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Before taking up the editorial reins at Betfair, Joe was a local newspaper reporter in Cornwall. He loves all sports except for … actually no, he loves all sports.

One of betting.betfair.com’s two editors, Jamie is a true sports nut, a big Everton and Benfica fan and the man in the hot seat on Betfair Radio’s Wednesday afternoon Pac Chat slot.

I joined Betfair in the latter part of 2007 after three years working as a freelancer in the dastardly world of TV production. I spend half my time as part of the editorial team on betting.betfair and the other half as one of the producers of Betfair Radio.

Max learned the meaning of the word "longing" at the bottom of a sloping football pitch at the bottom of a sloping county (Cornwall) at the bottom of a sloping country before going on to take his goalkeeper's revenge as editor of Cornwall's no.1 Blackburn Rovers fanzine.

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Betfair contributors

Adam is a regular at Wimbledon dog track and pens a tipping column for every night’s racing at west London’s most popular track.

If something has happened in the world of sport that former sports writer for the Independent “Allsy” doesn’t know about it, odds are it hasn’t happened.

Betfair’s Football Marketing guru has worked in football writing and football clubs for eighteen years now but by his own admission, he’s no football player.

Willow on leather fanatic Andrew is a true student of the game and a big fan of the elegant left-hander David Gower.

Having covered over 60 Grand Slams for various TV channels over the years, Barry certainly knows a few things about the world of tennis.

I write about European football for the Sunday Telegraph, the Irish Examiner and guardian.co.uk, among others. Euro 2008 is the seventh major football tournament I have covered as a journalist and the first, I am pleased to say, without the distraction of England¹s presence.

With more than 60 majors under his belt, Observer golf reporter Bill is nearly as steeped in history as the glorious game he covers with such mastery.

Betfair employee and Spurs fan Dan admits to watching football at ever level you can think of and his acerbic yet vastly knowledgeable views on the beautiful game are always well worth a read.

A greyhound broadcaster and writer since 1988, Darrell has spent his entire working life in the dogs scene. Outside of his media work he also works as a commentator at Wimbledon’s greyhound track.

Dave Farrar has been the main football commentator at Eurosport for 8 years now, covering two World Cups and two European Championships. He also works extensively as a european football expert for the BBC, and covers Serie A for the Italian TV channel RAI. Dave also presents Friday Night Marketwatch for Betfair Radio, and is a keen, if misguided gambler.

David is Morecambe’s no-nonsense hard-tackling defender who every week tells us about life at Morecambe and what playng football for a living is all about.

BBC’s darts and Formula One correspondent David Croft is also a West Ham fan and a keen punter.

Betfair’s resident Kiwi is a fine cricketer and keen punter but don’t mention the 2007 Rugby World Cup.

Writer of betting.betfair.com’s famous cricket “Hawkeye View” column, Ed is also the main cricket tipster for the Racing Post.

Based in Betfair’s Irish Office, Eoin is a true racing expert and keen rugby union fan who enjoys the odd flutter.

Frank knows a thing or two about football, having been a Non-League manager for fourteen years as well as Man City’s first-team scout in the past so his views on the hot topics of football are well worth a read.

It’s hardly surprising that the Boz has a passion for betting given he is the son of a bookmaker! Also a keen greyhound and racing fan, Boz is one of the top Non-league tipsters in the country.

Shifts at the Racing Post and Statsonsport have put Geoffrey in a fine position to give us some handy tips on rugby union betting.

Ex-Racing Post and Sporting Life reporter, Graham also had a four year stint as the Evening Standard’s racing reporter. Currently he broadcasts with racing UK and Betfair Radio as well as indulging in his gambling passion on the Betfair exchange.

Ian is an ex-Timeform employee and Sportsman tipster. He currently works as a freelance racing journalist and odds complier.

A lover of racing all his life, Jack has written extensively on the sport. In 2002 he won the Martin Wills Award for racing journalism and is also the author of the Betfair For Dummies book.

Dubliner Johnny works for setantasports.com, the Racing Post, and the Sunday Independent so who better to write for betting.betfair on Irish horseracing?

Hobbsy is a Racing Post reporter and Sky Sports pundit on greyhounds who backs up his love of the sport by owning a number of dogs.

I'm the football correspondent of the Financial Times, cover football in the north-east of England for the Sunday Telegraph and have a weekly column about eastern European football on the Guardian website.

Using a specially developed computer system LayDough scrutinises the day’s racing to find the value bet of the day.

Forget gut feelings and hunches; pundit, writer and tipster Matthew talks in tennis and football stats to find us long-term betting value.

Lifetime Boro fan Mike Norman is the man in the know when it comes to all matters Premiership and a big Colin Montgomerie fan away from football.

US racing, UK racing, Jumps or Flat, Nick knows and loves it all. His 80-20 bet is a massive hit with readers.

Football-mad Nik nominates Franco Baresi as his footballing idol and has paid his dues writing for Fanzines and football websites over the years.

A pro-punter since 2004, Paul specialises in golf and snooker with a side portion of politics. Alongside writing for betting.betfair.com he also pens a monthly column for Golf Monthly.

Englishman-in-Wales Paul Moon follows pretty much every sport under the sun and isn’t afraid to express his views on them.

Player-manager of a local side and all-round sports enthusiast Richard is a big believer in the concept of “value” betting over short-term views.

I’ve been watching football for over twenty years, but have only started writing about it fairly recently – it’s a way of putting all that pointless knowledge I’ve picked up over the years to some practical use!

West Brom fan and tennis nut Sean has a word of advice to all Betfairians: beware of opposing “The Magician” Fabrice Santoro .

The former horseracing editor of the now defunct Sportsman newspaper, Simon cut his racing teeth at the Timeform ratings organisation.

An ex-bookmaker, Steven has now crossed the divide to concentrate on golf trading and, very specifically, novice chases.

Betfair’s very own golf expert TQ watches most golf tournaments from the company’s Hammersmith HQ giving him fantastic insight into the sport and the nuances of market movements.

Jon and Neil are big football fans and even bigger Glasgow Rangers fans who are trying to make a long-term profit by focusing solely on the soccer total goals market.

Betfair’s Senior Press Officer, TC is one of the shrewdest punters around and a massive rugby fan, having played at a decent level himself.

A librarian by trade, Wayne’s real passion lies in betting and his statistics-based articles are a popular part of the betting.betfair site.