Raymond J. Stubbs (born 24 May 1956) is an English broadcaster and former footballer. He worked as a presenter for the BBC, ESPN and BT Sport, and now works for Talksport radio. His most recent role is presenting the coverage of the World Seniors Darts Championship 2023, being broadcast on both BT Sport and BBC iPlayer. Football career Stubbs began his career as a professional footballer, leaving Calday Grange Grammar School to join Tranmere Rovers for five years, although he never made an appearance for the club. He also played for Bangor City between 1978 and 1980. After ending his playing career with Tranmere, he stayed with the club in an administrative capacity although he continued to play part time with Oswestry Town. As Commercial Director of the club, he agreed a deal with club's first ever shirt sponsor; Storeton Motor Company. The deal was announced in October 1979. Two years he agreed a new shirt sponsorship with Cathedral Tours – a Liverpool-based excursion company. He later spent three years with BBC Radio Merseyside as a reporter and presenter. BBC career In 1986, 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. He also 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, Stubbs began working as a reporter on Grandstand, Match of the Day and Sportsnight. He 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. 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. Other programmes he hosted included two editions of Match of the Day Extra at the start of the 1998–99 season, a round-up of the latest sports news at the beginning of Grandstand, coverage of the live FA Cup draws and 6-0-6, the football phone-in on BBC Radio 5 Live. He also 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