Soccer Saturday icon quits Sky Sports

BROADCASTING icon Jeff Stelling has announced his inten tion to leave Sky Sports when the current football season comes to an end. The 68 year ‐ old has been at the helm of ‘Soccer Saturday’ for the best part of three decades.

When he joined in 1994 the show was originally called ‘Sports Saturday’. Speaking with Sky Sports on Saturday, April 29, he said: “I’ve been at Sky for more than 30 years and loved every moment of my time as part of the Soccer Saturday team.”

He continued: “It is now the right time to move on and give Sky Sports viewers a break from my relentless rants, bad gags and over‐ the ‐ top cel ‐ebrations of Hartlepool United goals. It’s been a lot of fun ‐ for me at least!”

This is the presenter’s second time of announcing his departure. He ini ‐tially decided to quit at the end of last season before returning for an ‐other spell fronting the popular weekly football show. No replace ‐