Home advantages in balanced competitions: English soccer 1991-1996

This paper discusses the calculation of home advantage for individual clubs in any competition where each team plays each other at home and away. Simple fomulae can be applied to the final ladder to produce home advantages for the individual teams. The method is used on a spreadsheet with data obtained from the internet. Home advantages of all clubs in the English soccer league from 1991-1996 are calculated and compared with previously published figures.