Sadly we have learned that Adam (aged 38) lost his life in a tragic car accident.
Adam was an occasional poster on this site but a big contributor on Untold Arsenal.
A couple of months ago he Emailed me some articles that has been published by Untold ,asking if we would like to use them.I can think of no better tribute to him than letting you read one of these articles.
Here is what he said.It gives an of what a humble and gracious man Adam was.
“Hi, thanks for taking the time to view these. If any are to your sites taste then please use them or the information in them. It would be interesting for me to get the opinion of your regulars. Lost in Bureaucracy was my last piece and basically combines a lot of the other articles into one with the less information but highlights the transfer system for what it is, a complete bloody mess. When these were written they opened the eyes of many a reader, as to what goes on behind football, although I think your readers seem fully aware, they may be amused even educated, or I may learn something from them.”
Anyway,here is one of them.
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Scout7
Written by Adam Brogden
Scout 7 is a company founded in 2001, set to gather information on football players worldwide, with the sole purpose of becoming an online scouting network, following a player’s progress. This closed network allows its clients to monitor players and even helps identify transfer targets.
The company claims to have a vast array of clients from the Premiership to top tier clubs on the continent. Based in Birmingham, England this company works with Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City, Tottenham, Stoke, Aston Villa, West Ham, West Brom, Wigan, Bolton Wanderers, Everton, Southampton amongst many others.
Proscout7 has a core centre of data on 130,00 players across 130 countries, each player has their own record incorporating extensive information including key statistical analyses, contract expiry date, agent details, third party ownership on to information regarding the players history of injuries and ability to settle into a new environment.
The individual clubs can add to this information via their own scouting network adding the reports which can then be accessed by select employees of the club anywhere in the world. This is a monitoring system that will help clubs identify young talent before they become headline news and their value increases.
Also available on this system is video footage of the players and again a club can add to this player record via its own area of the data base. This also includes team sheets data and match data.
They also offer live feed footage of games being broadcast or filmed anywhere in the world all a client has to do is log in and watch. The company acquired ownership of Xeatre.tv in 2009 and offers this unique package which has raised the company above all other scouting networks or data gathering bodies involved in the football industry.
Dr David Hardman MBE, CEO of Birmingham Science Park said: “Scout7 has been based at the Science Park since 2005 and have expanded three times within the iBIC building. It has been highly rewarding to see the impressive growth of the company, with a formidable client list that includes UEFA Champion’s League winner Chelsea, FA Premier League trophy holder Manchester City, and 1. Bundesliga winner Borussia Dortmund.
Mark Ansell, Chairman of Scout7 and former chairman of Aston Villa said: “Over the past three years, Xeatre.tv has evolved into the preferred video-based scouting solution for elite professional football clubs. In an increasingly competitive marketplace, this strategic acquisition enables us to further develop a joint product offering to maintain our position as the leading supplier of scouting and recruitment intelligence to the professional football industry. We can now embark on a highly exciting new era of further growth and expansion.”
Lee Jamison, Founder and Managing Director of Scout7 said: “The extended range of data we can now provide our client base with, on demand, at the touch of a button, is exactly what is required by elite football clubs striving to find the cutting edge to enhance performance.
“In the 11 years we have served the football industry, we have seen significant changes in the way clubs structure their recruitment. Investment in online market intelligence is second nature. Today, over 2,500 professional football staff across the globe subscribe to Scout7 and Xeatre.tv products. This acquisition ensures that all subscriber content can be made available from one single source, covering video analysis, scouting reports, analytical research and general market intelligence.”
The company claims to have 90% of premiership clubs as its clients, so the question I cannot find the answer to is who the two clubs are that do not subscribe to this system?
I have found that Arsene Wenger has spoken at seminars held by the company along with prestigious names from other sports such as Billy Beane. Plus I believe this form of data collection seems to suit Arsene Wenger’s approach to football along with Billy Beane’s adopted approach to baseball.
Is Arsenal one of the two, and if they are it may go some way to answering why we miss out on some targets. But this is an assumption. All in all this seems to me like we have now truly entered the realm of computer football management. So when we claim that some people would like to buy and sell as easily as they do within these computer games, the truth it seems, isn’t far from it.
The company’s latest venture is the expansion into South American football, so it will be interesting to keep an eye on their progress in to this football minefield and the effects it may have on scouting networks and agencies already at work in this region.
Positively Arsenal 
I wish his family all the strength in the world. Let us remember Adam when we win our next trophy.
Regarding scout7, i think it is entirely possible we are the non-conformists or as others would say, Arsene being stubborn and too old to adapt to the modern scouting network. Ha ha, yeah right. I think Arsene trusts Gilles Grimandi and his men more than a video database and i feel rightly so.
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Best wishes & condolences to Adams family,one of the good guys.
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The man did battle against the Doomers when the sky was cloudy
Terrible loss for his family including I see a 3 year old son
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I always enjoyed and appreciated Adam’s work over on untold. It’s a tragic loss. My heartfelt condolences go to his family…
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Very tragic and he will be missed..
Lets win for him tomorrow..
WOJO
BAC SACKER KOSHER JETHRO
AARON MIKEL
TOMAS OZI SANTI
OG
C O Y G
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Bench
LUKAS, SERGEY,NIKI B, JACK , JENKS, TV
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Thanks George.
Adam’s work was like shining a laser scalpel into some of the more murky corners of the football business. It should be our tribute to him to always keep aware of the spivs, hucksters and conmen that would try to make money out of naive and vulnerable kids who are trying to follow the dream.
I learned so much more about football from Adam.
VCC, mate.
We will remember you next May.
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hunter
One of the questions raised at the AGM was why Arsenal had bought outright a stats/analysis company in the US.
Would you trust sharing scouting data with people who also work for Manu, Chelsea and City? would you f*ck.
Give me old school Giles Grimandi and Dick Law all day long.
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I must admit it is the first time I have shed a tear for someone I never met.
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Fulham are destroying Palace tonight.
Senderos has scored a scissors kick goal!
Pray for them next Saturday.
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George,
you met Rocky?
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Before my Arsenal time DC
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R.I.P. Adam.
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Sorry, was I as being a bit of a tit there PG.
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Something Positive
I just read that England have set up a friendly with Denmark for next March.
A great incentive for Nicky B to show off his wares.
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In spite of the 1-4 doing they are suffering the home fans just about stayed for 89 minutes !
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Anicoll
They are trying to enjoy their brief existence in the EPL.
Unfortunately they will be play Fulham over and over for the next decade.
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So sorry to hear about Adam
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R.I.P ADAM
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My condolences go out to his family and friends who will hopefully remember Adam for the friendly and brilliant person he was. The knowledge he displayed in his postings, especially on highly controversial subjects seldomly touched on by big media, was always appreciated and I feel that he displayed all the traits of a good investigative journalist. It was a pleasure to see him use his skills for our beautiful club and I hope that wherever he is now, he gets to enjoy this season just as much as we do. R.I.P. Adam.
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as we consider ourselves somewhat of an extended family although many of us have never met Adam our affinity with him makes it a little more personal, obviously not to the level of his close family and friends but personal all the same my sympathies go to his family and hope its a small comfort to know his writing made an impression on many of us R.I.P.
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Our thoughts are with his family. May his son grow up to know what a good man he was.
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lol…in my world …wenger’s scouting record and outrageous success is the influence that inspired them to make that site. i believe wenger has in his computer his own personally created data systems …a collection that has taken years and years together with boro and others to assemble. the scout7 company is essentially copying the wenger method and making it mainstream.
i did not know Adam or ever read any of his posts but any loss of a fellow fan is a sad one. may he live long in the memories of his loved ones.
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Terribly sad news.
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Oh no Jack Wilshere is on Barcelona’s wanted list……..that means he’s as good as gone…..
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jack is not stupid.
no one has left arsenal and become a better player. even cesc has at best stagnated.
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Bloody horrible news.
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GP
We haven’t made him an Arsenal Captain yet.
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Laykesite
The only reason to leave Arsenal is for more money elsewhere:
Ashley
Adebayor
JvC
Nasri
You could even add a few more popular fan choices to the list.
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I expect they want Jack for his hard tackling and English grit (winks)
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Would you swap Jack for Cesc?
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The F word for St. Jack? No thanks!
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I would not swap Jack for a pyramid of rubies let alone a former player whose DNA is indisputably Catalan
I have yet to fully accept the prodigal Matthieu back into the fold and my remaining fatted calf is looking nervy
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George, a nice and timely choice of article by Adam, thanks.
Adam knew more about football then all the hacky slappers out there put together.
For me the only news of interest to come out of the AGM was that AFC had spent some farking Wonga buying up patents and software on the kind of things Adam was describing above, for their own designs, whatever they may be. The AFC analytical department. I’m guessing that a coaching team that have time sessions to the second for a long time now do not freak out when they are to stare at a spreadsheet or something like that.
What are they doing? Not wanting to share data with other clubs? Have they no plan? eh? EH? *coughs*
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george, never! not even before we got ozil.
anicoll, lol!
but seriously, barca must be told that we no longer sell our players and we dont have anyone with their dna or anyone with little boy crying inside of them.
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Saw this on the official site!
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/vermaelen-i-am-ready-and-waiting?
Shock! Horror!
You mean TV5 actually did not say he may/will leave in January depending on which outlet yo are reading? Just that he is frustrated at having ot sit and wait for his turn?
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/bobbymcmahon/2013/10/20/arsenals-aaron-ramsey-comes-of-age-but-how-much-better-can-he-get/2/
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when i arrived, the club was at highbury with no training ground and only 80 employees. today we play in a great stadium, we have nearly 500 employees and have a big training centre. …i’ll never be happy with my reign but i have transformed arsenal into a world class club.
happy birthday arsene wenger!!!
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Would you swap Jack for Cesc?
🙂
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Just for that matter: I wouldn’t swap any of our players for anyone. Just no.
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Does anybody know how a football club can ‘raid’ another football club and come away with a player?
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Use “Ultimate Force “?
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Hey ,no Santi? Who saw that coming???
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Always a possibility with him not being 100%? A further consideration would’ve been the temptation to give Rosicky the start against Dortmund!
COYG
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Oh yah. Original Gagsta comes through again. OG!!!!!!!!!!
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It’s what we call a “one one state of affairs”. Arsenal playing OK, not wonderful, but once again this team has shown it can up the gears. Arsenal end the half dominant.
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Yes, what a clever cheeky (legal) little touch by Giroooooooooooooooooooooo
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Where y’all?
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with better pressure we can hold these guys off with a win.. Come on baby…
THAT GOAL WAS FOR YOU ADAM…
POINT BLANK….
C O Y G
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