Reporters, like Kamara, would turn away from matches they were covering to offer live snippets from lower league grounds. Stelling, a master broadcaster, held everything together with a deft touch as the jokes and wordplay flowed alongside the scores and stats. I got tired of fighting and it was making me ill.”It’s jolting to imagine the avuncular and serene Stelling being made to feel ill by a staple of the football landscape in Soccer Saturday. But I felt it was making me ill so I had to step away.”The preceding years, for Stelling, were “an absolute joy. She said: ‘Kammy, Kammy can I have your photograph?’ Kammy obliged.

Source: Sky sports January 19, 2024 21:08 UTC