Prof. Clive B Beggs is an Emeritus Professor of Applied Physiology in the School of Sport at Leeds Beckett University. He is both a bio-engineer and a physiologist and holds PhDs in two disciplines. With a background in mathematical modelling, he has worked for many years at the interface between biology, medicine, and engineering and has collaborated with leading clinical teams around the world. His current research interests are in infection prevention and control, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and sports analytics. As a life-long sports fan with a keen interest in mathematics and statistics, he has just written a book, Soccer Analytics: An Introduction Using R, which is published in the Chapman & Hall data science series.