What a memorable 50th birthday this has been. In an alternate universe I would have watched Barcelona v Napoli on the 18th March and Barcelona v Leganes on 22nd March at the Nou Camp and have returned safely to the sun and sand of Thailand….

But hold on! I am staying on a sofa bed in my parent’s office room, locked in the house but for 2 hours’ allotted exercise and the only thing I can bet on is the seagull racing out of my window. That big white seagull, the loud one, is the one to back, particularly in good to soft ground, around left handed tracks, near chip shops.

Watch out for my new venture www.seagulltips.com It may take off now that Irish racing and the greyhound racing has been closed down. 

The football is still ticking along. The mighty Belarussian Premier League matches are still with us and have, for me, been a surprisingly profitable league , along with the mighty Singaporean Premier League!

For those of you who don’t normally follow the football, this is a great time to re-acquaint yourself with the football. 

For those of you not normally venturing down this path way, I would recommend you take a look around www.soccerstats.com . It is the one-stop-shop for football stats and when you can read football matches properly via this website, you’ll have a key advantage over your fellow punters. Learn to research matches properly and you’ll profit profitably.

Here’s a quick dip-your-toe in video on soccerstats.com