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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Voting for the Football Supporters Association awards closes at midday on Monday, if you'd like to drop me a vote for Writer of the Year.
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The FSA Awards 2025
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Voting for the Football Supporters Association awards closes at midday on Monday, if you'd like to drop me a vote for Writer of the Year.
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Why does a seventh-tier club in a Leicestershire market town get thousands of Spanish football fans watching their games online and groups coming over to watch matches?
A very cool story, like a real-life watch along Football Manager save.
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A very cool story, like a real-life watch along Football Manager save.
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The tiny English market town attracting Spanish football fans
Here's how a club in Leicestershire became a real life Football Manager project
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November 13, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Why does a seventh-tier club in a Leicestershire market town get thousands of Spanish football fans watching their games online and groups coming over to watch matches?
A very cool story, like a real-life watch along Football Manager save.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
A very cool story, like a real-life watch along Football Manager save.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Angels United are a football club built out of unspeakable grief. They're also turning loss into legacy and Oldham Athletic are helping them.
A story to make your heart swell.
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A story to make your heart swell.
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'We've awful reasons to be here': The football team of dads who have lost a child
It is hard to think of a better example of how much football means to people
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November 12, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Angels United are a football club built out of unspeakable grief. They're also turning loss into legacy and Oldham Athletic are helping them.
A story to make your heart swell.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
A story to make your heart swell.
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Welcome to the annual Wolves dice roll, only this time it feels more bleak than ever.
This is a club paying the price for their own rank incompetence and alienating supporters. The floor has gone.
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This is a club paying the price for their own rank incompetence and alienating supporters. The floor has gone.
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Wolves fans fear extinction more than relegation
Welcome to the annual dice roll, only this time it feels more redundant than ever
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November 11, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Welcome to the annual Wolves dice roll, only this time it feels more bleak than ever.
This is a club paying the price for their own rank incompetence and alienating supporters. The floor has gone.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
This is a club paying the price for their own rank incompetence and alienating supporters. The floor has gone.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
The Score - Premier League club-by-club weekend review:
- O'Reilly the real deal
- Sunderland's late goals
- Two wingers for Forest
- KDH the real Everton difference maker
- Casemiro vs Ugarte
- Howe's over-loyalty
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- O'Reilly the real deal
- Sunderland's late goals
- Two wingers for Forest
- KDH the real Everton difference maker
- Casemiro vs Ugarte
- Howe's over-loyalty
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The Score: Man Utd's £60m flop, stubborn Eddie Howe and don't panic Arsenal!
Our chief football writer reviews the main talking points from the weekend's action
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November 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The Score - Premier League club-by-club weekend review:
- O'Reilly the real deal
- Sunderland's late goals
- Two wingers for Forest
- KDH the real Everton difference maker
- Casemiro vs Ugarte
- Howe's over-loyalty
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
- O'Reilly the real deal
- Sunderland's late goals
- Two wingers for Forest
- KDH the real Everton difference maker
- Casemiro vs Ugarte
- Howe's over-loyalty
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Reposted by Daniel Storey
Last weekend, I spent three days with non-league clubs looking to pull off FA Cup upsets for a piece on the brilliance of the English football pyramid. It was a laugh.
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Hunting for giant killers: My 72-hour FA Cup odyssey
We take the FA Cup for granted so I went to four matches in three days
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November 8, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Last weekend, I spent three days with non-league clubs looking to pull off FA Cup upsets for a piece on the brilliance of the English football pyramid. It was a laugh.
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inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
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inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Last weekend, I spent three days with non-league clubs looking to pull off FA Cup upsets for a piece on the brilliance of the English football pyramid. It was a laugh.
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inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
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inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Hunting for giant killers: My 72-hour FA Cup odyssey
We take the FA Cup for granted so I went to four matches in three days
inews.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Last weekend, I spent three days with non-league clubs looking to pull off FA Cup upsets for a piece on the brilliance of the English football pyramid. It was a laugh.
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inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Stevenage are currently the most overachieving club in the Football League.
With the help of the owner, sporting director and manager, I found out how a club builds to be its best.
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With the help of the owner, sporting director and manager, I found out how a club builds to be its best.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Behind the scenes at ‘little old Stevenage’ - the EFL’s smartest club
I spent the day with Stevenage’s owner, sporting director and manager – and discovered the five pillars of their recent success
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November 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Stevenage are currently the most overachieving club in the Football League.
With the help of the owner, sporting director and manager, I found out how a club builds to be its best.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
With the help of the owner, sporting director and manager, I found out how a club builds to be its best.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Delighted to be nominated for Writer of the Year in the @WeAreTheFSA annual awards.
If you wanted to vote for me here, you can do so. Thank you to whoever nominated me - you are lovely.
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If you wanted to vote for me here, you can do so. Thank you to whoever nominated me - you are lovely.
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The FSA Awards 2025
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November 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Delighted to be nominated for Writer of the Year in the @WeAreTheFSA annual awards.
If you wanted to vote for me here, you can do so. Thank you to whoever nominated me - you are lovely.
www.surveymonkey.com/r/fsa-awards...
If you wanted to vote for me here, you can do so. Thank you to whoever nominated me - you are lovely.
www.surveymonkey.com/r/fsa-awards...
Stevenage are currently the most overachieving club in the Football League.
With the help of the owner, sporting director and manager, I found out how a club builds to be its best.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
With the help of the owner, sporting director and manager, I found out how a club builds to be its best.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Behind the scenes at ‘little old Stevenage’ - the EFL’s smartest club
I spent the day with Stevenage’s owner, sporting director and manager – and discovered the five pillars of their recent success
inews.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Stevenage are currently the most overachieving club in the Football League.
With the help of the owner, sporting director and manager, I found out how a club builds to be its best.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
With the help of the owner, sporting director and manager, I found out how a club builds to be its best.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
The Score - Premier League weekend review
- Eddie Howe's away day problem
- Leeds' open play chance creation
- Mateta and headed shots
- Arsenal vs promoted clubs
- Pereira out
- Liverpool and 24-25 control
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- Eddie Howe's away day problem
- Leeds' open play chance creation
- Mateta and headed shots
- Arsenal vs promoted clubs
- Pereira out
- Liverpool and 24-25 control
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The Score: Brighton's lucky charm, Newcastle woes and Spurs are close to mutiny
Our chief football writer reviews the main talking points from the weekend's action
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November 3, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The Score - Premier League weekend review
- Eddie Howe's away day problem
- Leeds' open play chance creation
- Mateta and headed shots
- Arsenal vs promoted clubs
- Pereira out
- Liverpool and 24-25 control
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
- Eddie Howe's away day problem
- Leeds' open play chance creation
- Mateta and headed shots
- Arsenal vs promoted clubs
- Pereira out
- Liverpool and 24-25 control
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
On The Road pieces from this week:
From Strasbourg, a club that is successful on almost every level. But has it sold its soul?
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From Middlesbrough, who have grown used to being left behind. Maybe not anymore?
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From Strasbourg, a club that is successful on almost every level. But has it sold its soul?
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
From Middlesbrough, who have grown used to being left behind. Maybe not anymore?
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
October 31, 2025 at 7:49 AM
On The Road pieces from this week:
From Strasbourg, a club that is successful on almost every level. But has it sold its soul?
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
From Middlesbrough, who have grown used to being left behind. Maybe not anymore?
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
From Strasbourg, a club that is successful on almost every level. But has it sold its soul?
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
From Middlesbrough, who have grown used to being left behind. Maybe not anymore?
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
I went to Middlesbrough, where Rob Edwards is refreshed and his team are second in the Championship.
Is this finally the season when Boro’s potential can be fulfilled?
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Is this finally the season when Boro’s potential can be fulfilled?
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Middlesbrough were a club forever left behind - not anymore
Rob Edwards finding his feet again might just take Boro up
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October 30, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I went to Middlesbrough, where Rob Edwards is refreshed and his team are second in the Championship.
Is this finally the season when Boro’s potential can be fulfilled?
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Is this finally the season when Boro’s potential can be fulfilled?
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Strasbourg are a success story with the youngest team in Europe. Strasbourg are also owned by BlueCo and are a "sister club" of Chelsea.
I went to the city to try to square a circle that now defines this club. I don’t know if you ever can.
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I went to the city to try to square a circle that now defines this club. I don’t know if you ever can.
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The awkward question facing Chelsea's 'football nursery'
Strasbourg fan protests reveal uncomfortable truths about multi-club ownership
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October 28, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Strasbourg are a success story with the youngest team in Europe. Strasbourg are also owned by BlueCo and are a "sister club" of Chelsea.
I went to the city to try to square a circle that now defines this club. I don’t know if you ever can.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
I went to the city to try to square a circle that now defines this club. I don’t know if you ever can.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
The Score - Premier League weekend review column
Includes:
- First-half Manchester United
- Direct passes against Liverpool
- Bruno Guimaraes' consistency
- Bournemouth's midfield energy
- Wolves and West Ham doomed?
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Includes:
- First-half Manchester United
- Direct passes against Liverpool
- Bruno Guimaraes' consistency
- Bournemouth's midfield energy
- Wolves and West Ham doomed?
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
The Score: Man Utd’s new thing, Wolves' main issue and why Liverpool are spooked
Our chief football writer reviews the main talking points from the weekend's action
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October 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The Score - Premier League weekend review column
Includes:
- First-half Manchester United
- Direct passes against Liverpool
- Bruno Guimaraes' consistency
- Bournemouth's midfield energy
- Wolves and West Ham doomed?
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Includes:
- First-half Manchester United
- Direct passes against Liverpool
- Bruno Guimaraes' consistency
- Bournemouth's midfield energy
- Wolves and West Ham doomed?
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Absolutely blown away to have been nominated for Sports Journalist of the Year at the British Journalism Awards 2025, amid some frankly ridiculous competition.
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British Journalism Awards 2025: Finalists revealed
Press Gazette is proud to reveal the shortlist for the British Journalism Awards 2025, with links to all of the winning work.
pressgazette.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Absolutely blown away to have been nominated for Sports Journalist of the Year at the British Journalism Awards 2025, amid some frankly ridiculous competition.
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The Isles of Scilly has - officially - the smallest football league in the world.
The best way to tell the story of this magical thing? By playing 90 minutes in it.
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The best way to tell the story of this magical thing? By playing 90 minutes in it.
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I played in the world's smallest - and most magical - football league
With just two clubs, the Isles of Scilly off the coast of Cornwall are one of the most magical settings on earth to play football
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October 23, 2025 at 6:54 AM
The Isles of Scilly has - officially - the smallest football league in the world.
The best way to tell the story of this magical thing? By playing 90 minutes in it.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
The best way to tell the story of this magical thing? By playing 90 minutes in it.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
The Isles of Scilly has - officially - the smallest football league in the world.
The best way to tell the story of this magical thing? By playing 90 minutes in it.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
The best way to tell the story of this magical thing? By playing 90 minutes in it.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
I played in the world's smallest - and most magical - football league
With just two clubs, the Isles of Scilly off the coast of Cornwall are one of the most magical settings on earth to play football
inews.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 6:54 AM
The Isles of Scilly has - officially - the smallest football league in the world.
The best way to tell the story of this magical thing? By playing 90 minutes in it.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
The best way to tell the story of this magical thing? By playing 90 minutes in it.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
📣 The Score 📣
Club-by-club Premier League weekend review:
- Haaland the RobotPoacher
- Mukiele the total defender
- Everton's striker gap
- Arsenal's post-goal shots faced
- Newcastle's first-half defensiveness
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Club-by-club Premier League weekend review:
- Haaland the RobotPoacher
- Mukiele the total defender
- Everton's striker gap
- Arsenal's post-goal shots faced
- Newcastle's first-half defensiveness
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
The Score: Brutal Arsenal, the problem with Liverpool and Toney to Everton?
Our chief football writer reviews the main talking points from the weekend's action
inews.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
📣 The Score 📣
Club-by-club Premier League weekend review:
- Haaland the RobotPoacher
- Mukiele the total defender
- Everton's striker gap
- Arsenal's post-goal shots faced
- Newcastle's first-half defensiveness
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Club-by-club Premier League weekend review:
- Haaland the RobotPoacher
- Mukiele the total defender
- Everton's striker gap
- Arsenal's post-goal shots faced
- Newcastle's first-half defensiveness
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Southend United and Scunthorpe United were both almost destroyed by their former owners. Now, in non-league, new life and new hope.
I went to watch a resurrection derby to tell their stories and show why being saved matters so much.
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I went to watch a resurrection derby to tell their stories and show why being saved matters so much.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Southend and Scunthorpe: phoenixes from the football 'bin fire'
Six years ago, Southend and Scunthorpe met in League One. Now they meet again in very different circumstances. Daniel Storey went along to tell their stories
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October 14, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Southend United and Scunthorpe United were both almost destroyed by their former owners. Now, in non-league, new life and new hope.
I went to watch a resurrection derby to tell their stories and show why being saved matters so much.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
I went to watch a resurrection derby to tell their stories and show why being saved matters so much.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Hearts and Hibs are both now part-owned by Premier League clubs.
So I went to the first Edinburgh derby of a new era to ask: is this the game changer Scottish football needs?
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
So I went to the first Edinburgh derby of a new era to ask: is this the game changer Scottish football needs?
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Hearts, Hibs and the promise of a new dawn for Scottish football
The Old Firm may have a tight grip but the Edinburgh derby showed me change really is in the air
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October 9, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Hearts and Hibs are both now part-owned by Premier League clubs.
So I went to the first Edinburgh derby of a new era to ask: is this the game changer Scottish football needs?
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
So I went to the first Edinburgh derby of a new era to ask: is this the game changer Scottish football needs?
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
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The Coventry City success story is here: get through the worst years of your existence, find a rich, benevolent, local owner, rebuild the club, back a manager and watch things soar.
This is a brilliant tale of what a club can be…
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This is a brilliant tale of what a club can be…
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Coventry City and the most incredible fever dream
Coventry's brilliant new age is a lesson for every football club
inews.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The Coventry City success story is here: get through the worst years of your existence, find a rich, benevolent, local owner, rebuild the club, back a manager and watch things soar.
This is a brilliant tale of what a club can be…
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
This is a brilliant tale of what a club can be…
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
The Coventry City success story is here: get through the worst years of your existence, find a rich, benevolent, local owner, rebuild the club, back a manager and watch things soar.
This is a brilliant tale of what a club can be…
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
This is a brilliant tale of what a club can be…
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Coventry City and the most incredible fever dream
Coventry's brilliant new age is a lesson for every football club
inews.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The Coventry City success story is here: get through the worst years of your existence, find a rich, benevolent, local owner, rebuild the club, back a manager and watch things soar.
This is a brilliant tale of what a club can be…
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
This is a brilliant tale of what a club can be…
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
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🚨 The Score🚨
Premier League club-by-club weekend review:
- Semenyo the best counter-attacking player
- Liverpool's full-backs
- Thiaw settling in brilliantly
- Ange now playing Nunoball?
- Burnley's shots against
- Malen as the everyman forward
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Premier League club-by-club weekend review:
- Semenyo the best counter-attacking player
- Liverpool's full-backs
- Thiaw settling in brilliantly
- Ange now playing Nunoball?
- Burnley's shots against
- Malen as the everyman forward
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
The Score: Arsenal's heavy price, Semenyo shines and Newcastle's new dimension
Our chief football writer reviews the main talking points from the weekend's action
inews.co.uk
October 6, 2025 at 7:15 AM
🚨 The Score🚨
Premier League club-by-club weekend review:
- Semenyo the best counter-attacking player
- Liverpool's full-backs
- Thiaw settling in brilliantly
- Ange now playing Nunoball?
- Burnley's shots against
- Malen as the everyman forward
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Premier League club-by-club weekend review:
- Semenyo the best counter-attacking player
- Liverpool's full-backs
- Thiaw settling in brilliantly
- Ange now playing Nunoball?
- Burnley's shots against
- Malen as the everyman forward
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
🚨 The Score🚨
Premier League club-by-club weekend review:
- Semenyo the best counter-attacking player
- Liverpool's full-backs
- Thiaw settling in brilliantly
- Ange now playing Nunoball?
- Burnley's shots against
- Malen as the everyman forward
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Premier League club-by-club weekend review:
- Semenyo the best counter-attacking player
- Liverpool's full-backs
- Thiaw settling in brilliantly
- Ange now playing Nunoball?
- Burnley's shots against
- Malen as the everyman forward
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
The Score: Arsenal's heavy price, Semenyo shines and Newcastle's new dimension
Our chief football writer reviews the main talking points from the weekend's action
inews.co.uk
October 6, 2025 at 7:15 AM
🚨 The Score🚨
Premier League club-by-club weekend review:
- Semenyo the best counter-attacking player
- Liverpool's full-backs
- Thiaw settling in brilliantly
- Ange now playing Nunoball?
- Burnley's shots against
- Malen as the everyman forward
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Premier League club-by-club weekend review:
- Semenyo the best counter-attacking player
- Liverpool's full-backs
- Thiaw settling in brilliantly
- Ange now playing Nunoball?
- Burnley's shots against
- Malen as the everyman forward
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...