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 Ray Stubbs 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 Bruce Willis was also the star.
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 Peter Bromley when he worked at the BBC. Peter 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.
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.
Return to the previous page| Birth Date: | 18 Mar, 1955 |
| Age: | 65 yrs |
| Occupations: | Journalist Television presenter Sports commentator |
| Citizenship: | United Kingdom |
| Birth Place: | Notts County F.C. |
| residence: | Bishop's Waltham |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | British sports commentator |
| Twitter Id: | __FootyStuff |
| Net Worth 2021: | 3 million |
