Chris Kamara agrees on Jeff Stelling's 'lowest point' on Soccer Saturday

Chris Kamara has agreed with Jeff Stelling on the most embarrassing moment of the legendary presenter's career. Kamara, as an in-vision match reporter, and Stelling, as host, were an iconic combination on Sky Sports ' Soccer Saturday.
Passion, drama and plenty of hilarious moments ensued as the pair combined to create football TV gold. On one occasion, Stelling was left red-faced after he was corrected by Kamara for forgetting that West Ham had moved to the London Stadium from Upton Park.
Stelling jokingly dubbed it the "lowest point" of his presenting career. Kamara agrees with his great friend, telling the Daily Star: 'Yeah, it's true, it probably was the lowest point in his career!'
The former Brentford and Leeds defender added: 'But we had so many laughs along the way, too many to mention. What a great time we had, the best of it all.
'And those memories and the way people treat myself and Jeff these days, they obviously enjoyed it as well. So that's a great thing.'
During his Sky career, Kamara was renowned for his 'Unbelievable Jeff!' phrase. He's grateful for the public's continued love, explaining: 'If I go out every single day, somebody will say, 'Unbelievable Jeff'. And they go, 'You must be fed up with that?'
"No, I'm not, not at all. I'm proud of it, if I'm honest, to have a catchphrase that's got longevity. Don't knock it.'
Kamara left Sky as he battled with apraxia of speech, while Stelling stood down as long-time Soccer Saturday presenter in 2023. The pair remained close before they were unexpectedly reunited on TV when Kamara was hired to report on Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham as part of Amazon Prime Video's Boxing Day coverage, which was fronted by Stelling.
'That was great, absolutely great. I couldn't believe it,' said Kamara, who is managing his apraxia symptoms, which affects sufferers' ability to plan and coordinate the movements needed to produce speech
'I thought it was a wind-up when I got the call from Amazon. They said, 'We've got an idea. Because it's our last round of games, and Sky have got all the future Christmas games and stuff... we've got an idea, we're going to get you reporting with Jeff in the studio.'
'I said, 'Are you sure you want me back?' And he went 'Yeah, yeah we do.' Nottingham Forest laid out the red carpet for me, put my picture on the big screen, 'Welcome back, Kammy.' They gave me boardroom tickets.
'It was just wonderful, and I said there and then if that is my last game, then so be it. The last game I did before that for Sky was when my condition was really bad, Rotherham versus Shrewsbury.'
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