Do Red Shirts Win More?

March 15, 2008

The Sports Economist links to a bit of research that reveals that:

Since 1947, English football teams wearing red shirts have been champions more often than expected on the basis of the proportion of clubs playing in red. To investigate whether this indicates an enhancement of long-term performance in red-wearing teams, we analysed the relative league positions of teams wearing different hues. Across all league divisions, red teams had the best home record, with significant differences in both percentage of maximum points achieved and mean position in the home league table. The effects were not due simply to a difference between teams playing in a colour and those playing in a predominantly white uniform, as the latter performed better than teams in yellow hues. No significant differences were found for performance in matches away from home, when teams commonly do not wear their “home” colours.

Hmmm. Red shirts result in more wins.

Tiger has known that for years.

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  • Red ties are said to be aggressive, confident and bold in the business world.  There’s something to it.

    Posted by mediaguru @ hookedongolfblog.com on 03/15

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