Jeff Stelling of the year, after three years at the helm, to concentrate on football, including his new Champions League role. He was replaced by Nick Hewer. In August 2016, Stelling presented a new 10-part daytime game show for ITV called "Alphabetical". The show returned for a second series of 20 episodes in October 2017. On 23 November 2007 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Professional Studies by the University of Teesside. Stelling was named Sports Broadcaster of the Year for four successive years by the Sports Journalists' Association, based on a poll of its members. On 12 March 2010, he
Jeff Stelling had featured some coverage of the prior weekend's games. Moreover, in previous years on Monday nights without a live game, a "Monday Night Football Special" would be broadcast, which included only the analysis from the weekend's games. This appears to have been dropped from the 2005–06 season, indicating that Stelling's appointment is to a smaller role than that held by his predecessors. In 2011, Stelling replaced the departed Richard Keys as the main presenter of Sky's live Champions League coverage and hosted between 2011 and 2015. On 21 November 2008, it was reported that Stelling had been confirmed as the