Alun is Head of Mathematics and Principal Lecturer in Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Worcester. He has research interests in Bayesian dynamic forecasting models with applications to forecasting football match outcomes. He has published numerous papers and articles on statistical models in football and horse racing, and has written many articles for the online betting magazine www.smartsigger.com (previously www.smartersig.com). He also many years of practical experience of sports trading with a statistical modelling based trading service at www.systematicsoccer.com. Alun is also a member of the internal organizing committee for the bi-annual MathSport International conference http://www.mathsportinternational.com/ and a committee member of the Royal Statistical Society’s Statistics in Sport Section.