| I knew my admiration for Jeff had gone to far when I first started refering to him as if he was a personal friend. In conversations with people I actually know. I started saying things like "Yeah I know what you mean, but Jeff said that..." and "No I'm sorry I can't go shopping this afternoon, I'm staying in and watching the football with Jeff". As a founding member of the Jeff Stelling Fanclub this kind of behavior is only to be expected from me, but I am not the only one with an appreciation of Jeff... |
| "It lasts almost as long as three marathons. There is no live action and the highlight consists of watching four grown men gaze into TV monitors that we are not allowed to see. This may make Soccer Saturday sound as mundane as a Royle Family omnibus without the jokes. But it works. And it works mainly because of the exceptional professionalism and elan of its presenter, Jeff Stelling." Paul Weaver, The Guardian |
| "Now I quite like Jeff Stelling. On the Saturday afternoons when I'm not watching the Sky Blues, I'll tune in, with some enthusiasm, to Jeff's Soccer Saturday programme on Sky Sports, which Jeff hosts with some aplomb, despite being surrounded by washed-up wasters such as Rodney Marsh and John Gregory. Jeff's ability to dredge amazing facts about League Two strikers - "that's four goals in six games for Bobby Whatsit," he'll say casually, as though he was merely confirming something you already knew - is truly impressive." Neville Hadsley Coventry City Rivals Site |
| "Jeff Stelling: The slickest sports presenter on TV, holding together all the action and the egos in Sky’s Soccer Saturday. But back in 1991, he was the presenter of Channel 4’s weekly highlights show covering the London Monarchs in the World League of American Football. Forced to deliver some excruciating corny links, for example, sat next to the crown jewels in the Tower of London. Deserved BAFTA for not cracking up when, as the cameras panned out to reveal him outside a railway station, he said, ‘This week the Monarchs were at the Birmingham Fire. We couldn’t make it to Alabama, but here we are at Birmingham’s New Street station…’ Priceless." NFLUK.com |
| "Stelling holds the show together with consummate ease and through him everything flows and ebbs. Clearly, this is a man who relishes the technical aspects of live television and his clear mastery of them is a delight to behold." Cameron Boreland offthetelly.co.uk |
| "On the day it was in the papers that George Best had been robbed of £2000 by a couple of hookers, Jeff Stelling came out with "George Best isn't here, he isn't feeling too grand" From a messageboard, can't remember which one, sorry! |
| "Smooth, very smooth" Football.co.uk |
| The football press love Jeff of course, here is a Four Four Two interview with our hero |
| Serious newspapers think alot of Jeff too, just look at this Guardian Interview with Jeff |
| Not bored yet? Heres another interview with Jeff |