Ray Stubbs
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 May 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Wallasey, Cheshire, England | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1973–1975 | Tranmere Rovers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1978 | Tranmere Rovers | 0 | (0) |
| 1978–1979 | Bangor City | ||
| 1979–1980 | Oswestry Town | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Raymond J. Stubbs (born 24 May 1956) is an English broadcaster and former footballer. He worked as a presenter for the
Football career
Stubbs began his career as a professional footballer, leaving Calday Grange Grammar School to join Tranmere Rovers for five years, although he never made an appearance for the club.[1] He also played for Bangor City between 1978 and 1980. After ending his playing career with Tranmere, he stayed with the club in an administrative capacity although he continued to play part time with Oswestry Town.
As Commercial Director of the club, he agreed a deal with club's first ever shirt sponsor; Storeton Motor Company. The deal was announced in October 1979. Two years he agreed a new shirt sponsorship with Cathedral Tours – a Liverpool-based excursion company.[2]
He later spent three years with BBC Radio Merseyside as a reporter and presenter.[3]
BBC career
In 1986, Stubbs moved to BBC Manchester as an assistant producer, working on sports including snooker, darts and bowls, and on the quiz show A Question of Sport. He also worked as a producer, reporter and presenter on BBC Two's investigative sports series On The Line, which took him to Italy in 1990 to report on England football fans at the World Cup.[3]
Later that year, Stubbs began working as a reporter on
Other programmes he hosted included two editions of Match of the Day Extra at the start of the 1998–99 season, a round-up of the latest sports news at the beginning of Grandstand, coverage of the live FA Cup draws and
Stubbs worked for the BBC for 26 years, presenting and reporting on a number of sports, including football, darts and snooker. He fronted Football Focus from 1999 until 2004, leaving to become the presenter of Score on the BBC Red Button (formerly BBCi) as well as Final Score on BBC One. He also presented live matches for the BBC and either worked as a presenter or reporter at all 10 of the major international tournaments from 1990 until 2008.
He was a stand-in presenter on both
ESPN
In 2009, Stubbs left the BBC after more than 26 years to join
After ESPN
Following the rebranding of
In February 2023, and again in 2024, Stubbs worked as presenter on the World Seniors Darts Championship.
Charity work
Stubbs has been a big supporter of Sport Relief and often took part in physical stunts for the project. In 2002, he was dropped 100 feet from the roof of the Millennium Dome (now The O2 Arena) into a pile of boxes; in 2004, he was suspended from a crane, and swung into a giant ball of dung; and, in 2006, he was tied to a post and bombarded by 15,000 bouncy balls.
In 2007, Stubbs took part in
References
- ^ Hilton, Nick (11 May 2013). "Ray Stubbs on his rise to TV fame from being a Tranmere Rovers' reserve". Liverpool Echo.
- ISBN 978-1859837115.
- ^ a b c "Football Focus: Ray Stubbs (August 2001)". BBC Sport. 10 August 2001. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
- ^ Sweney, Mark (17 July 2009). "Ray Stubbs leaves BBC to present Premier League football on ESPN". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ "Ray Stubbs taken ill during ESPN's Liverpool match coverage". The Guardian. London. 26 December 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
External links
- Ray Stubbs at IMDb
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