FIVE years ago today I posted my first article on MrFixitsTips.co.uk. Little did I know the huge success it would turn in to.
I've given away an estimated £10,000+ in free bets, not to mention bundles of cash, an iPad mini and tickets to various football matches and sporting events.
Between myself and my various teammates we've posted almost 7500 articles and received more than half a million comments – forging one of the best online betting communities on the internet. We've seen people come and go from all corners of the world and welcomed more than 2.5 million unique visitors to the site.
It's been quite a journey. Thanks to all of you that have been part of it so far.
So what next?
It's fair to say the current site has outgrown our modest ambitions of those early days so I'm working hard behind the scenes with our team to revamp MrFixitsTips.co.uk.
We'll be relaunching the site in the coming weeks, bringing you brand new features so you can share even more tips across more leagues and sports. A brand new forum will put you in control, allowing you to set the agenda and to post your own bets, challenges and tips.
We'll also make it easier to make the most of our community. You'll be able to follow other members, see their comments and join groups and discussions on everything from Superleague Rugby to supporting Clydebank!
But we want to know what you want. We might not be able to accommodate all your requests and some of them we may already be planning but let us know in the comments section below what you'd like to see from the site, how you'd like to see it grow again over the years to come and your ideas on how we can keep it one of the leading betting sites on the web.
Here's to the next five years!
Resident football tipster at Scotland's most read newspaper, the Daily Record, for over 20 years and proud host of one the best betting communities on the web with daily betting tips.
Congratulations on 5 years of success. Long may it continue!
Congrats Mr Fixit – Here’s to another 5 years of success… wishing you all the best.
Well done Mr f …. I for one can say this site has been so important to me with information and tips from all the great tipsters on here….. Onwards and upwards …..congratulations on the five years.
Congrats on the 5 year milestone :)
A well drilled forum by a tipster dedicated to the success of his site. Congratulations on a very informative platform of some very talented tipsters…. my favourites being Gregg, Yourself Mr F, Jordan and the irreplaceable Raal. Many other guys pushing for the top table tho’. A monthly series head to head with certain guys would add a nice twist to a great read.
banksie, we may do that when the forum is added. Lots of prizes to give away too and not just free bets.
Well done lad and thanks
Well done to you and all your great posters
Alves Cc Jordan Matt R Craig boy etc and everyone else
Everything you do do is well researched
Thanks lads x
Congratulations Mr f, brilliant site with loads of top tipsters. Long may it continue :-)
MR F congrats on 5 years but there is one thing i would like to see the most.When you/posters post your/our tips i would like to see proof of the tips.via the site or twitter
Centrecircle, people can put them up if they want and we will be more twitter active from next month.
Most people put up tips before the event and that’s crucial.
I don’t like to see stakes and I don’t advise stakes so for me to put up my slips would be irresponsible.
I always bet on my tips and I don’t need to prove it to anyone.
That’s a terrific feat Mr F – many congratulations! People come and go but a real good mix of people, expertise and markets at the moment!
At the end of the day we are all here to beat the bookies and this site can give people the edge be it through tips, insight, stats text
Here’s to the next 5 years :)
Greg, we wouldn’t be much without guys look like you so I hope you stick around for the next five years and maybe give us another set of twins.
A prize could be a day’s hospitality at a Clydebank game of their choice – entry, pie and a bovril!
Gold dust, haha
Greg, there are indeed hospitality packages available. You name the date and I’ll treat you to a day you’ll never remember.
Congratulations Mr Fix It on your five years! I’ve been following along for a long time, not normally one to comment, but it has to be said your website and service is great.
Whatever you do for the revamp, please keep it simple, you do one thing really well at the moment and you don’t need to grow more arms and legs on the site. Good luck, looking forward to seeing how it looks in the coming weeks!
Big Davie, there won’t be changes as such but there will be additional features.
Congrats to you Mr F and everyone else behind the scenes
Without doubt the best site and tipping service I have seen
Heres to the next five years…………and beyond
Looking forward to more profits
well done mr f and co I find this the best place on the net to post my tips and follow others and bar a few idiot trolls it is a very good community site
Congrats Mr F will be looking forward to this can never have too many great options a excellent period ahead i think
Best Bar none keep up the good work
Congrats on 5 years Mr F.
I’ve only been on the site a year, I wished I’d found it sooner. Really appreciate all the hard work you and the other tipsters put in.
Keep up the good work mate, onward and upward.
Well done MrF … only found this great site about 4 months ago and I have learnt so much … so a huge thank you to you, others who administer the site (when you are walking the dug or golfing) and all the “positive” tipsters!!
Well done mr f, an outstanding achievement that will hopefully grow and grow.
Sounds as though the format of the new site will be revolutionary rather than evolutionary! :)
Looking forward to it.
Congrats Mr F
nice one mr f on 5 years. iv been here 2 I think and thoroughly enjoyed it. long may it continue =)
Well done Mr F
Love the tips and comments
Here’s to the next five years
Top work and top site mr F
Many Congrats Mr F,ive been using your site for most of the time its been going but can honestly state i havent had so much as a sausage from the 10k youve given away but please dont feel compelled into mailing me a £50 free bet ;)
What id like to see added is something ive mentioned before to you a ouple of years back and yes i understand you already do a lot for charity via the Daily Record but i think itd be great every now and again if the site could use something like a free bet via your good self and contribute ideas { team win/draw/win/goals etc for a footy bank builder or accumulator with any winnings going to a charity nominated by your good self in the name Mrfixitstips site.Its good for moral for everyone to be involved and work as a team for a good cause sometimes instead of just our individual selves. Good Luck and Congrats again Mr F :)
Sean, the charity link is something we will do.
As you say I do a bit in the Record with the help off William Hill and McBookie mainly.
Paul, 5 years is a long time in the real world – to not only survive but thrive in the cyber-world is a massive reflection of what the site offers and the hard work that goes into it behind the scenes.
Impossible to get exactly what you ‘want it to look like’ with universal posters but credit where it’s due, there is a top set of lads posting on your site and very little bullsh*t.
Well done on the 5 years of hard grind and
looking forward to the next 5.
All the best bets, Hull.
Nice one Mr F & all the regulars!
Thank you Mr F (and all who have contributed) for all your efforts and for putting up with some of the ridiculous disagreements and comments that have occured on here.Some would have thrown in the towel.Here’s to another sucessful 5 years.
nice wan mr f hud nae clue it was 5 on the net tbh only been here a year or so, how long you been dain the record?
craneguy, I took over the Mr Fixit column in the Record about 22 years ago.
Well done and a big congratulations from me Mr.F on keeping up the amazing work you do day in and day out on this brilliant page!
Congratulations on a significant milestone. And you’ve not even aged much!
Well, apart from last season that is. But haven’t we all!
Cheers!
Stevie, that’s the best avatar I’ve seen on here.
That comment will earn you another Bovril when you’re sitting at the side of the pitch snapping away.
Thanks to everyone for the kind comments.
Hopefully you’ll all love the new features when they are added next month.
Saturday tips are up – and I’m calling it a night.
Again thanks for all the hard work over the years.
In terms of ideas I would like the ability to follow certain tipsters almost like Twitter so I see when they post. As the site gets busier as it surely will when the league kicks off its easy to miss some of the better tips.
I would also like a registration system that means our username is unique – still remember the time someone came on spouting abuse using my name and people thought it was me.
Richard, there will be registration and a forum and also a way where you can follow groups of people.
Well done to everyone who contributes to this great site.
5 yrs?? Doesn’t seem that long but when you think back to the Euro’s/WC it is haha. How tome flies :)
Looking forward to new site but hopefully same sort of set up
Alves, will be same site but better.
Well done Mr F
Nice to see you back on top form with the tips, keep it up. Why dont you add a feature where we all can pick and choose a
super single/double together? many minds are better than 1.
1LoveBetting, again this will be possible on the new forum.
Well done on the success of the site Mr f, happy “5th” birthday a long time since you heard that haha
darran, this year but there was a zero added.
Super job Mr Fixit been a follower since a fair few bonkers bet tips came in,in the Record some hours have been spent trawling through the site for the best tips of the day.Also has changed my betting outlook from getting chinned by 1 team in a 5timer to just backing fhgs and Mgs.Also il admit I have the odd chuckle at the ones who give off because a certain tip has flopped lol do they not realise it’s a tip and they themselves put their money behind it.Aswell as the few Harpreet bathers who think it’s alright to mouth off.Have to say this site is unrivalled by any other and hope here’s to the next 5 superb years mate keep up that unrivalled great work and taking the dug out for the daily walkies.Hope tomo brings the start of a great season for us all on here.Really we are one big family lol.
Just congratulations MrF.seems enough.
Well done on five years Mr F. It has been a pleasure to be part of this site for many of those years and to bring sports like Rugby, Darts and NFL to the site gives fans of other sports a chance to post their thoughts and bets on a thread which as always been a positive one, and a chance to discuss games before, during and after a game.
It is good to see some old familiar names still around and new ones contributing in what we are all here to do and that is share information, tips and beat the bookie.
Lets hope for 5 more years :)
Well done Mr fixit.
Onwards and upwards fur the future!
Good luck for the next 5 years bud
Thanks for all your hard work mr fixit
Congratulations on the milestone Mr F and thanks for both your tips and being a conduit for others. Although the new site is probably very exciting please remember the simplicity and accessibility of this site (along with the great tips) are what makes it what it is.
Well done Mr F & everyone else involved (including punters) looking forward 2 the next 5 yrs ….
Can’t see me giving up gambling b4 that! Lol
Top site top geezer mr f king of Scotland lol
Cracking tipping site well done
Well done Paul Must start putting up some Highland League games as sometimes can be some snips to be had there
Well done Mr F ,got to say shocking defending on the cake just shocking
Llongyfarchiadau Mr Fixit – from the Welsh contingent. Onwards forwards and upwards.
Well done on reaching the five year mark after stumbling across this site 2-3 years ago I have won various free bets and a fantastic night at shawfield dogs. I have also found various ways of alternative betting on many different sports and have had some big winners thanks to various tipsters , johnb almost single handedly paid for Christmas and Cheltenham this year was totally funded by corals own money thanks to deniro . Hopefully lots more to come in the future
Well done Mr F and everyone who contributes, it’s a great site and everyone is happy to share their knowledge…on to the next 5 years..!!!
GREAT SITE!!!!!!!
Looking forward to the upgrades with the forum. I have been on one other site that I wont mention obviously, but will make for great dialogue and analysis into games.
Congrats Mrf!!
*Into even more
Congratulations Paul.
Congratulations to everyone at mrfixitstips! Bring on the next 5 years!
Percentage success rate of your tips and a table showing previous tips either won/lost
Keep up the good work Mr f brilliant site
5years and still counting. Definitely the sky will be ur starting point. Keep up the good work
Great site…I love it …keep up the great work guys its much appreciated!!!
Mr f best site I ever used I am the John b thing and seeing where it takes me this year so far so good keep up the good work
Used my full name lol