Jeffanory, Jeff Stelling
Jeffanory, Jeff Stelling
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Jeffanory
Stories from Beyond Soccer Saturday

Author: Jeff Stelling

Narrator: Jeff Stelling

Unabridged: 6 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Headline

Published: 04/26/2012

Synopsis

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

About Jeff Stelling

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gary on August 11, 2018

I used to enjoy watching Sky Sports Soccer Saturday and have always admired the quick witted, knowledgeable presenter Jeff Stelling. This book is entertaining and easy to dip in and out so can easily be read at the same time as other books. I found that suited me perfectly as I didn't want to read t......more

Goodreads review by Chris on October 14, 2015

Not as good as his first book but still worth a read for fans of Soccer Saturday programme. Consists more of small stories normally found in local newspapers.......more

Goodreads review by Stuart on August 29, 2017

Good solid read with lots of interesting fun facts about the game :)......more

Goodreads review by Nick on March 12, 2018

I realised pretty quickly that this book wasn't really going to be completely to my tastes - the subject of football interests me, but Stelling's style is a little too laddish, a little too forced in the humour, a little too 'lowest common denominator' to appear to the man on the street. However, it......more

Goodreads review by Jonny on June 18, 2021

Brand extension in print form. Warm tone, full of bantz.......more

Quotes

Praise for Jelleyman's Thrown a Wobbly:
"a fascinating peek behind the scenes ... such an enjoyable read" FourFourTwo magazine

"Fast-paced, laddish and written to amuse, this is the story of a happy man doing a great job very well" When Saturday Comes

"Saturday footy would be lost without anchorman Jeff Stelling. Here, he shoes how Soccer Saturday became the weekend's unlikely television highlight" Shortlist

"An absorbing read" Sunday Express

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