Factors associated with home advantage in english and scottish soccer matches

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-186

  Nevill, Alan M ^a   Newell, Sue M ^b   Gale, Sally ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crowd size; Mean attendance; Penalties scored; Sendings off

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOOTBALL; HOME; HUMAN; INFORMATION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029897841     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640419608727700     Document Type: Article

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