21 Facts About Ray Stubbs

Raymond J Stubbs was born on 24 May 1956 and is an English broadcaster and former footballer.

Ray Stubbs worked as a presenter for the BBC, ESPN and BT Sport, and now works for Talksport radio.

Ray Stubbs played for Bangor City between 1978 and 1980.

Ray Stubbs later spent three years with BBC Radio Merseyside as a reporter and presenter.

In 1986, Ray 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.

Ray Stubbs 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.

Later that year, Ray Stubbs began working as a reporter on Grandstand, Match of the Day and Sportsnight.

Ray Stubbs reported from the Irish camp during the 1994 FIFA World Cup in America, and was the BBC's reporter-in-residence in the England camp during Euro 96 and the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France.

Ray Stubbs was a co-presenter at all the subsequent major international tournaments between 2000 and 2008 as well as the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 1998 Commonwealth Games.

Ray Stubbs reported for BBC One's On Side as well as occasionally reporting for both Football Focus, after leaving the programme as presenter in 2004, and Match of the Day Live.

Ray Stubbs worked for the BBC for 26 years, presenting and reporting on a number of sports, including football, darts and snooker.

Ray Stubbs fronted Football Focus from 1999 until 2004, leaving to become the presenter of Score on the BBC Red Button as well as Final Score on BBC One.

Ray Stubbs 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.

Ray Stubbs was a stand-in presenter on both Match of the Day and Match of the Day 2 and became the BBC's England reporter in 2007.

In 2009, Ray Stubbs left the BBC after more than 26 years to join ESPN.

Ray Stubbs presented ESPN's live coverage of the 2011,2012, and 2013 FA Cup finals with pitchside build-up and post-match coverage.

Ray Stubbs left BT in 2016 and joined Talksport, though he is no longer working for the station and instead working for their digital only offshoot Talksport 2.

In February 2023, Ray Stubbs worked as presenter on the World Seniors Darts Championship.

Ray Stubbs has been a big supporter of Sport Relief and has become the project's action hero.

In 2007, Ray Stubbs took part in Comic Relief does Fame Academy, and made it to the last five, before being struck down by an upper respiratory tract infection.

Ray Stubbs takes part in the Great North Run each year for charity, and is an honorary member of Gateshead Harriers.