16 Watching soccer—the English leagues
“Football: it’s a funny old game.”
Background The English soccer league is the oldest in the world, the first season being 1888-89.
Questions Are there more draws now than before? Has home advantage always been the same? Do teams score fewer goals now? Can we display the histories of teams over the years? How do teams perform over a season?
Sources The engsoccerdata package contains results for all English soccer games in the top four tiers from the 1888-89 season to the 2021-22 season (Curley (2022))
Structure Results of 203956 games summarised in 12 variables