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Betfair Big interview: Keith Curle

Keith squares up to Eric Cantona in a previous Manchester derby

FA Cup semi-finals don't come much bigger or better than a Manchester derby. Betfair went to meet former City captain Keith Curle, now Neil Warnock's coach at Championship leaders Queens Park Rangers, to discuss the...

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Ralph Ellis

14 Apr 2011

Gary Speed Big Interview: We'll be going out to beat England

Tough job. Gary Speed looks on during his first match in charge of Wales, a defeat to the Republic of Ireland

We went out and spoke to former betting.betfair columnist Gary Speed on life without Ryan Giggs, where Gareth Bale ranks amongst the best in the world and gunning for a big scalp on Saturday....

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Gary Speed

21 Mar 2011

Premier League Betting: Newcastle are going down, says Robbie Savage

Robbie Savage in the thick of it on the opening day of the saeson in a shock 2-1 win over Leeds

On the eve of the start of the Premier League, we sat down with one of the most colourful and controversial players in English football to find out about life as a radio presenter, who's...

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10 Aug 2010

Betfair Big Interview: Martin Tyler

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Arsenal play Manchester United on Sunday - it's not only the biggest Premier League game of the weekend, it's also Sky's first 3D football broadcast. So it seemed a good time for Betfair to ask...

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Ralph Ellis

29 Jan 2010

Betfair Big Interview: Cameron Jerome

Newly promoted Birmingham are on an unbeaten run of five Premier League games - and a win at Wigan on Saturday could take them into the top half of the table. Betfair went to meet...

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Ralph Ellis

3 Dec 2009

Betfair Big Interview: Steve Staunton

With the big game at Anfield on Sunday, Betfair thought we'd look at the roots of the hottest rivalry in English football. So we headed off to meet new Darlington manager Steve Staunton who was...

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Ralph Ellis

23 Oct 2009

Betfair Big Interview: Tom Watt

Betfair had not long sent our money off to Amazon to buy Tom Watt's new book in which he's interviewed a host of Premier League stars talking about their childhood, when we bumped into the...

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Ralph Ellis

10 Sep 2009

Betfair Big Interview: Alan Irvine

They call it the £50million game, so there's no pressure there then. Betfair went to meet Preston manager Alan Irvine to see how he felt about getting into the Championship play-offs......

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Ralph Ellis

8 May 2009

Betfair Big Interview: Brad Friedel

Betfair were fascinated to see that Brad Friedel will equal David James' record of 166 consecutive Premier League appearances when Aston Villa play Manchester United on Saturday night - and even more fascinated by the...

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Ralph Ellis

20 Nov 2008

"If you spend too long thinking about something, you'll end up with some bad thoughts" says David James

Betting.betfair.com caught up with Portsmouth and England number one David James to talk European adventures, going green (not in the Betfair sense), doing your bit for charity and listening to Radio Four for five hours...

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Ralph Ellis

16 Oct 2008

The Betfair Big Interview: John Gorman

Okay it was an excuse for a day's sunshine - but Betfair couldn't resist the offer to visit former England assistant boss John Gorman in Jerez for an exclusive chat about his new adventure, his...

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Ralph Ellis

25 Sep 2008

The standard of Premiership football improves every year, says Jason Roberts

On the eve of the new Premiership season Betfair caught up with Blackburn striker Jason Roberts to talk about this season's objectives, pre-season training and which defenders give him nightmares...

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15 Aug 2008

"Everyone is saying we're the best, just look at the odds on Betfair," says Marcus Bent

Betfair caught up with Birmingham's new signing Marcus Bent for a chat about Birmingham's promotion credentials, his own transfer history and why you'd be stupid to write off Kevin Phillips...

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7 Aug 2008

It can't be said I'm losing my pace because I never had any, says Lee Trundle

As Bristol City prepare for the biggest game in their history against Hull City on Saturday with the riches of the Premiership awaiting the winner, Betfair caught up with City's star striker Lee Trundle......

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23 May 2008

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