Jeffanory
Stories from Beyond Soccer Saturday
Published on 9. May 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-7553-6347-6 (ISBN)
Description
Are you sitting comfortably? Then Jeff will begin ... The universally-loved, award-winning host of Sky Sports' Soccer Saturday and Channel 4's Countdown, and author of the bestselling Jelleyman's Thrown a Wobbly, returns with a Jackanory-style, football-flavoured narrative which gathers together the funniest, weirdest, most tragic, most heart-warming, under-the-radar stories of the football season. The book is stuffed to the gunnels with behind-the-scenes revelations, opinions and personal anecdotes from Jeff, and has a strong leaning towards the absurdities of both the highest levels and the grass-roots of the game. From the Macclesfield goalkeeper booked for using a golf tee to take his goal kicks, to the unintelligible ranting and raving of South American dictator chairmen. Let Jeff be your trusted guide through the madness of the football season, and let Jeffanory supply you with a veritable treasure trove of great anecdotes to take to the pub
Reviews / Votes
'Football fans will love this book' * <i>Darlington & Stockton Times</i> * 'It will give you a football fix to keep you going' * <i>Southern Daily Echo</i> * 'Stelling weaves in his well-fomed opinions on the game' * <i>East Lothian News<i/> *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Headline Publishing Group
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
260 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7553-6347-6 (9780755363476)
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E-Book
04/2012
Headline Book Publishing
€3.99
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Person
Born in Hartlepool in 1955, Jeff Stelling is a lifelong supporter of his hometown side, Hartlepool United, and the club's President.
He was a presenter on LBC's Sportswatch programme in the early 1980s then moved to BBC Radio 2's Sport on 2. He later spent time as a sports newsreader before moving to Sky in 1992 to present coverage of horse racing, snooker and darts.
Three years later Stelling became presenter of what is now called Soccer Saturday, a show he hosted until 2023. Between 2011 and 2015 he also fronted Sky Sport's coverage of the Champions League.
Stelling was voted Sports Broadcast Journalist of the Year for five consecutive years, and presented Channel 4's Countdown quiz show from 2008 to 2011.
Stelling now hosts talkSPORT radio's Breakfast show on two days a week.
An Ambassador for Prostate Cancer UK, Stelling has helped raise hundreds of thousands of pounds by undertaking a series of marathon-walking events.
He lives in Hampshire with his wife and children.
He was a presenter on LBC's Sportswatch programme in the early 1980s then moved to BBC Radio 2's Sport on 2. He later spent time as a sports newsreader before moving to Sky in 1992 to present coverage of horse racing, snooker and darts.
Three years later Stelling became presenter of what is now called Soccer Saturday, a show he hosted until 2023. Between 2011 and 2015 he also fronted Sky Sport's coverage of the Champions League.
Stelling was voted Sports Broadcast Journalist of the Year for five consecutive years, and presented Channel 4's Countdown quiz show from 2008 to 2011.
Stelling now hosts talkSPORT radio's Breakfast show on two days a week.
An Ambassador for Prostate Cancer UK, Stelling has helped raise hundreds of thousands of pounds by undertaking a series of marathon-walking events.
He lives in Hampshire with his wife and children.