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Chief Football Writer, The i newspaper Doing The 92 in 2024-25 Read all my work: https://inews.co.uk/author/daniel-storey

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Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · Aug 8

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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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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Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 1d

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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Coventry City and the most incredible fever dream

Coventry's brilliant new age is a lesson for every football club

Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 1d

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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Coventry City and the most incredible fever dream

Coventry's brilliant new age is a lesson for every football club

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Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 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

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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

Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 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

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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

Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 5d

The night the City Ground got toxic.

Everything that made Forest work on the pitch has gone, replaced by the Postecoglou Premier League playbook. This is on the club.

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Postecoglou has turned Forest into a toxic mess in record time

Second season? With Forest fans singing 'sacked in the morning' he'll be lucky to get a second month

Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 6d

Without the late goals, Liverpool look flawed and a little deconstructed. I tried to analyse why, including:
- Right-back problem
- Salah staying wide
- Wirtz dominance without production
- Slower passing through midfield
- Konate stepping out

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Six clues something is going wrong at Liverpool

From Wirtz’s role to chaos at centre-back, what has sparked Liverpool’s mini-crisis?

Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 7d

You're just putting words in my mouth now though. I repeatedly praise Arsenal for defending well. The negativity accusations against MA only surround their deliberately controlled attacking play and I praised them Sunday for quickening that up anyway

Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 7d

Honestly, people are allowed different opinions. xG was higher because the game state dictated that. I thought Newcastle defended brilliantly for long periods (and defending well earns stuff) and, combined with lead after 80-odd minutes, means I don't think a draw would have been unfair.

Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 7d

I went to the first evening league game at Everton’s fantastic new stadium. For so long, history has clung too tightly to this club. Their future can be now…

On The Road piece... ⬇️

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Everton's past and future are colliding - so far the signs are good

The wider picture is one of great potential

Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 9d

🚨THE SCORE 🚨

Club-by-club Premier League weekend review:
- All hail Glasner
- Longstaff's multifunctionality
- Doku's chances after dribbles
- Maresca's substitutions
- Arsenal's good chaos
- Sunderland's defensive structure

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The Score: Liverpool's Wirtz nightmare, Chelsea implode and Leeds' game-changer

Our chief football writer reviews the main talking points from the weekend's action

Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 12d

"Europe again, olé olé"

Nottingham Forest supporters waited 29 years to see their team play in Europe again. I went with them to Seville for the days they always dreamt of.

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Nottingham Forest fans waited 29 years for this moment. It was all a bit strange

Forest's first game back in Europe since 1996 evoked conflicting emotions

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Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 13d

The one thing that football supporters find it hard to forgive is their club making the same mistake repeatedly through a perceived lack of ambition from those at the top.

Welcome to Wolverhampton Wanderers, who are in danger of failing their way

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Wolves are failing in the most Wolves way possible

It's finally time to start panicking

Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 13d

The one thing that football supporters find it hard to forgive is their club making the same mistake repeatedly through a perceived lack of ambition from those at the top.

Welcome to Wolverhampton Wanderers, who are in danger of failing their way

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Wolves are failing in the most Wolves way possible

It's finally time to start panicking

Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 15d

There is an inescapable suspicion that Aston Villa have come to the end of a glorious cycle. I tried to analyse six ways in which Unai Emery and his players are struggling.

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Six reasons for Aston Villa's unpleasant funk

There is a suspicion that Villa have come to the end of a glorious cycle

Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 16d

🚨The Score🚨

Club-by-club Premier League weekend review column. Includes:
- Tottenham's comeback stats
- Forest's final-third tackles
- Aston Villa's narrowness
- Sanchez's mistakes
- Promoted club points
- Gravenberch's full-pitch majesty

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The Score: Brighton's £100m headache, Sanchez howler and Villa's mini-crisis

Our chief football writer reviews the main talking points from the weekend's action

Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 22d

Honoured to be nominated for Sports Journalist of the Year 2025 by the London Press Club. It's the best job in the world and I'm lucky to do it.

Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 22d

Birmingham City are part of the biggest expansion project in English football.

I went to St. Andrew's to tell the story of how making a football club successful is seen as an effective route to power and influence.

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Birmingham City and the battle of ambition vs tradition

Tom Wagner has been catapulted onto a throne of power and influence across the city - the football side just needs to catch up

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Oliver Young-Myles @oliverymyles.bsky.social · 23d

Filled @danielstorey85.bsky.social’s boots for this weekend’s The Score.

Analysis on all 20 Premier League clubs after this weekend’s results 👇

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The Score: Lethal Haaland, Newcastle's debutant stars and hapless Hammers

All the big talking points on every Premier League club this weekend

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Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 27d

Sheffield United jumped into a bold era this summer: new manager, new recruitment model and new owners.

So what does losing every league game so far mean and when does everybody start panicking?

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The uncomfortable truth about Sheffield United

The Blades have lost every league game since jumping into a bold new era in the summer – so when does everybody start panicking?

Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 27d

Sheffield United jumped into a bold era this summer: new manager, new recruitment model and new owners.

So what does losing every league game so far mean and when does everybody start panicking?

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The uncomfortable truth about Sheffield United

The Blades have lost every league game since jumping into a bold new era in the summer – so when does everybody start panicking?

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Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 29d

Torquay United are a club reborn after the bad days, with the community reconnected to the ground. I was proud to play a small part in that, so I went to spend a joyous day in the sun.

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I went to Torquay United and witnessed a glorious rebirth

Torquay United are a club reborn after the bad days, with the community reconnected to the ground - I was proud to play a small part in that

Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 29d

Torquay United are a club reborn after the bad days, with the community reconnected to the ground. I was proud to play a small part in that, so I went to spend a joyous day in the sun.

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I went to Torquay United and witnessed a glorious rebirth

Torquay United are a club reborn after the bad days, with the community reconnected to the ground - I was proud to play a small part in that

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Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · Sep 3

Celtic are a club in football no man’s land, where the strands have become disconnected like rarely before. And supporters are angry.

Piece from Glasgow...

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Celtic FC: A wasteland of squandered opportunity

This is a club in a hopeless catch-22 situation that will have serious consequences

Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · Sep 3

Celtic are a club in football no man’s land, where the strands have become disconnected like rarely before. And supporters are angry.

Piece from Glasgow...

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Celtic FC: A wasteland of squandered opportunity

This is a club in a hopeless catch-22 situation that will have serious consequences

Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · Sep 2

Rangers are broken in two ways: they have a manager no supporter wants and and off-field leaders who thought that it was a good idea to appoint him.

Piece from Glasgow on the mutiny...

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Rangers are broken in more ways than one

Russell Martin's appointment has been a disaster - but fingers have to point elsewhere too