JEFF STELLING has been torn apart by former Southampton and Wolves boss Dave Jones over an infamous Sky Sports tirade.
The long-serving ex-Soccer Saturday host let rip at Jones and demanded his resignation during a live TV broadcast in 2017.
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Jones had just led Stelling’s beloved Hartlepool United to a 2-0 defeat at home to Barnet which plunged them further into relegation danger.
A furious Stelling ranted: “This is not personal but Dave Jones, for god’s sake, for the good of the club, walk now.
“Go now. This is not your level of football. If he won’t walk, sack him.
“If it means me resigning as president, I’ll do so happily. Do it now, do it today.”
Jones was dismissed shortly afterwards but Hartlepool still dropped out of the Football League weeks later.
The 69-year-old, who also had spells with Stockport, Cardiff and Sheffield Wednesday, kept quiet about Stelling‘s outburst for years.
But he has now broken his silence in spectacular fashion.
Jones told Under The Cosh: “I wouldn’t p*** on him if he was on fire. I’d just walk away from him. Got no time for him.
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“I think it was totally wrong, what he did. I don’t think there was one person who agreed with him. They just thought it was a disgrace.
“He doesn’t mean anything to me. He’s got a show but to do what? Not to criticise other people.
“We can all criticise him when he was mumbling or didn’t do this or do that but what’s the point? I’m bigger than that.
“Put it this way, if we were in the desert and I drove past him, I wouldn’t pick him up.”
Stelling, who left Sky Sports in 2023, admitted that he may have ‘gone too far’ in berating Jones.
He told The Times: “I should have stopped when I said, ‘Please walk away Dave’, and not gone any further.”
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