Miguel Delaney is a Spanish-Irish football journalist and author. He is the chief football writer at The Independent . [1]
Miguel Delaney is a Spanish-Irish football journalist and author. He is the chief football writer at The Independent . [1]
Whilst working in his native Ireland with the Sunday Tribune, Delaney was nominated for Young Journalist of the year at the National Media Awards, [2] and was later nominated for the NNI Sports Journalist of the year award. [3] After starting at The Tribune Delaney went on to write for ESPN , [4] Ireland's Sunday Independent , [5] the pages of The Blizzard , [6] Eurosport , [7] The Daily Mirror , [8] and The Belfast Telegraph . [9]
He is the author of Stuttgart to Saipan: The Players' Stories which covered Ireland's qualification for international tournaments in 1988, 1990, 1994 and 2002; the book made the long list for the William Hill Irish Sports Book of the Year and included interviews with the likes of Liam Brady, Pat Bonner and Mark Lawrenson. [10] [11]
Delaney has appeared as a pundit on the BBC Radio 5 Live 'Monday Night Club', [12] The Anfield Wrap [13] [14] and Second Captains . [15] Delaney can be heard most weeks during the football season contributing to The Indy Football Podcast . [16] He has also guested on the Irishman Abroad podcast series. [17]
Delaney appeared on the BBC Two television programme Premier League Show debating the greatest ever Premier League side with Gabby Logan, Chris Sutton, Ian Wright and Wes Brown. [18] He has also appeared on BT Sport Football Writers show, [19] and Sky Sports Sunday Supplement . [20]
Delaney was in 2019 nominated for sports journalist of the year at the British Journalism Awards [21] and football journalist of the year at the Football Supporters' Association awards. [22] Miguel Delaney was shortlisted for the Writer of the Year at the Football Supporters' Association awards in 2020 and 2021. [23] [24]
Delaney is half Irish and half Spanish and is bilingual. Delaney studied a journalism degree in Dublin at the DIT before completing a master's degree reading politics. [25] [26] Delaney described Hugh McIlvanney as his favourite sports writer. [27]
