Jeff Stelling
Biography
Robert Jeffrey Stelling (born 18 March 1955) is an English television presenter. He presented Gillette Soccer Saturday for Sky Sports from 1994 until 2023 and hosted coverage of the Champions League between 2011 and 2015.
He also presented the Channel 4 quiz show Countdown (2009–2011) and ITV game show Alphabetical (2016–2017).
On 30 October 2021, Stelling announced his intention to leave Soccer Saturday at the end of the 2021–22 season. However, on 28 March 2022, Sky Sports announced that Stelling would be staying until at least the end of the 2022–23 season. He left the show on May 8, 2023.
Stelling was brought up in a council house in Hartlepool. He attended Rift House Primary School and West Hartlepool Grammar School. After leaving school his first job was as a journalist at the Hartlepool Mail where he remained for four years
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Full filmography
- Ted Lasso (2020) as Jeff Stelling
- The IT Crowd (2006) as Jeff Stelling
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (2011) as Self - Participant
- Richard Osman's House of Games (2017) as Self - Contestant
- Catchphrase (2013)
- Smoggie Queens (2024) as Jeff Stelling
- Chris Moyles' Quiz Night (2009) as Self
- Tipping Point: Lucky Stars (2013) as Self - Contestant
- Countdown (1982) as Self - Host
- World's Most Dangerous Roads (2011) as Self
- This Morning (1988) as Self
- The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2 (2013) as Self
- Phil Taylor: The Power and the Glory (2002) as Self - Presenter
- Matchroom's Magical Breaks (1991)