Two years later he graduated to the rank of News Producer at BBC Radio Shropshire but left to start a career in television in 1987.
Starting at Granada TV he presented and reported on local programmes, including North-West football show Kick-Off and Rugby League Live.
Colleagues there included Clive Tyldesley, Elton Welsby and Rob Palmer, now also at Sky Sports.
McCaffrey was nominated for a Royal Television Society award for a documentary he produced featuring John Barnes and an interview with Nelson Mandela.
McCaffrey actually hosted the phone-in show for which Marsh was sacked by Sky for "a tasteless remark" regarding the Asian tsunami attacks.