Ever since I was sacked as the racing correspondent at the Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph in 1980, I've developed a reputation as the world's worst tipster.
I got the sack because I didn't have a single horse in the first three in six weeks.
I even got a death threat from a bloke whose elderly mother put her pension money on one of my tips which came 14th out of 15 at Haydock Park.
During my 25 years at The Northern Echo, the staff have become accustomed to my "dead certs" getting beaten.
So guess who had a fiver on Andy Murray to win the Australian Open?
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