About The Blog

As of October 2020

 

About this blog 

On this blog, I will write all about football and the numbers behind it. Books I am currently reading are Football Hackers by Christoph Biermann and Done Deal by Daniel Geey.

I am formally a member of the award-winning youtube channel that focuses on Manchester United.

I like to look into the numbers behind the beautiful game to separate fact from fantasy.

I have a background in economics, analysing data and the German language. Along with the Premier League, I have a great interest in the German Bundesliga.

In late 2018 I also developed an interest in the Football Index and plan to incorporate into my statistics based writing when possible.


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Education

Diarmuid is a recent Information Systems Graduate from University College Cork, where he received first-class honours. In 2018, he graduated from University College Cork with a bachelors in Economics and German. He also studied for one year at Leibniz University in Hannover Germany. While studying at University College Cork, he held the role as the public relations officer with the Economics Society and finance officer with the photography society. 

 

Technology work

Diarmuid has worked three summers at EMC as the Ireland Centre of Excellence team while studying. From 2018-2019 he was based in Dublin working as an add writer with Cognizant Technologies (Google client) as part of the German team. Most recently he worked as a research/technology consultant with GIS consulting Company Future Analytics Consulting. Here he created a set of KPIs and a framework to help optimize project time management and efficiency. 

 

Photography work

Since 2016, Diarmuid has worked as a professional photographer. His portfolio can be found at FlashFocus.org He has taken photos in over 14 countries across Europe and North America. He has shot many events such as weddings, birthday parties, university balls and much more. His next move is into interior photography. 

 

Blogging Past

This blog is a progression from an old blog https://diarmuidword.blogspot.com

 

He also runs a blog where he writes about marketing, data and technology known as https://thediarmuidgillinghamblog.blogspot.com

 

In 2015, Diarmuid was an early member of the United Stand Youtube Channel. As part of the team, he won the "fans choice of best new football blog from the football blogging awards". 

 

All of his previous blogs can be found at https://wakelet.com/@DiarmuidGillingham



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