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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Millwall are enjoying their best season in an age. The football makes sense for the club and the owners are creating a legacy in response to tragedy. You really can’t ask for any more.
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The Millwall way is back, and it is glorious
Something special is building at The Den
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January 29, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Millwall are enjoying their best season in an age. The football makes sense for the club and the owners are creating a legacy in response to tragedy. You really can’t ask for any more.
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“Sideways and backwards, everywhere we go” is the new football ground hit.
Supporters are getting sick of risk-averse football that they believe goes nowhere and achieves nothing.
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Supporters are getting sick of risk-averse football that they believe goes nowhere and achieves nothing.
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A 'sideways and backwards' virus has infected English football
Fans are railing against this grim and increasingly common style of play
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January 28, 2026 at 4:17 PM
“Sideways and backwards, everywhere we go” is the new football ground hit.
Supporters are getting sick of risk-averse football that they believe goes nowhere and achieves nothing.
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Supporters are getting sick of risk-averse football that they believe goes nowhere and achieves nothing.
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I think Portsmouth vs Southampton might be the best derby in English football.
In 10 reasons, with the help of Sunday's game, I tried to explain why.
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In 10 reasons, with the help of Sunday's game, I tried to explain why.
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My pilgrimage to Portsmouth and the best derby in English football
Bitter feuds, bubble matches, fights and a comparative lack of success - Daniel Storey delves into what makes Pompey's famous rivalry with Southampton so great
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January 27, 2026 at 7:49 AM
I think Portsmouth vs Southampton might be the best derby in English football.
In 10 reasons, with the help of Sunday's game, I tried to explain why.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
In 10 reasons, with the help of Sunday's game, I tried to explain why.
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I think Portsmouth vs Southampton might be the best derby in English football.
In 10 reasons, with the help of Sunday's game, I tried to explain why.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
In 10 reasons, with the help of Sunday's game, I tried to explain why.
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My pilgrimage to Portsmouth and the best derby in English football
Bitter feuds, bubble matches, fights and a comparative lack of success - Daniel Storey delves into what makes Pompey's famous rivalry with Southampton so great
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January 27, 2026 at 7:49 AM
I think Portsmouth vs Southampton might be the best derby in English football.
In 10 reasons, with the help of Sunday's game, I tried to explain why.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
In 10 reasons, with the help of Sunday's game, I tried to explain why.
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Bromley are English football’s overachievers so far this season. Theirs is an extraordinary rise, a small community club going places like never before.
On The Road with them...
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On The Road with them...
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The miracle of Bromley FC
Bromley's rise to the top of League Two has been achieved through long-term planning, smart investment and community spirit
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January 23, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Bromley are English football’s overachievers so far this season. Theirs is an extraordinary rise, a small community club going places like never before.
On The Road with them...
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On The Road with them...
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Nottingham Forest are in a slog to avoid relegation for the third time in four seasons. A year on from the dream, reality has bitten back. It's a weird old club to support.
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Nottingham Forest's painful, desperate misstep
What should have been the focal point this season has become a complicated distraction
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January 21, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Nottingham Forest are in a slog to avoid relegation for the third time in four seasons. A year on from the dream, reality has bitten back. It's a weird old club to support.
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Southampton are a club staring at their own incompetence, left to rue repeated mistakes while nothing ever seems to improve.
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Southampton FC: How not to get promoted
One thing nobody can blame is a lack of investment, but it's the how and why of that spending that really sticks in the throat
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January 20, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Southampton are a club staring at their own incompetence, left to rue repeated mistakes while nothing ever seems to improve.
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That man @chrisnee.co.uk once again writing about something that I had no idea about and was immediately fascinated by.
This time: a one-time, gloriously complex, Japanese football competition
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This time: a one-time, gloriously complex, Japanese football competition
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The J.League is in the middle of changing its football calendar in a World Cup year – this is the innovative plan to make it work
Introducing the 100 Year Vision League, the reward-laden bridge between J.League seasons
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January 20, 2026 at 10:50 AM
That man @chrisnee.co.uk once again writing about something that I had no idea about and was immediately fascinated by.
This time: a one-time, gloriously complex, Japanese football competition
hpbp.substack.com/p/jleague-j1...
This time: a one-time, gloriously complex, Japanese football competition
hpbp.substack.com/p/jleague-j1...
Southampton are a club staring at their own incompetence, left to rue repeated mistakes while nothing ever seems to improve.
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Southampton FC: How not to get promoted
One thing nobody can blame is a lack of investment, but it's the how and why of that spending that really sticks in the throat
inews.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Southampton are a club staring at their own incompetence, left to rue repeated mistakes while nothing ever seems to improve.
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The Score - club-by-club Premier League weekend review
- Mainoo's redemption
- Glasner nonsense
- Odegaard slowing game
- Man City's defensive line
- Sangare the difference maker
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- Mainoo's redemption
- Glasner nonsense
- Odegaard slowing game
- Man City's defensive line
- Sangare the difference maker
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The Score: Man City's high wire, Palmer isn't himself and don't sleep on Leeds
Our chief football writer reviews the main talking points from the weekend's action
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January 19, 2026 at 8:30 AM
The Score - club-by-club Premier League weekend review
- Mainoo's redemption
- Glasner nonsense
- Odegaard slowing game
- Man City's defensive line
- Sangare the difference maker
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- Mainoo's redemption
- Glasner nonsense
- Odegaard slowing game
- Man City's defensive line
- Sangare the difference maker
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I wanted to report on Reading again after the dark days had gone.
Life isn’t perfect, but a fanbase now gets to grips with being normal again
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Life isn’t perfect, but a fanbase now gets to grips with being normal again
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Reading FC and the green shoots of hope
Reading are on the long road to recovery as they fight to break free from the past
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January 15, 2026 at 7:59 AM
I wanted to report on Reading again after the dark days had gone.
Life isn’t perfect, but a fanbase now gets to grips with being normal again
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Life isn’t perfect, but a fanbase now gets to grips with being normal again
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
I wanted to report on Reading again after the dark days had gone.
Life isn’t perfect, but a fanbase now gets to grips with being normal again
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Life isn’t perfect, but a fanbase now gets to grips with being normal again
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Reading FC and the green shoots of hope
Reading are on the long road to recovery as they fight to break free from the past
inews.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 7:59 AM
I wanted to report on Reading again after the dark days had gone.
Life isn’t perfect, but a fanbase now gets to grips with being normal again
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Life isn’t perfect, but a fanbase now gets to grips with being normal again
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Shrewsbury Town are on the brink. They must lay claim to the most miserable fanbase in English football.
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Shrewsbury Town are hurtling towards disaster
Shrewsbury are a club who have simply forgotten how to win football matches
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January 14, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Shrewsbury Town are on the brink. They must lay claim to the most miserable fanbase in English football.
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Shrewsbury Town are on the brink. They must lay claim to the most miserable fanbase in English football.
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Shrewsbury Town are hurtling towards disaster
Shrewsbury are a club who have simply forgotten how to win football matches
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January 14, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Shrewsbury Town are on the brink. They must lay claim to the most miserable fanbase in English football.
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I went to watch Exeter City, a fan-owned club that is struggling. Make no mistake: the ability of this model to survive is a litmus test for the future of English football.
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Exeter City and the dying dream of English football
If Exeter's fan ownership dream is not sustainable, what is the point?
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January 12, 2026 at 7:51 AM
I went to watch Exeter City, a fan-owned club that is struggling. Make no mistake: the ability of this model to survive is a litmus test for the future of English football.
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I went to watch Exeter City, a fan-owned club that is struggling. Make no mistake: the ability of this model to survive is a litmus test for the future of English football.
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Exeter City and the dying dream of English football
If Exeter's fan ownership dream is not sustainable, what is the point?
inews.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 7:51 AM
I went to watch Exeter City, a fan-owned club that is struggling. Make no mistake: the ability of this model to survive is a litmus test for the future of English football.
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This Arsenal aren’t bottlers. They are the best football team in the country and will likely win the title. Someone should tell everyone in the Emirates.
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Arsenal are the best team in England - someone should tell the Emirates crowd
Fans need to understand their part in this excurciating title psychodrama
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January 9, 2026 at 9:51 AM
This Arsenal aren’t bottlers. They are the best football team in the country and will likely win the title. Someone should tell everyone in the Emirates.
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This weekend, phoenix club Macclesfield FC get their FA Cup dream against Crystal Palace.
It is also an escape from reality: as you climb higher up the leagues to where you once were, the air gets thinner.
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It is also an escape from reality: as you climb higher up the leagues to where you once were, the air gets thinner.
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The griefs and triumphs of Macclesfield FC
The FA Cup tie against Crystal Palace is both a day to escape from a challenging reality and to celebrate how far this phoenix club have come
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January 8, 2026 at 7:58 AM
This weekend, phoenix club Macclesfield FC get their FA Cup dream against Crystal Palace.
It is also an escape from reality: as you climb higher up the leagues to where you once were, the air gets thinner.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
It is also an escape from reality: as you climb higher up the leagues to where you once were, the air gets thinner.
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West Brom gambled on inexperience and potential in Ryan Mason. His departure leaves questions for those in charge at a club in danger of drifting
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West Brom are a club in freefall
West Brom gambled on inexperience and potential in Ryan Mason. His departure leaves questions for those in charge at a club in danger of drifting
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January 6, 2026 at 5:07 PM
West Brom gambled on inexperience and potential in Ryan Mason. His departure leaves questions for those in charge at a club in danger of drifting
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West Ham have reached their natural place on the cliff edge again, the result of their own mismanagement and chronic lack of leadership
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West Ham are the most miserable club in English football
Life as a Hammers fan has never been bleaker than this
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January 6, 2026 at 8:08 AM
West Ham have reached their natural place on the cliff edge again, the result of their own mismanagement and chronic lack of leadership
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The Score - club-by-club Premier League weekend review
- Thiago masterclass
- Enzo is Mr Big Moments
- Sunderland after the 80th minute
- Frank's repeated mistake
- Dyche and Nuno on the brink
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- Thiago masterclass
- Enzo is Mr Big Moments
- Sunderland after the 80th minute
- Frank's repeated mistake
- Dyche and Nuno on the brink
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The Score: Brentford's mad march, Chelsea's Mr Big and Dyche can't keep this up
Our chief football writer reviews the main talking points from the weekend's action
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January 5, 2026 at 8:27 AM
The Score - club-by-club Premier League weekend review
- Thiago masterclass
- Enzo is Mr Big Moments
- Sunderland after the 80th minute
- Frank's repeated mistake
- Dyche and Nuno on the brink
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- Thiago masterclass
- Enzo is Mr Big Moments
- Sunderland after the 80th minute
- Frank's repeated mistake
- Dyche and Nuno on the brink
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By awarding a Peace Prize to Donald Trump, FIFA’s president trampled over decency. Within a month, it has become a proven farce.
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Donald Trump’s farcical ‘peace prize’ is now a stain on Fifa too
Trump's aggression in Venezuela only highlights the disgrace of Gianni Infantino's cosying up to the US president
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January 3, 2026 at 3:09 PM
By awarding a Peace Prize to Donald Trump, FIFA’s president trampled over decency. Within a month, it has become a proven farce.
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Chelsea are left in a position that always felt inevitable: working out whether to double down on the model or risk abandoning it after all the expense.
That’s now how leadership is supposed to look.
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That’s now how leadership is supposed to look.
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Chelsea have no idea if they are a serious club or not
Have Chelsea just out-Chelsead Chelsea?
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January 1, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Chelsea are left in a position that always felt inevitable: working out whether to double down on the model or risk abandoning it after all the expense.
That’s now how leadership is supposed to look.
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That’s now how leadership is supposed to look.
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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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