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<a href="/biography/jeff-stelling">Robert Jeffrey Stelling</a> is an English Sports Journalist and a sports television presenter. He is the current <a href="/biography/jeff-stelling">presenter</a> of Gillette Soccer Saturday for Sky Sports, and he has hosted the coverage of the Champions League from 2011 to 2015.

Stelling declared his desire to depart Soccer Saturday on October 30th, 2021, with the 2021/22 season serving as his final season ats the organization.

<h2>Background</h2>

<a href="/biography/jeff-stelling">Robert Jeffrey Stelling</a> was born on March 18th, 1955. Jeff Stelling is in the council house of the city of Hartlepool. He went to Rift House Primary School and West Hartlepool Grammar School. When he finished high school, the first job he had was working as a journalist from Hartlepool Mail, where he worked for over four years.

<h2>Journalism Career</h2>

The first broadcasting position Jeff took was when he worked as a reporter for Middleborough F.C on the Radio Tees in the 1970s. He was the <a href="/biography/jeff-stelling">sports presenter</a> for the LBC Radio Sportswatch program in London. Before he moved to BBC Radio 2 for Sport On 2, he covered the Seoul and Los Angeles Olympic games. He spent time working as the sports newsreader of TV-am, British Satellite Broadcasting, and Eurosport.

In 1992, Jeff hit a career milestone when Sky Sports hired him. His first assignment was being in charge of covering darts, snooker, and horse racing. In 1994, Stelling started to present Sports Saturday, which later became Gillette Soccer Saturday in 1998. He was hosting a program that lasted around six hours. The program contained football discussion, and he was life reporting the games in the afternoons. He worked with a panel of pundits like the late <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Best">George Best</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Marsh">Rodney Marsh</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Kamara">Chris Kamara</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_McLintock">Frank McLintock</a>. He was the <a href="/biography/jeff-stelling">one</a> behind the program's popularity, and the Guardian praised him for his exceptional professional work on the agenda.

In an interview with the Standard, <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/interviews/the-big-interview-jeff-stelling-6501460.html" target="_blank">Jeff explained why the Soccer program was needed</a> because they were not allowed to show live-action, "At that time on a Saturday we cannot even offer a blade of grass, let alone any live shots from the matches. People often say it would be nice to see the goals as they go in. But we cannot. Indeed we have to make sure that, when we go to our reporters at the ground, we position them in front of the cameras so that no part of the ground can be seen.

My job is to get the footballers to air the sort of views the punters want. If I criticized <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Gerrard">Steven Gerrard</a>, what weight can it carry? As an amateur player, I was known as the chopper. But if <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Thompson">Phil Thompson</a>, who like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Gerrard">Gerrard</a> has lifted the European Cup and is Liverpool through and through, does, then that makes it different."

His post as a prestigious sports commentator has given him exclusive access to star players. He can get to know them on a personal level, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Le_Tissier">Matt Le Tissier</a> had not changed since his playing days when he seemed so laid-back that he gave the impression that he would rather be anywhere than on a football field. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Le_Tissier">Matt</a> will spend five days on a golf course and, if possible, all seven. But, if a player misses a penalty, then <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Le_Tissier">Matt</a> is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Le_Tissier">person</a> to talk to. He only missed one penalty, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Crossley">Mark Crossley</a> of Nottingham Forest saved that. He can comment on players without being malicious."

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In 2003, he won the Special Edition for The Weakest Link that featured a sports presenter's contestants. On the game show, he had to answer trivia questions and did well for his team. That same year, he worked for TwentyFour Football magazine and wrote columns for Dream Team's magazine. In 2004, Stelling was given bit also rejected an offer from BBC for the Front Score. This is the results service that was aired on Saturdays. This job was taken up by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Stubbs">Ray Stubbs</a> instead.

He also presented the Channel 4 Quiz show and the countdown starting in 2009 until 2011. He was at Sky Broadband in 2013, and it spoofed the previous Sky Broadband advertisement in which <a href="/biography/bruce-willis">Bruce Willis</a> was also the <a href="/biography/bruce-willis">star</a>.

<h2>A Man of Preparation</h2>

One of the reasons behind Jeff's success as a sports commentator is his dedication to research. He doesn't just want to go on air and babble. He wants to make insightful notes about the game so that he can educate the casual audience. He dedicates much of his workweek to his homework, gathering small details about the teams and players he integrates onto the show.

There was a moment on-air when Jeff mentioned Bristol City as a team that had not lost their opening game for over ten straight seasons. The information was very timely as they began their season by losing 3-0 to Millwall.

Jeff claims he learned the need for preparation from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bromley">Peter Bromley</a> when he worked at the BBC. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bromley">Peter</a> used to prepare the most meticulous race card, and Jeff spent much of the week writing in longhand facts and figures that might come in useful during the show. Jeff thinks that the show is an updated television version of what LBC used to do when Jeff worked for them. Jeff claims that LBC did not have any rights and had telephone reports from various grounds at the time. In contrast, the BBC, which had all the rights, broadcasted a second-half commentary. If you had no interest in the two teams involved, you would switch it off. Jeff feels you must make a program varied and exciting to keep the attention of the audience.

<h2>Personal Life</h2>

Jeff Stelling has a house in Bishop's Waltham and has a wife named Liz Stelling. They live with their two sons, Mathew and Robbie, and their daughter, Olivia. They got married in November of 1998 in the city of Richmond near the Thames. He has participated in the London Marathon eight times, and his best running time was 3 hours and 28 minutes. In 2013, he volunteered to climb Mount Kilimanjaro to raise the money for The Finlay Cooper Fund. His salary is not publicly available, but his net worth is 3 million dollars.

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