{"product_id":"saturday-afternoon-fever","title":"Saturday Afternoon Fever","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Made me laugh and cry' Chris Kamara\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Such an enjoyable book' Ally McCoist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Jeff's autobiography is a riot of humour and nostalgia. A great read' Phil Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaturday Afternoon Fever \u003c\/i\u003eis great fun - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eright out of the top drawer' Paul Merson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA profoundly personal, warmly nostalgic and deliciously funny memoir by the legendary Sky Sports anchorman Jeff Stelling, chronicling a life spent obsessing about 'The Beautiful Game' ever since he was a little boy, and underpinned by a deeply rooted love of football and of people.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor a quarter of a century the iconic Sky Sports football presenter Jeff   Stelling was the face and voice of football television. As the host   of \u003ci\u003eSoccer Saturday\u003c\/i\u003e, a results show with National Treasure status, he expertly presided over a live panel of former footballers watching the most exciting sporting chapter of the weekend, on the telly, in front of a transfixed audience of millions, watching, unbelievably... \u003ci\u003eon the telly.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning at   midday and wrapping just after the Premier League's players had showered and   changed, the show's popularity stitched   Stelling into the fabric of match-day rituals up and down the country. For fans, the weekend didn't exist without an hour or four of \u003ci\u003eSoccer   Saturday\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaturday Afternoon Fever\u003c\/i\u003e is Stelling's moving and fascinating memoir: a love letter to the game that has shaped and defined   him, as it has millions of other football fans across the UK. This is the   passionate, engaging tale of one fan's journey from the terraces at Hartlepool's rainy Victoria Park in the 1960s to the sleek and salubrious confines of the Sky Sports studios, an adventure that spans well over half a century and some of the most fast-changing, exciting periods in football's history\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54249888612696,"sku":"9781472279828","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781472279828_2dcd5f89-f6b2-43d2-8644-c755c7454eb8.jpg?v=1777881647","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/saturday-afternoon-fever","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}