Jack
04-02-2010, 11:45 AM
Sports science stuff (?) that Yogi loves.
Barnett analysed the birthdays of professional Australian Football League (AFL) players and found a disproportionate number had their birthdays in the early months of the year, while a fewer number were born in the later months, especially December.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6121K320100203?feedType=nl&feedName=ukoddlyenough
I thought what a load of yellowish stuff! And then I looked at our squad.
Nearly half (11/26) were born January or February, two thirds (18/26) are born in the first 6 months of the year, only one in November and none in December.
The Australian school year begins in January and ours is August BUT with all things in age groups I think, having looked at our squad, the same rules apply.
So potential Dads if you want your sons to play for Hibs you need to be doing something about it around about April.
Month
01 Lewis Stevenson
01 Souleymane Bamba
01 Derek Riordan
01 David Wotherspoon
01 Paul Hanlon
01 Abdessalam Benjelloun
01 Yves Makaba-Makalamby
02 Liam Miller
02 Steven Thicot
02 Patrick Cregg
02 Mark Brown
03 Colin Nish
03 Ian Murray
03 Chris Hogg
04 Kurtis Byrne
06 Graeme Smith
06 Kevin McBride
06 John Rankin
07 Anthony Stokes
08 Daniel Galbraith
09 Kevin McCann
09 Graham Stack
09 Darren McCormack
10 Merouane Zemmama
10 Alan Gow
11 Thomas Flynn
Barnett analysed the birthdays of professional Australian Football League (AFL) players and found a disproportionate number had their birthdays in the early months of the year, while a fewer number were born in the later months, especially December.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6121K320100203?feedType=nl&feedName=ukoddlyenough
I thought what a load of yellowish stuff! And then I looked at our squad.
Nearly half (11/26) were born January or February, two thirds (18/26) are born in the first 6 months of the year, only one in November and none in December.
The Australian school year begins in January and ours is August BUT with all things in age groups I think, having looked at our squad, the same rules apply.
So potential Dads if you want your sons to play for Hibs you need to be doing something about it around about April.
Month
01 Lewis Stevenson
01 Souleymane Bamba
01 Derek Riordan
01 David Wotherspoon
01 Paul Hanlon
01 Abdessalam Benjelloun
01 Yves Makaba-Makalamby
02 Liam Miller
02 Steven Thicot
02 Patrick Cregg
02 Mark Brown
03 Colin Nish
03 Ian Murray
03 Chris Hogg
04 Kurtis Byrne
06 Graeme Smith
06 Kevin McBride
06 John Rankin
07 Anthony Stokes
08 Daniel Galbraith
09 Kevin McCann
09 Graham Stack
09 Darren McCormack
10 Merouane Zemmama
10 Alan Gow
11 Thomas Flynn