Jeff Stelling apologises for ‘offending’ fans as he loses Twitter followers

Jeff Stelling apologises to Twitter fans (Image: Getty) Jeff Stelling has taken to Twitter to apologise to his fans after losing followers in the months since leaving his Sky Sports role. Tweeting to his 256k followers, he said: ‘Interested to see my number of followers has gone down again. “Apologies to those I have offended by saying….. not very much. Goodnight to the few of you who are left!!!’ Jeff, 68, left his Soccer Saturday role on Sky Sports back in April after 30 years with the broadcaster. Jeff recently quit Soccer Saturday after 30 years with Sky (Image: Getty) Reacting to his Tweet, fans were quick to heap praise on the veteran Sports broadcaster, with a man named Giles commenting: ‘Well you’ve gained one new one here Jeff, love your work’ Another made a joke about the situation, writing: ‘Things that happen on Twitter @JeffStelling 1: tweet a lot, offend people; lose followers 2: rarely tweet; offend people; lose followers.’ While a third fan commented: ‘Will never unfollow! True Story, we refer to you always as Uncle Jeff here so we could get away with watching Soccer Saturday every week because our uncle’s on telly [crying with laughter emojii] terribly good parenting.’ Jeff recently surprised fans with a return to Countdown as a guest in dictionary corner (Image: Instagram/Rachel Riley) Jeff recently caused a stir when he surprised fans with a Countdown reunion alongside former co-host Rachel Riley. Rachel took to Instagram to celebrate the occasion by sharing an image of the pair with her 544k followers, captioning it: ‘Can’t believe this guy left us more than 11 years ago, but it’s so great to finally have the gorgeous Jeff Stelling back in the studio in dictionary corner this week! You never forget your first, I was so lucky to have started in telly with a pro and a gent like Jeff. On air from August 21st. And make sure to tune in this week too, it’s our series finals and they’re pretty special!’ Fans of the show couldn’t contain their excitement as they commented on the snap. Helen said: ‘You were so good together! We were lucky to have you too. Lovely to see you reunited.’ Whilst James responded: ‘two of my favourite people! will do miss Soccer Saturday with Jeff. Guest appearance on 8 out of 10???’ Jeff took to Twitter to comment on his follower numbers (Image: Twitter) Jeff, hosted Countdown between 2009 and 2011 after taking over the reins from Des Lynam, who replaced the original presenter Richard Whitely after his death in 2005. As well as hosting the Champions League and Soccer Saturday, he also appeared as himself on the Apple TV hit comedy Ted Lasso. The Telegraph has recently reported that Jeff is in talks with both the BBC and Amazon to present their football coverage.