Rory Smith (journalist)

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Rory Smith is an English journalist, broadcaster and author. He joined The Athletic in 2024 having previously been the chief soccer correspondent of The New York Times from 2016. [1] [2] [3] Smith is a former journalist of The Times , [4] The Independent , and The Daily Telegraph . [5]

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Career

Smith was ghostwriter on the book Champions League Dreams with Rafa Benitez published in 2012. [6] [7] Smith’s 2016 book Mister: The Men Who Gave The World The Game was short listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. [8] [9] [10] [11] ‘Mister’ was included in the best 50 football books ever written in a list compiled by FourFourTwo magazine. [12]

In 2022 Smith published the book Expected Goals: The Story of how Data Conquered Football and Changed the Game Forever. [13]

A frequent guest on BBC Radio Five Live [14] [15] [16] [17] Smith has also written for ESPN , [18] The Blizzard [19] and FourFourTwo. [20] He has appeared on the Second Captains podcast, [21] often on The Anfield Wrap , [22] [23] and The Totally Football Show as well as recording his own weekly Set Piece Menu podcast with Hugh Ferris, football commentator Steven Wyeth and former England international Andy Hinchcliffe. [24] [25] [26] Television appearances include Sky Sports Sunday Supplement . [27]

Awards

In 2015 he was highly commended by the Sports Journalists' Association [28] He was nominated for writer of the year at the 2013, [29] 2015, [30] 2017 and 2019 Football Supporters Federation Awards, [31] winning in 2015 [32] and 2019. [33] Set Piece Menu Podcast was nominated in the ‘Podcast of the Year’ category at the 2018 Football Supporters Federation Awards, [34] as well as shortlisted for the Podcast of the Year at the Football Supporters' Association awards in 2020 and 2021. [35] [36]

Personal life

Rory Smith is from Yorkshire.

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  2. ↑ "On Soccer". The New York Times. 23 May 2018 – via NYTimes.com.
  3. ↑ "New York Times Adds a Chief Soccer Correspondent – Adweek". www.adweek.com. 5 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "FWA Q&A: RORY SMITH - Football Writers' Association". footballwriters.co.uk. 17 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Vox in the Box: Rory Smith". 5 February 2016.
  6. ↑ Miller, Nick (2016-02-05). "Vox in the Box: Rory Smith". The Set Pieces. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  7. ↑ "Comment: Why Rafa Benitez, the former Chelsea and Liverpool manager". The Independent. 2013-10-01. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  8. ↑ "Mister by Rory Smith - Waterstones". www.waterstones.com.
  9. ↑ "Round-up: Offbeat and fascinating tales of the beautiful game". www.irishtimes.com.
  10. ↑ "We've become ashamed of our football but we still have something to teach the world". www.independent.co.uk. 13 April 2016.
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  12. ↑ Lea, Greg (7 December 2017). "The 50 best football books ever". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  13. ↑ ""Expected Goals" explains how data changed football". The Economist .
  14. ↑ "Smith: 'Consistent' Leicester will secure top four, 5 live's Football Daily - BBC Radio 5 live". BBC.
  15. ↑ "Liverpool news – Coutinho to Barcelona transfer would cause chaos - Football - Sport - Express.co.uk". www.express.co.uk.
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  17. ↑ "BBC pundit claims 'Liverpool are punching above their weight'". Daily Mirror . 17 January 2017.
  18. ↑ "Is the Premier League slipping?". ESPN.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  19. ↑ Storey, Daykin &. "Rory Smith - theBlizzard.co.uk". www.theblizzard.co.uk.
  20. ↑ "How Chelsea are gaming the system better than anyone – and why they'll keep winning". 21 September 2014.
  21. ↑ "Episode 800: Barcelona Pull Off Biggest Comeback Of All Time - Second Captains". 9 March 2017.
  22. ↑ "Midnight Caller: Rory Smith on Andy Robertson And The Value Of Good Coaching - The Anfield Wrap". 27 March 2018.
  23. ↑ "The Anfield Wrap". podcast.theanfieldwrap.com.
  24. ↑ Stead, Matthew (5 May 2017). "State of the Football Nation on TV and radio: Podcasts - Football365".
  25. ↑ Smith, Rory (28 November 2017). "How 2 Kidney Transplants Yielded Real Madrid's 'Secret Weapon'". The New York Times– via NYTimes.com.
  26. ↑ "The Best Podcasts of 2017 - Deezer UK". www.deezer-blog.com.
  27. ↑ "LISTEN: Sunday Supplement podcast: Neil Ashton, Martin Samuel, Jason Burt and Rory Smith".
  28. ↑ "Full list of winners at Sports Journalism Awards – Sports Journalists' Association". www.sportsjournalists.co.uk. 23 March 2015.
  29. ↑ "FSF Awards 2013 - Meet the Contenders (Part 5) - Football Supporters' Federation". fsf.org.uk. 29 November 2013.
  30. ↑ "The FSF Awards 2015 in association with William Hill - Football Supporters' Federation". www.fsf.org.uk. 5 November 2015.
  31. ↑ "FSF Awards 2017 shortlists announced - Football Supporters' Federation". www.fsf.org.uk. 31 October 2017.
  32. ↑ Kelly, Andy (8 December 2015). "Liverpool FC legend Carragher and The Anfield Wrap scoop awards from Football Supporters' Federation".
  33. ↑ "Twitter status". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  34. ↑ "FSF Awards 2018 shortlists announced". Football Supporters' Association. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  35. ↑ "Vote now: FSA Awards shortlists announced". Football Supporters' Association. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  36. ↑ "FSA Awards 2021 shortlists announced". Football Supporters' Association. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
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