Worldwide regional variations in home advantage in association football

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 231-240

  Pollard, Richard ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Home advantage; Soccer; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALTIC STATES; EUROPE; FOOTBALL; GEOGRAPHY; HOME ADVANTAGE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTH AMERICA; SPORTS MEDICINE; TERRITORIALITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCCER; SOUTH AMERICA; TRAVEL;

EID: 31344449524     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410500141836     Document Type: Article

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