Weekends will look very different next season after Jeff Stelling announced he will step down as the host of Soccer Saturday.
The Sky Sports programme has become a footballing institution, with Stelling expertly anchoring the show for more than 25 years. But after U-turning on his decision to leave 12 months ago, the 68-year-old confirmed the final few weeks of this campaign would be his swansong.
“It is Groundhog Day, that time of the year when I announce that I am leaving Sky Sports and Gillette Soccer Saturday,” Stelling said last week. “This time it is true. After 30 fantastic years on Sky, you lot out there have supported me, as have Sky, but it’s time to give you a break from all the VAR rants and bad gags and over the top celebrations when Hartlepool score a goal and give someone else the chance to do this fantastic job.
