Daniel Storey
@danielstorey85.bsky.social
Chief Football Writer, The i newspaper
Doing The 92 in 2024-25
Read all my work: https://inews.co.uk/author/daniel-storey
Doing The 92 in 2024-25
Read all my work: https://inews.co.uk/author/daniel-storey
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I'm going On The Road to tell the stories that matter most to football fans
Fresh off the roaring success of Doing The 92, Daniel Storey will be expanding his travels to the rest of Britain, Europe and the world, while continuing to highlight the best and worst of England's f...
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Beyond excited to introduce my project for the 2025-26 season: On The Road.
- 60 long reads
- 60 matches
- 60 reasons to be there
From non-league to Premier League, England and beyond, starting this weekend with Sheffield Wednesday.
Launch piece is here ⬇️
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- 60 long reads
- 60 matches
- 60 reasons to be there
From non-league to Premier League, England and beyond, starting this weekend with Sheffield Wednesday.
Launch piece is here ⬇️
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Welcome to Wrexham’s second age of their new life: more money, more investment, more ambition. It won’t always be popular. It will probably work
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Welcome to Wrexham's next chapter
More money, more investment, more ambition - US private equity firm Apollo is set to send Wrexham's Hollywood era stratospheric
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December 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Welcome to Wrexham’s second age of their new life: more money, more investment, more ambition. It won’t always be popular. It will probably work
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The Score - club-by-club Premier League weekend review
- Are Brighton drifting a little?
- Amorim compromise
- Leeds' second-half intensity
- Frimpong as a Salah replacement
- Bournemouth/Newcastle and pathetic away records
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- Are Brighton drifting a little?
- Amorim compromise
- Leeds' second-half intensity
- Frimpong as a Salah replacement
- Bournemouth/Newcastle and pathetic away records
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The Score: Fulham's weird run, Rice's new role and Man Utd find a solution
Our chief football writer reviews the main talking points from the weekend's action
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December 29, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The Score - club-by-club Premier League weekend review
- Are Brighton drifting a little?
- Amorim compromise
- Leeds' second-half intensity
- Frimpong as a Salah replacement
- Bournemouth/Newcastle and pathetic away records
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- Are Brighton drifting a little?
- Amorim compromise
- Leeds' second-half intensity
- Frimpong as a Salah replacement
- Bournemouth/Newcastle and pathetic away records
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Blackburn Rovers supporters have entered protest season once more. The big question: do enough people care enough anymore to get angry? That is the most damning indictment of the regime.
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Blackburn Rovers have hit a dangerous new low
Haunted by the ghosts of the good times, Blackburn fans just want to feel something other than apathy - right now, their future is as muddy as their pitch
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December 23, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Blackburn Rovers supporters have entered protest season once more. The big question: do enough people care enough anymore to get angry? That is the most damning indictment of the regime.
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Blackburn Rovers supporters have entered protest season once more. The big question: do enough people care enough anymore to get angry? That is the most damning indictment of the regime.
Piece ⬇️
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Piece ⬇️
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Blackburn Rovers have hit a dangerous new low
Haunted by the ghosts of the good times, Blackburn fans just want to feel something other than apathy - right now, their future is as muddy as their pitch
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December 23, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Blackburn Rovers supporters have entered protest season once more. The big question: do enough people care enough anymore to get angry? That is the most damning indictment of the regime.
Piece ⬇️
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Piece ⬇️
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The Score - club-by-club Premier League weekend review
- Haaland's penalty box touches
- Sunderland's clean sheets
- DCL's growing efficiency
- Newcastle with leads
- Rogers off the left for England?
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- Haaland's penalty box touches
- Sunderland's clean sheets
- DCL's growing efficiency
- Newcastle with leads
- Rogers off the left for England?
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The Score: Newcastle's weak spot, Leeds' lucky charm and Frank is fooling no one
Our chief football writer reviews the main talking points from the weekend's action
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December 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The Score - club-by-club Premier League weekend review
- Haaland's penalty box touches
- Sunderland's clean sheets
- DCL's growing efficiency
- Newcastle with leads
- Rogers off the left for England?
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- Haaland's penalty box touches
- Sunderland's clean sheets
- DCL's growing efficiency
- Newcastle with leads
- Rogers off the left for England?
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There is a growing social media trend: large, verified accounts championing Mason Greenwood. It is morally abhorrent when everybody knows the complexities.
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The campaign to get Mason Greenwood to the World Cup is despicable
Tuchel is right not to consider former Man Utd striker for England selection
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December 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
There is a growing social media trend: large, verified accounts championing Mason Greenwood. It is morally abhorrent when everybody knows the complexities.
Column.
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Column.
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I went to Cardiff City, a club being rebuilt and reconnected with a Welsh core at its heart that has people caring again. This has to be the identity that lasts...
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The rebirth of Cardiff City - the great hope of Welsh football
Maligned owner Vincent Tan is still here, but there is plenty for fans to cheer about
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December 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I went to Cardiff City, a club being rebuilt and reconnected with a Welsh core at its heart that has people caring again. This has to be the identity that lasts...
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I went to Cardiff City, a club being rebuilt and reconnected with a Welsh core at its heart that has people caring again. This has to be the identity that lasts...
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
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The rebirth of Cardiff City - the great hope of Welsh football
Maligned owner Vincent Tan is still here, but there is plenty for fans to cheer about
inews.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I went to Cardiff City, a club being rebuilt and reconnected with a Welsh core at its heart that has people caring again. This has to be the identity that lasts...
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
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The Score - Premier League weekend review:
- Igor the engine
- Maresca being weird in public
- Arsenal's slow patterns
- Parker the record breaker
- Howe and the away form
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- Igor the engine
- Maresca being weird in public
- Arsenal's slow patterns
- Parker the record breaker
- Howe and the away form
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The Score: Trouble brews for Chelsea, Forest's rare gem and Man City are back
Our chief football writer reviews the main talking points from the weekend's action
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December 15, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The Score - Premier League weekend review:
- Igor the engine
- Maresca being weird in public
- Arsenal's slow patterns
- Parker the record breaker
- Howe and the away form
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- Igor the engine
- Maresca being weird in public
- Arsenal's slow patterns
- Parker the record breaker
- Howe and the away form
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The ticket pricing for the World Cup is a disgrace. Making fans pay for all eight games up front is a disgrace.
The game is being taken from the people and sold back to them at an unforgivable premium.
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The game is being taken from the people and sold back to them at an unforgivable premium.
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World Cup ticket prices are hideously, unforgivably expensive
Watching your country play shouldn’t be the pursuit solely of the super-rich - this is so far beyond the pale it has to cause a line in the sand
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December 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The ticket pricing for the World Cup is a disgrace. Making fans pay for all eight games up front is a disgrace.
The game is being taken from the people and sold back to them at an unforgivable premium.
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The game is being taken from the people and sold back to them at an unforgivable premium.
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THE SCORE - club-by-club Premier League weekend review
- Parker and the problem with 6
- Palace the away kings
- Konate has to go
- Wilson the aesthetic champion
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- Parker and the problem with 6
- Palace the away kings
- Konate has to go
- Wilson the aesthetic champion
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The Score: Arsenal's Gyokeres worry, Burnley's last chance and Everton are what?!
Our chief football writer reviews the main talking points from the weekend's action
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December 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
THE SCORE - club-by-club Premier League weekend review
- Parker and the problem with 6
- Palace the away kings
- Konate has to go
- Wilson the aesthetic champion
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- Parker and the problem with 6
- Palace the away kings
- Konate has to go
- Wilson the aesthetic champion
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Made a 2026 World Cup schedule, with both local and UK fixture times on it. If that sort of thing is helpful to people.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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World Cup Schedule
docs.google.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Made a 2026 World Cup schedule, with both local and UK fixture times on it. If that sort of thing is helpful to people.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
What could be more fitting for this football dystopia than Donald Trump overshadowing the actual World Cup draw at the behest of Gianni Infantino?
That and other, lighter, takeaways from the draw.
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That and other, lighter, takeaways from the draw.
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Donald Trump is walking us into a football dystopia
Fourteen things I learned at the ludicrous World Cup draw
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December 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
What could be more fitting for this football dystopia than Donald Trump overshadowing the actual World Cup draw at the behest of Gianni Infantino?
That and other, lighter, takeaways from the draw.
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That and other, lighter, takeaways from the draw.
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In Donald Trump’s backyard and political playground, there comes further proof of what we always feared: he is the headliner of the 2026 World Cup.
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Donald Trump is going to absolutely ruin this World Cup
In Trump’s backyard and political playground this week, there comes further proof of what we always feared
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December 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
In Donald Trump’s backyard and political playground, there comes further proof of what we always feared: he is the headliner of the 2026 World Cup.
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Column ⬇️
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In Donald Trump’s backyard and political playground, there comes further proof of what we always feared: he is the headliner of the 2026 World Cup.
Column ⬇️
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Column ⬇️
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Donald Trump is going to absolutely ruin this World Cup
In Trump’s backyard and political playground this week, there comes further proof of what we always feared
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December 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
In Donald Trump’s backyard and political playground, there comes further proof of what we always feared: he is the headliner of the 2026 World Cup.
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Column ⬇️
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On Saturday, I was Huddersfield Town's mascot Tilly the Terrier.
This is a very serious* piece on the 17 things I learned from a brilliant day.
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This is a very serious* piece on the 17 things I learned from a brilliant day.
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I spent the day as a football mascot - it left me struggling to walk
My visit to Huddersfield Town gave me a newfound appreciation for anyone who wears one of these fluffy oversized suits
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December 2, 2025 at 7:48 AM
On Saturday, I was Huddersfield Town's mascot Tilly the Terrier.
This is a very serious* piece on the 17 things I learned from a brilliant day.
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This is a very serious* piece on the 17 things I learned from a brilliant day.
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THE SCORE - Premier League weekend review
- Sunderland's comebacks
- Salah being dropped
- Chelsea red cards
- Thiago's efficiency
- Frank's foolish PR strategy
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- Sunderland's comebacks
- Salah being dropped
- Chelsea red cards
- Thiago's efficiency
- Frank's foolish PR strategy
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The Score: Man Utd's bizarre tactics, Liverpool's no-Mo future and Frank is done
Our chief football writer reviews the main talking points from the weekend's action
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December 1, 2025 at 8:08 AM
THE SCORE - Premier League weekend review
- Sunderland's comebacks
- Salah being dropped
- Chelsea red cards
- Thiago's efficiency
- Frank's foolish PR strategy
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
- Sunderland's comebacks
- Salah being dropped
- Chelsea red cards
- Thiago's efficiency
- Frank's foolish PR strategy
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
THE SCORE - Premier League weekend review
- Sunderland's comebacks
- Salah being dropped
- Chelsea red cards
- Thiago's efficiency
- Frank's foolish PR strategy
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
- Sunderland's comebacks
- Salah being dropped
- Chelsea red cards
- Thiago's efficiency
- Frank's foolish PR strategy
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
The Score: Man Utd's bizarre tactics, Liverpool's no-Mo future and Frank is done
Our chief football writer reviews the main talking points from the weekend's action
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December 1, 2025 at 8:08 AM
THE SCORE - Premier League weekend review
- Sunderland's comebacks
- Salah being dropped
- Chelsea red cards
- Thiago's efficiency
- Frank's foolish PR strategy
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- Sunderland's comebacks
- Salah being dropped
- Chelsea red cards
- Thiago's efficiency
- Frank's foolish PR strategy
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I have some news. Today, this was me: Tilly the Terrier.
Piece out on Tuesday on the assignment I've always been waiting for...
Piece out on Tuesday on the assignment I've always been waiting for...
November 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I have some news. Today, this was me: Tilly the Terrier.
Piece out on Tuesday on the assignment I've always been waiting for...
Piece out on Tuesday on the assignment I've always been waiting for...
A piece on Leicester City, who are caught in a trap that they laid for themselves: limited by finances, limited on the pitch, limited by their own failures.
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Leicester City are caught in a vicious trap
Ten years on from their Premier League fairytale, Leicester face the prospect of a bleak future. The Foxes are paying the price for outright terrible mismanagement
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November 28, 2025 at 7:49 AM
A piece on Leicester City, who are caught in a trap that they laid for themselves: limited by finances, limited on the pitch, limited by their own failures.
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Cristiano Ronaldo has magically had his ban reduced so he can start the World Cup. There is no precedent...but then he met the President. How depressing...
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Cristiano Ronaldo's World Cup reprieve stinks
Portugal star’s magic non-ban is depressingly inevitable
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November 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Cristiano Ronaldo has magically had his ban reduced so he can start the World Cup. There is no precedent...but then he met the President. How depressing...
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Sheffield Wednesday are making progress off the pitch towards securing their long-term future.
This weekend was a reminder that scars on the pitch can last longer.
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This weekend was a reminder that scars on the pitch can last longer.
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The clanging irony about Sheffield Wednesday
Wednesday are making progress off the pitch towards securing their future. The Steel City derby was a reminder that scars on the pitch can last longer
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November 25, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Sheffield Wednesday are making progress off the pitch towards securing their long-term future.
This weekend was a reminder that scars on the pitch can last longer.
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This weekend was a reminder that scars on the pitch can last longer.
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Thomas Frank must have known that lack of ambition + sorry defeat vs Arsenal would = questions over his job.
He did it anyway and it went terribly. He will permanently lose some supporters over this
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He did it anyway and it went terribly. He will permanently lose some supporters over this
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Tottenham fans are right to be furious with Thomas Frank
The Spurs head coach won't get away with many more of these...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Thomas Frank must have known that lack of ambition + sorry defeat vs Arsenal would = questions over his job.
He did it anyway and it went terribly. He will permanently lose some supporters over this
Piece:
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He did it anyway and it went terribly. He will permanently lose some supporters over this
Piece:
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