Charles Reep | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Thorold Charles Reep 22 September 1904 Cornwall, England |
| Died | 3 February 2002 (aged 97) |
| Nationality | English |
Thorold Charles Reep (22 September 1904 – 3 February 2002) was a football analyst credited with creating the long ball game which has characterized English football. Charles Reep trained as an accountant, then volunteered for the Royal Air Force in 1928.[1]
In the 1950s Charles Reep wrote his theories on football in the now defunct magazine Match Analysis from watching a variety of matches in soccer and concluded most goals were scored from fewer than three passes: therefore he concluded it was important to get the ball quickly forward as soon as possible.[2] The quicker the ball was played to goal with the least number of passes the more goals would be scored. His theory became known as the long ball. Charles Reep's ideas drew attention to 1950's coach Stan Cullis and at Brentford F.C.[3]
His ideas have been the foundation of the Norway national football team playing style.[4][5][6][7]
See also[]
- Charles Hughes (football coach)
- Long ball
References[]
- ↑ "On second thoughts ... Egil Olsen". Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2007/apr/04/onsecondthoughtsegilolsen. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ↑ "Grim Reep". When Saturday Comes. http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/2502/29/. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
- ↑ "The Most Important Soccer Performance Analyst You Have Never Heard Of". Forbes. http://www.forbes.com/sites/bobbymcmahon/2012/10/21/the-most-important-soccer-performance-analyst-you-have-never-heard-of/2/. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
- ↑ "The Joy of Six: Route-one goals". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2010/sep/17/joy-of-six-route-one-goals. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
- ↑ Power Corruption and Pies - Various, WSC Books Limited - Google Books. Books.google.co.uk. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HuTdMMRxFucC&pg=PA217&lpg=PA217&dq=charles+reep+brentford&source=bl&ots=CmqqNtKKAm&sig=zn0n-grk3U7zBFSrZYgdNjkJnaQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=b1h1UO_tGofI0QXVtYGwCg&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=charles%20reep%20brentford&f=false. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
- ↑ Anatomy of England: A History in Ten Matches - Jonathan Wilson - Google Books. Books.google.co.uk. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=41Xw_-WeSJ0C&pg=PT94&lpg=PT94&dq=charles+reep+brentford&source=bl&ots=dm7WAwiMy8&sig=na3rVW8EI8YhXmwbmHSP7DU66jY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=b1h1UO_tGofI0QXVtYGwCg&ved=0CDMQ6AEwBDgK. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
- ↑ Inverting The Pyramid: The History Of Football Tactics - Jonathan Wilson - Google Books. Books.google.co.uk. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qYSAhJn-srwC&pg=PT160&lpg=PT160&dq=charles+reep+brentford&source=bl&ots=wHqVKffwJl&sig=K1YGseCld6OSGiL2SH5yyhx7aMU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Ylt1ULijD4fB0QWfxoD4CA&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAjgU. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
External links[]
Further reading[]
- Reep, C (1989) Analysis of Scottish Soccer. The Punter, May/June, Issue 1.
- Reep, C & Benjamin, B (1968) Skill and Chance in Association Football, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, 131, 581-585.
- Reep, C, Pollard, R & Benjamin, B (1971) Skill and Chance in Ball Games, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, 134, 623-629.
- Pollard, R, Reep, C, & Benjamin, B (1977) Sport and the Negative Binomial Distribution, in S P Ladany & R E Machol (eds) Optimal Strategies in Sport. Amsterdam: North Holland Publishing. pp 188–195.
- Pollard, R, Reep, C & Hartley, S (1988) The quantitative comparison of playing patterns in soccer, in T Reilly et al. (eds) Science and Football I. London: Spon. pp 309–315.
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