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Gordon Fielding

Gordon Fielding has strong opinions about football and the good manners to show his working. He breaks down formations and pressing patterns weekly, covers club finances, grades supplements by dose and effect size, and traces commodity developments through supply chains to the margins they finally reach.

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Independent analyst and columnist covering football, match analysis, sports evidence and the business of the game.

Articles by Gordon Fielding

How are dietary supplements actually regulated?

How are dietary supplements actually regulated?

Gordon Fielding

Unlabeled capsules and powder on a pale seamless background

What does creatine actually do? The evidence, weighed

Gordon Fielding

Infographic timeline of stimulant substitutions from DMAA to DMHA

DMHA, higenamine and the hidden stimulants on banned lists

Gordon Fielding

Doping control officer collecting sealed sample in athletes' area

Contamination and banned substances in supplements: what the data show

Gordon Fielding

Close-up of white crystalline beta-alanine powder on glass dish

Beta-alanine meta-analyses converge: real gains, narrow window

Gordon Fielding

Shopper comparing two supplement labels side by side in store aisle

Proprietary blends: what supplement labels are allowed to hide

Gordon Fielding

Microscopic mineral crystals texture inside whey powder scoop close-up

Heavy metals in protein powders: what the testing found

Gordon Fielding