Summary
This is the first in the new series of the programme. There’s a well-established idea that Manchester United get more added time than every other Premier League team. More or Less looks at the numbers behind this so called ‘Fergie Time’. Do Manchester United get more injury time than other top teams when they’re drawing or losing?
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you for downloading from the BBC. |
| 0:03.0 | The details of our complete range of podcasts |
| 0:06.0 | and our terms of use go to BBCWorldService.com |
| 0:09.0 | Slash Podcasts. |
| 0:13.0 | Welcome to More or Less on the BBC World Service. |
| 0:17.0 | Your weekly guide to statistical wizardry |
| 0:19.0 | and numerical sleight of hand. |
| 0:21.0 | I'm Tim Halford. |
| 0:23.0 | A listener, Lucas Morrow, emailed more or less |
| 0:25.0 | at BBC.co.uk |
| 0:28.0 | asking whether Fergie Time exists |
| 0:31.0 | or is just another zombie statistic that won't die. |
| 0:34.0 | Football fans may know exactly what he means, |
| 0:36.0 | but let me translate. |
| 0:38.0 | When Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United team |
| 0:41.0 | are behind towards the end of a match, |
| 0:43.0 | do they get an extra helping of added time |
| 0:46.0 | just when they need it to mount a comeback? |
| 0:49.0 | Now this implies that referees |
| 0:51.0 | aren't doing their jobs properly. |
| 0:53.0 | We ask former referee Graham Poll what he thought of that. |
| 0:56.0 | When you're refereeing, you don't believe it. |
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