […]
HOME GROUND ADVANTAGE VIA BIASED UMPIRING
The Shaun Giles article on the bias enjoyed by Victorian teams in the Grand Final was a step in the right direction but the analysis of Darren O’Shaughnessy (sports data analyst) seriously undersells the advantage […]
NOTHING CHANGES – UMPIRES STILL BIASED TO HOME SIDES AND VICTORIAN SIDES MOST
Every year I dutifully do my analysis of the relative bias of home-town umpiring and it seems every year it throws up pretty much the same result – certainly for the last six years. I […]
DESPITE THE EAGLES VIC CLUBS STILL DO BETTER FROM BIASED UMPIRING
As we approach the half-way point of the AFL season, I like to do my annual on Home Town Umpiring Bias stats and see if the usual trends continue – and YES they do: UMPIRES […]
HALT-TIME AT THE FOOTBALL – VOL 1 SCORE REVIEW: THE ONLY SOLUTION
I spend minutes, hours, days on the phone or in various email and social media communication with my learned footy friends discussing the whys and wherefores of the great game of football – that is […]