Rob McCaffrey

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McCaffrey presenting You're On Sky Sports
McCaffrey presenting You're On Sky Sports

Rob McCaffrey is a British television presenter. He is most notable for presenting shows such as Goals on Sunday and You're On Sky Sports. McCaffrey also presents Soccer Saturday on weekdays (In which case it is known as Soccer Special). He replaces the regular host Jeff Stelling.

After earlier education in Edinburgh[1], McCaffrey earned a Bachelor's degree at the University of Liverpool and studied for a post-graduate degree in journalism at Lancashire Polytechnic.

After minor jobs at local radio stations in and around Nottingham, McCaffrey joined Radio Merseyside in 1986, becoming a news reporter. Two years later he graduated to the rank of News Producer at BBC Radio Shropshire but left to start a career in television in 1987.

Starting at Granada TV he presented and reported on local programmes, including North-West football show Kick-Off. Colleagues there included Clive Tyldesley, Elton Welsby and Rob Palmer, now also at Sky Sports.

McCaffrey was nominated for a Royal Television Society award for a documentary he produced featuring John Barnes and an interview with Nelson Mandela. The programme was filmed in 1994 during Liverpool F.C.'s preseason tour to South Africa.[2]

Before joining Sky Sports as host of You're On Sky Sports, McCaffrey spent some time as a radio presenter at talkSPORT.

McCaffrey is managed by RAM Sports Management, Rodney Marsh's agency. McCaffrey actually hosted the phone-in show for which Rodney Marsh was sacked by Sky for "a tasteless remark".[3]

McCaffrey is a lifelong Preston North End F.C. fan, as revealed on an episode of You're On Sky Sports.


McCaffrey trialled for the 2006 edition of Sky One's The Match programme, in which celebrities train for a football match against ex-professionals. He was disappointed to not be selected, due to a calf strain.

  1. ^ The Media Men no. 15 Rob McCaffrey. red-passion.com. Retrieved on June 19, 2006.
  2. ^ Barnes: Mandela is special. thefa.com. Retrieved on June 19, 2006.
  3. ^ Marsh sacked by Sky for tasteless remark. Owen Gibson, The Guardian. Retrieved on June 19, 2006.

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