Daniel Storey is a British journalist and author. He is the Chief Football Writer at the i (newspaper).
The Deputy Editor of Football365 until October 2018, [1] Storey was named the Football Supporters Federation ‘Football Writer of the Year’ for 2016. [2]
He has written for The Independent [3] The Set Pieces, [4] The Daily Mirror, [5] The Guardian, [6] Sky Sports [7] and Vice. [8] He has written regularly for the Irish Examiner. [9] Storey has contributed long pieces to the BBC Sport website. [10]
Storey is a regular on the ‘Football Fives’ podcast [11] and has appeared on Talksport, [12] BT Sport [13] and The Anfield Wrap. [14] He appears regularly on The Totally Football Show and has guested on The Athletic’s Football Cliches podcast . [15] [16] [17] [18]
His book ‘A Portrait of an Icon’ was published by Ockley Books and all profits were donated to the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation. [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] His audio book about Paul Gascoigne and his time spent playing in Italy for S.S. Lazio has been narrated by former Football Italia presenter James Richardson. [24] It was also serialised on TalkSport. [25] The book was published in physical form by HarperCollins in late 2018. [26]
Storey’s 2019 release is a book about controversial Frenchman Eric Cantona and Manchester United, entitled 250 Days: Cantona’s Kung Fu and the Making of Man U. The book looks at Cantona’s attack on a Crystal Palace FC fan at Selhurst Park, the subsequent custodial sentence, the longest domestic ban ever handed to a player, and how Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson handled “the most controversial moment in Premier League history.” [27]
He was included amongst the most influential Twitter users in UK association football. [28] His tweets being used by outlets such as JOE [29] and Sports Illustrated. [30] [31] In November 2023, he was nominated in the Writer of the Year category at the Football Supporters' Association awards. [32]
He was educated at Nottingham High School and the University of Manchester, [33] and is a supporter of Nottingham Forest. [34]