The Isthmian League side found out as IBM Watson dragged the grassroots club into the 21st century with cutting edge analytics and insights
Just how could Artificial Intelligence impact on the performance of a semi-professional sports side?
In the 2018-19 season, IBM Watson worked alongside Leatherhead FC to find out exactly that.
In the previous campaign, this traditional, small but passionate club from the grassroots of the English game had seen their entire season collapse on a single afternoon as they narrowly missed out on the play-offs of the Bostik Premier Division, the sixth tier of the country’s football pyramid.