Daft-a-Peth is what my Gran used to call me as a toddler.
I was always messing about, always finding something to grab my attention and make her laugh. Not much has changed — my wife now calls me a functional adult toddler, so I’m still Daft-a-Peth.
Since then I’ve been diagnosed with SMA Type 3, a degenerative muscle condition. I’ve been lucky — a small percentage of people respond well to a trial medication, and for me it’s helped stop the deterioration.
In recent years I’ve managed to get back playing golf, which I don’t take for granted at all.
I also had a bit of a mad mid-life career change — going from engineering into the betting industry. I now work for an American-based independent odds compiler and trading house.
Most of what I do is heavily protected by NDAs, but I’ve written various betting-related pieces under pseudonyms. It’s something I actually enjoy — I often need to write just to get ideas out of my head.
This site is where all of that comes together.
Football, betting, golf, YORKSHIRE-NESS,food and whatever else I’m into at the time.
It’s not a tipping website.
If that sounds like your thing, you’ll get it.