Data, stats, and tutorials

For a little while now, I've been thinking of creating a tutorial on how the stats posted on the account are generated. 

Having curated data on Irish international and club football since 2006, there's a wealth of information available to mine statistics from.

With that in mind, I've created a GitHub account to make the raw data publicly available, and have started a YouTube account to explain the stats. Be warned - this is not a beginner's programming tutorial. A level of technical knowledge is assumed. But I have tried to make it as accessible as possible for anyone without development experience.

The first and second episodes are available online now.

Episode 1 introduces the data, how it is stored in JSON files, and accessed using NodeJs

Episode 2 explains how three stats were compiled

• That Stephen Kenny is the first Ireland manager to lose two games to teams ranked outside the top 90
• That the winning margin against Scotland was the largest against a higher ranked side in a competitive game since rankings were introduced
• That Alan Browne's goal against Belgium was the fastest by a substitute since James Collins V Serbia 

This is something different for me. While I have some minor video editing experience, I've never worked on anything on this scale, so bear with me while I learn how video editing works.

There's no formal schedule for how often these videos will be published, but I'm aiming for once a month, with two stats explained in each tutorial.

Have fun!