How to Win the Premier League

The best book on football I have ever read. - Daniel Finkelstein

Fascinating and educational. An enjoyable and informative read. - Sir Kenny Dalglish

Deserves a place among the great modern books on football. - Sam Wallace, chief football writer, Telegraph

This insider account of the data revolution that has swept through the modern football world is written by one of its key architects, Ian Graham. Between 2012 and 2023, Ian Graham worked as Liverpool FC's Director of Research. His tenure coincided with the club's greatest period of success since the 1980s, including winning the Premier League in 2020 - Liverpool's first league title after an agonizing three decades.

For the first time, Graham reveals the fascinating data that informed some of the club's most pivotal moments of the past decade, from the appointment of Jurgen Klopp as manager in 2015 to the signing of Mohamed Salah in 2017. Along the way, he shares groundbreaking insight into the modern game, including how a season largely played behind closed doors transformed our understanding of a home-side advantage, or why the greatest of all time might not be who you think. And, in a game that is increasingly dominated by an elite few, Graham charts a path for the future where a data-savvy competitor will always find the edge.

This is a fascinating, witty, and remarkably insightful account of Liverpool's reinvention and a clear-eyed, detailed explanation of the inner workings of modern football. Nobody is better qualified to tell either of those stories than Ian Graham, who stands as one of the most significant figures in the recent history of the club and the sport. - Rory Smith, author of Expected Goals and Chief Soccer Correspondent, New York Times

Never before has the data revolution in football been described so well from the inside. - Christoph Biermann, author of Football Hackers

How to Win the Premier League gives you three books for the price.