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Jeff Stelling

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First appearance 12 January 2009
Last appearance Still going
Appearances 551 (as of 3 June 2011)
Episodes with Jeff Stelling
Jeff Stelling

Jeff Stelling (b. December 6, 1955) is a presenter of Countdown. He took over from Des O'Connor at the start of Championship of Champions XIII in January 2009, prior to Series 60, at the same time as Rachel Riley replaced Carol Vorderman. He is best known for hosting Sky Sports' Soccer Saturday programme, an afternoon-long show of previews, reports and goal updates. He is noted for his frequent use of puns involving player names - a goal by an Abroath player called Kevin Webster was greeted with the comment "Sally will be pleased" in reference to the Coronation Street character of the same name, while a red card for Gareth Jelleyman led Mr Stelling to comment that "Jelleyman has thrown a wobbly", a slang term for losing your temper which also relates to the consistancy of jelly. In 2009 he published a book of that title which mostly concentrates on anecdotes from Soccer Saturday but also has a short chapter on his appointment to Countdown.

On 24 May 2011, Stelling announced that he would leave Countdown at the end of Series 65 in order to focus fully on his Sky commitments. [1] However, he has since said that he would like to stay on the programme.

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