Daniel Gray
@danielgraywriter.bsky.social
New book ‘Sunday Best’. Word churner. Editor of @nutmegmagazine. Host of @WSC_magazine pod. York-grown Boro man living in Scotland.
Links: https://linktr.ee/danielgraywriter
Links: https://linktr.ee/danielgraywriter
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Daniel Gray
@danielgraywriter.bsky.social
· Nov 22
📖 Book news! My new one, out April 2025 with @HarperNorthUK
A travelogue/social history about Sundays from peace and rebellion to the Last of the Summer Wine theme tune and beyond…
🔗Pre-orders & more details:
linktr.ee/danielgraywr...
A travelogue/social history about Sundays from peace and rebellion to the Last of the Summer Wine theme tune and beyond…
🔗Pre-orders & more details:
linktr.ee/danielgraywr...
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Lovely stuff, as per, from @danielgraywriter.bsky.social on an early christmas present for the Tynecastle faithful:
www.nutmegfc.co.uk/p/the-slow-m...
www.nutmegfc.co.uk/p/the-slow-m...
The Slow Match Report: Hearts 2 Rangers 1
Last Christmas, Hearts gave us a bleak draw with Moldovan minnows. This year, they're streaking ahead of their domestic rivals... even Sir Walter Scott couldn't have made it up
www.nutmegfc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Lovely stuff, as per, from @danielgraywriter.bsky.social on an early christmas present for the Tynecastle faithful:
www.nutmegfc.co.uk/p/the-slow-m...
www.nutmegfc.co.uk/p/the-slow-m...
'Hearts pursued them with the studied voraciousness of street pigeons hunting Greggs crumbs...'
My latest Slow Match Report is up on Nutmeg FC now. Let me be your favourite waste of time⬇️
www.nutmegfc.co.uk/p/the-slow-m...
My latest Slow Match Report is up on Nutmeg FC now. Let me be your favourite waste of time⬇️
www.nutmegfc.co.uk/p/the-slow-m...
The Slow Match Report: Hearts 2 Rangers 1
Last Christmas, Hearts gave us a bleak draw with Moldovan minnows. This year, they're streaking ahead of their domestic rivals... even Sir Walter Scott couldn't have made it up
www.nutmegfc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
'Hearts pursued them with the studied voraciousness of street pigeons hunting Greggs crumbs...'
My latest Slow Match Report is up on Nutmeg FC now. Let me be your favourite waste of time⬇️
www.nutmegfc.co.uk/p/the-slow-m...
My latest Slow Match Report is up on Nutmeg FC now. Let me be your favourite waste of time⬇️
www.nutmegfc.co.uk/p/the-slow-m...
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'Tynecastle was volcanic, berserk. Somewhere in Lapland, Santa opened another can...'
🗒️New Slow Match Report tomorrow. Our @danielgraywriter.bsky.social at Hearts v Rangers.
✍️Sign up to receive straight to your inbox in the morning: tiny.cc/swpw001
🗒️New Slow Match Report tomorrow. Our @danielgraywriter.bsky.social at Hearts v Rangers.
✍️Sign up to receive straight to your inbox in the morning: tiny.cc/swpw001
December 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
'Tynecastle was volcanic, berserk. Somewhere in Lapland, Santa opened another can...'
🗒️New Slow Match Report tomorrow. Our @danielgraywriter.bsky.social at Hearts v Rangers.
✍️Sign up to receive straight to your inbox in the morning: tiny.cc/swpw001
🗒️New Slow Match Report tomorrow. Our @danielgraywriter.bsky.social at Hearts v Rangers.
✍️Sign up to receive straight to your inbox in the morning: tiny.cc/swpw001
Very chuffed to have been asked to write about George Best's time at Hibs for this gorgeous item by @glorystudio.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Very chuffed to have been asked to write about George Best's time at Hibs for this gorgeous item by @glorystudio.bsky.social
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Thank you to everyone who has been listening to Upon A White Horse as Radio 4's Book of the Week. The final part is about Sycamore Gap and goes out at 11.45am today. It's also all available on BBC Sounds. I hope you enjoy it. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Upon a White Horse by Peter Ross
Peter Ross celebrates the landscape and people of prehistoric Britain and Ireland.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Thank you to everyone who has been listening to Upon A White Horse as Radio 4's Book of the Week. The final part is about Sycamore Gap and goes out at 11.45am today. It's also all available on BBC Sounds. I hope you enjoy it. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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'A corned beef man in a small plates world' is so #hmhb i'm already semi-singing it to two of their songs.
'The goalkeeper looked forlorn, alone and baffled, a corned beef man in a small plates world...'
🇮🇹My @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social Slow Match Report from Italy is now up ⬇️
🔗tiny.cc/kcjv001
🇮🇹My @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social Slow Match Report from Italy is now up ⬇️
🔗tiny.cc/kcjv001
November 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
'A corned beef man in a small plates world' is so #hmhb i'm already semi-singing it to two of their songs.
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Dan's latest ⬇️
'The goalkeeper looked forlorn, alone and baffled, a corned beef man in a small plates world...'
🇮🇹My @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social Slow Match Report from Italy is now up ⬇️
🔗tiny.cc/kcjv001
🇮🇹My @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social Slow Match Report from Italy is now up ⬇️
🔗tiny.cc/kcjv001
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Dan's latest ⬇️
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@danielgraywriter.bsky.social as ever setting the bar for football writing extremely high!
'The goalkeeper looked forlorn, alone and baffled, a corned beef man in a small plates world...'
🇮🇹My @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social Slow Match Report from Italy is now up ⬇️
🔗tiny.cc/kcjv001
🇮🇹My @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social Slow Match Report from Italy is now up ⬇️
🔗tiny.cc/kcjv001
November 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
@danielgraywriter.bsky.social as ever setting the bar for football writing extremely high!
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This match report is every bit as good as I hoped it would be
'The goalkeeper looked forlorn, alone and baffled, a corned beef man in a small plates world...'
🇮🇹My @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social Slow Match Report from Italy is now up ⬇️
🔗tiny.cc/kcjv001
🇮🇹My @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social Slow Match Report from Italy is now up ⬇️
🔗tiny.cc/kcjv001
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This match report is every bit as good as I hoped it would be
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"Supporters walked towards the bulbous steel of the modernised Stadio Friuli, itself resembling foil scrunched
round a giant focaccia." Such a great piece by @danielgraywriter.bsky.social which is by no means diminished by the no-show Scottish players.
round a giant focaccia." Such a great piece by @danielgraywriter.bsky.social which is by no means diminished by the no-show Scottish players.
'The goalkeeper looked forlorn, alone and baffled, a corned beef man in a small plates world...'
🇮🇹My @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social Slow Match Report from Italy is now up ⬇️
🔗tiny.cc/kcjv001
🇮🇹My @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social Slow Match Report from Italy is now up ⬇️
🔗tiny.cc/kcjv001
November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"Supporters walked towards the bulbous steel of the modernised Stadio Friuli, itself resembling foil scrunched
round a giant focaccia." Such a great piece by @danielgraywriter.bsky.social which is by no means diminished by the no-show Scottish players.
round a giant focaccia." Such a great piece by @danielgraywriter.bsky.social which is by no means diminished by the no-show Scottish players.
'The goalkeeper looked forlorn, alone and baffled, a corned beef man in a small plates world...'
🇮🇹My @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social Slow Match Report from Italy is now up ⬇️
🔗tiny.cc/kcjv001
🇮🇹My @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social Slow Match Report from Italy is now up ⬇️
🔗tiny.cc/kcjv001
November 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
'The goalkeeper looked forlorn, alone and baffled, a corned beef man in a small plates world...'
🇮🇹My @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social Slow Match Report from Italy is now up ⬇️
🔗tiny.cc/kcjv001
🇮🇹My @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social Slow Match Report from Italy is now up ⬇️
🔗tiny.cc/kcjv001
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Coming tomorrow:
🇮🇹 @danielgraywriter.bsky.social's Slow Match Report from Italy.
⚫️⚪️Udinese v
🔴🔵Bologna
✍️Sign up here to have it emailed direct: nutmegfc.co.uk
🇮🇹 @danielgraywriter.bsky.social's Slow Match Report from Italy.
⚫️⚪️Udinese v
🔴🔵Bologna
✍️Sign up here to have it emailed direct: nutmegfc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Coming tomorrow:
🇮🇹 @danielgraywriter.bsky.social's Slow Match Report from Italy.
⚫️⚪️Udinese v
🔴🔵Bologna
✍️Sign up here to have it emailed direct: nutmegfc.co.uk
🇮🇹 @danielgraywriter.bsky.social's Slow Match Report from Italy.
⚫️⚪️Udinese v
🔴🔵Bologna
✍️Sign up here to have it emailed direct: nutmegfc.co.uk
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This sums up why so many people of 'a certain age' still love Italian football
It's Saturday morning, which means time for the kabaddi on Trans World Sport and then the sublime Gazzetta...
A Slow Match Report preview ahead of my trip to Udinese v Bologna this afternoon:
open.substack.com/pub/nutmegfo...
A Slow Match Report preview ahead of my trip to Udinese v Bologna this afternoon:
open.substack.com/pub/nutmegfo...
The Slow Match Report goes to Serie A
This weekend I am writing to you from Udine, inspired by Channel 4's Football Italia and Scotland's booming export of midfielders
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
This sums up why so many people of 'a certain age' still love Italian football
It's Saturday morning, which means time for the kabaddi on Trans World Sport and then the sublime Gazzetta...
A Slow Match Report preview ahead of my trip to Udinese v Bologna this afternoon:
open.substack.com/pub/nutmegfo...
A Slow Match Report preview ahead of my trip to Udinese v Bologna this afternoon:
open.substack.com/pub/nutmegfo...
The Slow Match Report goes to Serie A
This weekend I am writing to you from Udine, inspired by Channel 4's Football Italia and Scotland's booming export of midfielders
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
It's Saturday morning, which means time for the kabaddi on Trans World Sport and then the sublime Gazzetta...
A Slow Match Report preview ahead of my trip to Udinese v Bologna this afternoon:
open.substack.com/pub/nutmegfo...
A Slow Match Report preview ahead of my trip to Udinese v Bologna this afternoon:
open.substack.com/pub/nutmegfo...
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Wish I could make this - if you're in the vicinity go and hang.
It will possibly clash with Antiques Roadshow, but if you happen to be in Glasgow on November 16th, please do come along and listen to me and the marvellous
@peteralanross.bsky.social talk Sundays at Aye Write:
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/sund...
@peteralanross.bsky.social talk Sundays at Aye Write:
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/sund...
Sunday Best: Daniel Gray - Glasgow Life
Sunday Best: Daniel Gray
www.glasgowlife.org.uk
October 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Wish I could make this - if you're in the vicinity go and hang.
It will possibly clash with Antiques Roadshow, but if you happen to be in Glasgow on November 16th, please do come along and listen to me and the marvellous
@peteralanross.bsky.social talk Sundays at Aye Write:
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/sund...
@peteralanross.bsky.social talk Sundays at Aye Write:
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/sund...
Sunday Best: Daniel Gray - Glasgow Life
Sunday Best: Daniel Gray
www.glasgowlife.org.uk
October 31, 2025 at 1:29 PM
It will possibly clash with Antiques Roadshow, but if you happen to be in Glasgow on November 16th, please do come along and listen to me and the marvellous
@peteralanross.bsky.social talk Sundays at Aye Write:
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/sund...
@peteralanross.bsky.social talk Sundays at Aye Write:
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/sund...
The Dales in October, provoking involuntary humming of 'Autumn days when the grass is jewelled
And the silk inside a chestnut shell...'
And the silk inside a chestnut shell...'
October 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The Dales in October, provoking involuntary humming of 'Autumn days when the grass is jewelled
And the silk inside a chestnut shell...'
And the silk inside a chestnut shell...'
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🚨 NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
Following Inshallah United, I am chuffed to bits to announce my second book - Assalam Alaikum, Our Kid!
A story of being Muslim, Manc and mad for it in the new millennium
Pre-oder with 25% off at @Waterstones using the code OCTOBER25: www.waterstones.com/book/assalam...
Following Inshallah United, I am chuffed to bits to announce my second book - Assalam Alaikum, Our Kid!
A story of being Muslim, Manc and mad for it in the new millennium
Pre-oder with 25% off at @Waterstones using the code OCTOBER25: www.waterstones.com/book/assalam...
October 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🚨 NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
Following Inshallah United, I am chuffed to bits to announce my second book - Assalam Alaikum, Our Kid!
A story of being Muslim, Manc and mad for it in the new millennium
Pre-oder with 25% off at @Waterstones using the code OCTOBER25: www.waterstones.com/book/assalam...
Following Inshallah United, I am chuffed to bits to announce my second book - Assalam Alaikum, Our Kid!
A story of being Muslim, Manc and mad for it in the new millennium
Pre-oder with 25% off at @Waterstones using the code OCTOBER25: www.waterstones.com/book/assalam...
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'Gannon-Doak on the left is a gift unopened and a toy kept in its box. It is a crime thriller missing its final page and bubble wrap un-popped...'
📝Get in the mood for this evening's game with @danielgraywriter.bsky.social superb Slow Match Report from 🏴v🇬🇷:
open.substack.com/pub/nutmegfo...
📝Get in the mood for this evening's game with @danielgraywriter.bsky.social superb Slow Match Report from 🏴v🇬🇷:
open.substack.com/pub/nutmegfo...
The Slow Match Report: Scotland 3 Greece 1
Not since the rise of Sparta have Greeks suffered such traumatic defeat. It was an injustice, it was moonlight robbery — it was sheer, unadulterated Hampden joy!
open.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
'Gannon-Doak on the left is a gift unopened and a toy kept in its box. It is a crime thriller missing its final page and bubble wrap un-popped...'
📝Get in the mood for this evening's game with @danielgraywriter.bsky.social superb Slow Match Report from 🏴v🇬🇷:
open.substack.com/pub/nutmegfo...
📝Get in the mood for this evening's game with @danielgraywriter.bsky.social superb Slow Match Report from 🏴v🇬🇷:
open.substack.com/pub/nutmegfo...
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Another lovely piece of writing from Leither @danielgraywriter.bsky.social - his evening out watching Scotland somehow beat Greece last Thursday.
The Slow Match Report: Scotland 3 Greece 1
Not since the rise of Sparta have Greeks suffered such traumatic defeat. It was an injustice, it was moonlight robbery — it was sheer, unadulterated Hampden joy!
www.nutmegfc.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Another lovely piece of writing from Leither @danielgraywriter.bsky.social - his evening out watching Scotland somehow beat Greece last Thursday.
Reposted by Daniel Gray
Take a bow @danielgraywriter.bsky.social. The most lyrical, yet also the most accurate match report of the Scotland v Greece game that you will read.
'Steve Clarke span around with the weary, seen-it-all-before frustration of a man trying to download a large PDF on train Wi-Fi...'
Latest Slow Match Report is now up ⬇️
www.nutmegfc.co.uk/p/the-slow-m...
Latest Slow Match Report is now up ⬇️
www.nutmegfc.co.uk/p/the-slow-m...
The Slow Match Report: Scotland 3 Greece 1
Not since the rise of Sparta have Greeks suffered such traumatic defeat. It was an injustice, it was moonlight robbery — it was sheer, unadulterated Hampden joy!
www.nutmegfc.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Take a bow @danielgraywriter.bsky.social. The most lyrical, yet also the most accurate match report of the Scotland v Greece game that you will read.
Reposted by Daniel Gray
“Gannon-Doak on the left is a gift unopened and a toy kept in its box. It is a crime thriller missing its final page and bubble wrap un-popped.” There is noone who does match reports like @danielgraywriter.bsky.social. Every line of this is genius.
'Steve Clarke span around with the weary, seen-it-all-before frustration of a man trying to download a large PDF on train Wi-Fi...'
Latest Slow Match Report is now up ⬇️
www.nutmegfc.co.uk/p/the-slow-m...
Latest Slow Match Report is now up ⬇️
www.nutmegfc.co.uk/p/the-slow-m...
The Slow Match Report: Scotland 3 Greece 1
Not since the rise of Sparta have Greeks suffered such traumatic defeat. It was an injustice, it was moonlight robbery — it was sheer, unadulterated Hampden joy!
www.nutmegfc.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“Gannon-Doak on the left is a gift unopened and a toy kept in its box. It is a crime thriller missing its final page and bubble wrap un-popped.” There is noone who does match reports like @danielgraywriter.bsky.social. Every line of this is genius.
'Steve Clarke span around with the weary, seen-it-all-before frustration of a man trying to download a large PDF on train Wi-Fi...'
Latest Slow Match Report is now up ⬇️
www.nutmegfc.co.uk/p/the-slow-m...
Latest Slow Match Report is now up ⬇️
www.nutmegfc.co.uk/p/the-slow-m...
The Slow Match Report: Scotland 3 Greece 1
Not since the rise of Sparta have Greeks suffered such traumatic defeat. It was an injustice, it was moonlight robbery — it was sheer, unadulterated Hampden joy!
www.nutmegfc.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
'Steve Clarke span around with the weary, seen-it-all-before frustration of a man trying to download a large PDF on train Wi-Fi...'
Latest Slow Match Report is now up ⬇️
www.nutmegfc.co.uk/p/the-slow-m...
Latest Slow Match Report is now up ⬇️
www.nutmegfc.co.uk/p/the-slow-m...
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Another excellent slow match report from @danielgraywriter.bsky.social - this time on last night’s jammy win
www.nutmegfc.co.uk/p/the-slow-m...
www.nutmegfc.co.uk/p/the-slow-m...
October 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Another excellent slow match report from @danielgraywriter.bsky.social - this time on last night’s jammy win
www.nutmegfc.co.uk/p/the-slow-m...
www.nutmegfc.co.uk/p/the-slow-m...
Reposted by Daniel Gray
Good people of Glossop! I am bringing The Haunted Generation show to your Labour Club on Saturday 25th October...
October 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Good people of Glossop! I am bringing The Haunted Generation show to your Labour Club on Saturday 25th October...