Jeff Stelling admits he supported Premier League club as kid before switching allegiance and reveals amazing reason why
JEFF STELLING admitted he supported Premier League side Burnley as a kid before switching allegiance to Hartlepool.
The new talkSPORT Breakfast host revealed the amazing reason why he turned to the north-east club.
Stelling left fans in stitches when he celebrated the news of his beloved Hartlepool’s goals on Soccer Saturday.
But the sports pundit confessed during the breakfast show on Tuesday he was a Burnley fan as a young boy.
And said the only reason he supported the Clarets was because the club gifted him free souvenirs.
He said: “I used to be a boyhood Burnley fan.
“They’re not my team anymore. I love Burnley.
“The reason I supported Burnley was because as a kid you used to write to all the big teams and ask for programmes and any free memorabilia and most of them just ignored you completely.
“But Burnley always sent back a load of stuff. I didn’t even know where Burnley was!”
And on Tuesday he received yet another gift from his boyhood club – a heartwarming video message from former Burnley ace Frank Casper.
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He said: “Hi Jeff, it’s Frank Casper, your boyhood hero. I just want to wish you all the best in your new job at talkSPORT.
“I’m sure you’ll be fantastic and can’t wait to listen to you. All the very best, Frank.”
Despite Burnley making the effort to reach out to Stelling his heart will always be with Hartlepool.
In 2015 he was appointed the President of Hartlepool and still holds the position.
Stelling has also done tremendous work for Prostate Cancer UK including completing 15 marathons in 15 days alongside then Hartlepool Chief Executive Russ Green in 2015.