Having started out as a journalist for football reporting service Clubcall, Alan joined the old Betfair Radio from its start and was a regular host of Timeform Radio podcasts and features and has presented from major festivals and can now be heard in betting shops across the land as a presenter.
Alan also was a non league footballer for Edgware, Wembley and Hillingdon, mostly reserves and with virtually no success, and he also played cricket in the Hertfordshire League and for Finchley CC.
