Sky Sports presenter Jeff Stelling will retire from Gillette Soccer Saturday at the end of the 2022/23 season having delayed his retirement a year. The Hartlepool United fan is known as the voice of football on Saturday afternoons but there'll be a new face on our televisions next season.
Stelling had previously said he would step down from the show at the end of the 2021/22 season, but returned for another year, with his final broadcast set to be on May 28th - the final day of the Premier League season.
The presenter announced his retirement on this afternoon's show and was able to poke fun at himself, telling viewers it was true this time.
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"It is Groundhog Day! Yes, it's that time of the year, every year, that I announce I'll be leaving Sky Sports and Gillette Soccer Saturday but this time it is true," Stelling jokingly admitted.
"30 fantastic years on Sky, you lot out there have supported marvellously as have Sky. It's time to give you a break from all the VAR rants and the bad gags and the over-the-top celebrations when Hartlepool score a goal. It's been a lot of fun - for me at least!
"It's time to give somebody else a chance to do this fantastic job. So, I'm leaving on May 28th, still got a few programs since then but this is the last six-hour Gillette Soccer Saturday. We better get on with it then, shall we?"
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