Jeffanory: Stories from Beyond Soccer Saturday

by Jeff Stelling

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780755363483
Publisher:	Headline
Publication date:	04/26/2012
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	622 KB

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction: 'Let Me Tell You a Story…' 1

1 'Who's the Anchorman in the Black?!' 11

2 Spotting the Cheats 23

3 Harry Redknapp's TV Burp 37

4 Clarke Carlisle's a Football Genius! 49

5 Farewell Countdown, Hello Alesha Dixon 61

6 We Need to Talk About Paul 69

7 Off the Wall: The Weird World of the Football Club Chairman 81

8 The Good, the Bad and the Vegan 93

9 Away Days 105

10 'Here, Jeff, Do You Think it's a Good Idea to Streak in Here?' 119

11 'We're All Going On an Alcoholiday' 133

12 The Unsung Heroes of Soccer Saturday 143

13 Big Sam's Health Farm (and How I Nearly Got the Sack from Sky) 157

14 Money, Money, Money… 169

15 Fan Aid 181

16 Sunday, Bloody Sunday 193

17 A History of Violence and Football Fisticuffs 207

18 Watch Out, Gazza's About 221

19 Win or Lose, We're on the Booze 235

20 Twitter Ye Not (#ijustdontanderstandtheinternetsometimes) 247

21 What a Load of Jeffanory! 265

Credits 281

Index 291

Editorial Reviews

'Football fans will love this book'—Darlington & Stockton Times

'It will give you a football fix to keep you going'—Southern Daily Echo

'Stelling weaves in his well-fomed opinions on the game'—East Lothian News

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