Rob McCaffrey

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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".

[edit] Trivia

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.

Rob McCaffrey is actually the scariest looking person on TV, ugly but in a different way to Peter Beardsley.