Notion of raising game for big clubs is a myth

Underdogs do not play any better when facing one of the Premier League's big four, according to Fink Tank research

The science of sacking managers

Does a new man at the helm really have an immediately positive impact on the fortunes of a football team?

Respect: referees are doing a good job

They earn few plaudits and their every mistake is highlighted, but officials are good and are not 'homers' says Fink Tank

Table tells truth for Tottenham Hotspur

Perron-Frobenius theorem sheds light on Premier League positions by taking into account the difficulty of schedules

Capello can escape turnip treatment

England manager's squad is much closer to Fink Tank's than was Steve McClaren's - surely a good sign for the Italian

Reading a team without equal ... but only just

Owen Coyle, the Burnley manager is right: the Championship is the most competitive league in Europe

Calculations of Tévez effect misses points

The arbitration panel’s judgment that the former West Ham forward was worth ‘at least three points’ is flawed and ludicrous

Tyne is money with no reward for Ashley

Players must take some responsibility for the culture of failure that has become synonymous with Newcastle

Double Chelsea’s money and City are in business

Fink Tank experts explain how increased turnover — and last season’s showing — could help a team to crack the 'big four'

United for the title - but Newcastle beware

The laws of probability indicate another successful season at Old Trafford, but Kevin Keegan could get greyer still

Fink Tank: Germany will come up trumps

Statistics show that the Teutonic habit of winning in clumps gives them the edge over Spain in the Euro 2008 final

Location everything in penalty shoot-outs

Daniel Finkelstein thinks he has come up with the location of where to place the perfect penalty and guarantee success