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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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🎶 On the road again… 🎶
@danielstorey85.bsky.social spent the day as a football mascot - it left him struggling to walk… ⚽️
#HTAFC
@danielstorey85.bsky.social spent the day as a football mascot - it left him struggling to walk… ⚽️
#HTAFC
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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
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
- Parker and the problem with 6
- Palace the away kings
- Konate has to go
- Wilson the aesthetic champion
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
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
inews.co.uk
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
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
- Parker and the problem with 6
- Palace the away kings
- Konate has to go
- Wilson the aesthetic champion
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Opinion | "Just a hunch: I think we might hear the phrase 'biggest World Cup ever' quite a lot over the next six months," writes Daniel Storey trib.al/kzTqXg9
December 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Opinion | "Just a hunch: I think we might hear the phrase 'biggest World Cup ever' quite a lot over the next six months," writes Daniel Storey trib.al/kzTqXg9
The former footballer and 'Soccer Saturday' presenter opens up about his speech apraxia, not going to the GP for 20 years - and not knowing how to use the dishwasher trib.al/xUOV1AO
December 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The former footballer and 'Soccer Saturday' presenter opens up about his speech apraxia, not going to the GP for 20 years - and not knowing how to use the dishwasher trib.al/xUOV1AO
The out-of-favour Egyptian suggests he could play his final game next week after a breakdown in his relationship with Slot - before then referencing Jamie Carragher trib.al/quLA6L2
December 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The out-of-favour Egyptian suggests he could play his final game next week after a breakdown in his relationship with Slot - before then referencing Jamie Carragher trib.al/quLA6L2
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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.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Donald Trump is walking us into a football dystopia
Fourteen things I learned at the ludicrous World Cup draw
inews.co.uk
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.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
That and other, lighter, takeaways from the draw.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
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⚫️⚪️⚫️ How many times do I have to say it... don't panic.
7pts from 9, #nufc are getting better & they intend to invest in January.
Analysis as a BIG December starts with frustration 👇 inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
7pts from 9, #nufc are getting better & they intend to invest in January.
Analysis as a BIG December starts with frustration 👇 inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Eddie Howe's Newcastle have an unexpected problem
That £250m summer spend hasn't fixed Newcastle's biggest issue
inews.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
⚫️⚪️⚫️ How many times do I have to say it... don't panic.
7pts from 9, #nufc are getting better & they intend to invest in January.
Analysis as a BIG December starts with frustration 👇 inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
7pts from 9, #nufc are getting better & they intend to invest in January.
Analysis as a BIG December starts with frustration 👇 inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
🎶 On the road again… 🎶
@danielstorey85.bsky.social spent the day as a football mascot - it left him struggling to walk… ⚽️
#HTAFC
@danielstorey85.bsky.social spent the day as a football mascot - it left him struggling to walk… ⚽️
#HTAFC
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
inews.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🎶 On the road again… 🎶
@danielstorey85.bsky.social spent the day as a football mascot - it left him struggling to walk… ⚽️
#HTAFC
@danielstorey85.bsky.social spent the day as a football mascot - it left him struggling to walk… ⚽️
#HTAFC
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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.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
This is a very serious* piece on the 17 things I learned from a brilliant day.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
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
inews.co.uk
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.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
This is a very serious* piece on the 17 things I learned from a brilliant day.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Pleased to announce I've been appointed North-West Football Correspondent for The i Paper.
Big thanks to those who've helped during 13 years freelancing – you know who you are.
Now to get stuck into a familiar patch, alongside some top journalists (and some rubbish ones).
Pleased to announce I've been appointed North-West Football Correspondent for The i Paper.
Big thanks to those who've helped during 13 years freelancing – you know who you are.
Now to get stuck into a familiar patch, alongside some top journalists (and some rubbish ones).
December 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
📢📢
Pleased to announce I've been appointed North-West Football Correspondent for The i Paper.
Big thanks to those who've helped during 13 years freelancing – you know who you are.
Now to get stuck into a familiar patch, alongside some top journalists (and some rubbish ones).
Pleased to announce I've been appointed North-West Football Correspondent for The i Paper.
Big thanks to those who've helped during 13 years freelancing – you know who you are.
Now to get stuck into a familiar patch, alongside some top journalists (and some rubbish ones).
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In case you missed it, here's my piece from last weekend's @theipaper.com when I tracked down Harold Larwood's grandson. Spoke about the Bodyline series and the family's journey to Australia afterwards. Free to read here with the paywall taken down inews.co.uk/sport/cricke...
I tracked down the Aussie family of England’s most controversial bowler
Harold Larwood neutered Don Bradman and helped England win a famous Ashes series - then never played for them ever again
inews.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
In case you missed it, here's my piece from last weekend's @theipaper.com when I tracked down Harold Larwood's grandson. Spoke about the Bodyline series and the family's journey to Australia afterwards. Free to read here with the paywall taken down inews.co.uk/sport/cricke...
🚨 The Score 🚨
😵💫 Man Utd's bizarre tactics
🔮 Liverpool's no-Mo future
⏰ Is Frank done at Tottenham?
@danielstorey85.bsky.social gives his verdict on every #PremierLeague team after Gameweek 13 👇
😵💫 Man Utd's bizarre tactics
🔮 Liverpool's no-Mo future
⏰ Is Frank done at Tottenham?
@danielstorey85.bsky.social gives his verdict on every #PremierLeague team after Gameweek 13 👇
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
inews.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🚨 The Score 🚨
😵💫 Man Utd's bizarre tactics
🔮 Liverpool's no-Mo future
⏰ Is Frank done at Tottenham?
@danielstorey85.bsky.social gives his verdict on every #PremierLeague team after Gameweek 13 👇
😵💫 Man Utd's bizarre tactics
🔮 Liverpool's no-Mo future
⏰ Is Frank done at Tottenham?
@danielstorey85.bsky.social gives his verdict on every #PremierLeague team after Gameweek 13 👇
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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
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
inews.co.uk
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...
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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...
Ten years on from their Premier League fairytale, Leicester City face the prospect of a bleak future 😞
The Foxes are paying the price for outright terrible mismanagement, writes @danielstorey85.bsky.social ✍️
#LCFC
The Foxes are paying the price for outright terrible mismanagement, writes @danielstorey85.bsky.social ✍️
#LCFC
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
inews.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Ten years on from their Premier League fairytale, Leicester City face the prospect of a bleak future 😞
The Foxes are paying the price for outright terrible mismanagement, writes @danielstorey85.bsky.social ✍️
#LCFC
The Foxes are paying the price for outright terrible mismanagement, writes @danielstorey85.bsky.social ✍️
#LCFC
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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.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
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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
inews.co.uk
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.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
"There are few signs to suggest Slot is capable of turning this around," writes @michaelhincks.bsky.social
Read more ➡️: trib.al/A1FobkO
#LFC
Read more ➡️: trib.al/A1FobkO
#LFC
How long until Liverpool consider sacking Arne Slot?
The Reds are in full-blown crisis after defeat to PSV
trib.al
November 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
"There are few signs to suggest Slot is capable of turning this around," writes @michaelhincks.bsky.social
Read more ➡️: trib.al/A1FobkO
#LFC
Read more ➡️: trib.al/A1FobkO
#LFC
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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...
Column:
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Column:
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Cristiano Ronaldo's World Cup reprieve stinks
Portugal star’s magic non-ban is depressingly inevitable
inews.co.uk
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...
Column:
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Column:
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Opinion | "It isn’t meant to be like this, dispiriting decisions played out on a loop while we’re expected to gobble it up without questioning the taste," writes Daniel Storey trib.al/sflX7J5
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Opinion | "It isn’t meant to be like this, dispiriting decisions played out on a loop while we’re expected to gobble it up without questioning the taste," writes Daniel Storey trib.al/sflX7J5
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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.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
This weekend was a reminder that scars on the pitch can last longer.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
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
inews.co.uk
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.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
This weekend was a reminder that scars on the pitch can last longer.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Back to square one. Minus one.
This run of games was always going to give us the truest indication of where Manchester United are at.
There's been recent improvement that will buy Amorim time, but those gains, to quote a ghost of recent past, are only marginal.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
This run of games was always going to give us the truest indication of where Manchester United are at.
There's been recent improvement that will buy Amorim time, but those gains, to quote a ghost of recent past, are only marginal.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Ruben Amorim has set fire to Man Utd’s marginal gains
As is the case at United, they are only ever two defeats from another crisis
inews.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Back to square one. Minus one.
This run of games was always going to give us the truest indication of where Manchester United are at.
There's been recent improvement that will buy Amorim time, but those gains, to quote a ghost of recent past, are only marginal.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
This run of games was always going to give us the truest indication of where Manchester United are at.
There's been recent improvement that will buy Amorim time, but those gains, to quote a ghost of recent past, are only marginal.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
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🇫🇷 'This time it is the British on edge...'
#nufc fans have been told no scarves, no colours, don't hang flags & don't go to the Old Port. Could spend SEVEN HOURS in the stadium tomorrow.
For @ipapersport.bsky.social, on the road for an away day like no other 👇
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
#nufc fans have been told no scarves, no colours, don't hang flags & don't go to the Old Port. Could spend SEVEN HOURS in the stadium tomorrow.
For @ipapersport.bsky.social, on the road for an away day like no other 👇
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Newcastle fans face a 'dodgy' away day like no other
Travelling supporters to Marseille have been told to ditch club colours and will face a list of other draconian measures for the Champions League clash
inews.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
🇫🇷 'This time it is the British on edge...'
#nufc fans have been told no scarves, no colours, don't hang flags & don't go to the Old Port. Could spend SEVEN HOURS in the stadium tomorrow.
For @ipapersport.bsky.social, on the road for an away day like no other 👇
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
#nufc fans have been told no scarves, no colours, don't hang flags & don't go to the Old Port. Could spend SEVEN HOURS in the stadium tomorrow.
For @ipapersport.bsky.social, on the road for an away day like no other 👇
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
🚨 The Score 🚨
❌ Arsenal won't need 90 points
🤖 Chelsea's Caicedo 2.0
🤔 Dyche proves me wrong
@danielstorey85.bsky.social gives his verdict on every #PremierLeague team after Gameweek 12 👇
❌ Arsenal won't need 90 points
🤖 Chelsea's Caicedo 2.0
🤔 Dyche proves me wrong
@danielstorey85.bsky.social gives his verdict on every #PremierLeague team after Gameweek 12 👇
The Score: Arsenal are champions elect, Caicedo 2.0 and Dyche proves me wrong
Our chief football writer reviews the main talking points from the weekend's action
inews.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
🚨 The Score 🚨
❌ Arsenal won't need 90 points
🤖 Chelsea's Caicedo 2.0
🤔 Dyche proves me wrong
@danielstorey85.bsky.social gives his verdict on every #PremierLeague team after Gameweek 12 👇
❌ Arsenal won't need 90 points
🤖 Chelsea's Caicedo 2.0
🤔 Dyche proves me wrong
@danielstorey85.bsky.social gives his verdict on every #PremierLeague team after Gameweek 12 👇
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As unlikely as it may seem at this stage, Andre Onana remains open to giving his Man Utd career one more shot next season.
He is far more likely, however, to follow Rashford and Sancho out the door on a permanent basis.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
He is far more likely, however, to follow Rashford and Sancho out the door on a permanent basis.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Onana's Man Utd career takes new turn as Rashford set for £26m transfer
Ruben Amorim is weighing up the futures of Onana, Rashford and Jadon Sancho
inews.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
As unlikely as it may seem at this stage, Andre Onana remains open to giving his Man Utd career one more shot next season.
He is far more likely, however, to follow Rashford and Sancho out the door on a permanent basis.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
He is far more likely, however, to follow Rashford and Sancho out the door on a permanent basis.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Interview 🎙️Man City's Kerstin Casparij on the transgender community: "Treat everyone with kindness, an open mind and an open heart. I'd encourage people to do that a bit more" 🏳️⚧️
#MCFC #TransAwarenessWeek #LGBTQFootball
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
#MCFC #TransAwarenessWeek #LGBTQFootball
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'Trans women should be treated equally': Man City star on LGBT+ rights
Kerstin Casparij is in the form of her life - she speaks to The i Paper's Kat Lucas
inews.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Interview 🎙️Man City's Kerstin Casparij on the transgender community: "Treat everyone with kindness, an open mind and an open heart. I'd encourage people to do that a bit more" 🏳️⚧️
#MCFC #TransAwarenessWeek #LGBTQFootball
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
#MCFC #TransAwarenessWeek #LGBTQFootball
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
"Performative, cruel and bullying, this was not the behaviour becoming of an Australia captain"
✍️ @stocksycricket.bsky.social
Read more ➡️: trib.al/eqDMwBd
✍️ @stocksycricket.bsky.social
Read more ➡️: trib.al/eqDMwBd
November 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"Performative, cruel and bullying, this was not the behaviour becoming of an Australia captain"
✍️ @stocksycricket.bsky.social
Read more ➡️: trib.al/eqDMwBd
✍️ @stocksycricket.bsky.social
Read more ➡️: trib.al/eqDMwBd