Daniel Storey is a British journalist and author. He is the Chief Football Writer at the
i (newspaper)
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.
The Deputy Editor of ''
Football365
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'' until October 2018, Storey was named the
Football Supporters Federation
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''‘Football Writer of the Year’'' for 2016.
He has written for
The Independent
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The Set Pieces,
The Daily Mirror
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,
The Guardian
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,
Sky Sports
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and Vice. He has written regularly for the
Irish Examiner
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. Storey has contributed long pieces to the
BBC Sport
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website.
Storey is a regular on the ''‘Football Fives’'' podcast and has appeared on
Talksport,
BT Sport
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and
The Anfield Wrap
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Content
Described ...
. He appears regularly on ''
The Totally Football Show
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'' and has guested on The Athletic’s ''
Football Cliches podcast''.
His book ‘A Portrait of an Icon’ was published by Ockley Books and all profits were donated to the
Sir Bobby Robson Foundation
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. His audio book about
Paul Gascoigne
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and his time spent playing in Italy for
S.S. Lazio
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has been narrated by former ''
Football Italia
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The ...
'' presenter
James Richardson. It was also serialised on ''TalkSport''. The book was published in physical form by
HarperCollins
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in late 2018.
Storey’s 2019 release is a book about controversial Frenchman
Eric Cantona
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and
Manchester United
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, 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
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fan at
Selhurst Park
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, the subsequent custodial sentence, the longest domestic ban ever handed to a player, and how Manchester United manager
Alex Ferguson
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handled “the most controversial moment in
Premier League
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history.”
He was included amongst the most influential
Twitter
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users in UK
association football
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. His tweets being used by outlets such as ''
JOE
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Arts
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* ''Joe'' (2013 film), starring Nicolas Cage
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'' and ''
Sports Illustrated
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.''
Personal life
He was educated at
Nottingham High School
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and the
University of Manchester
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, and is a supporter of
Nottingham Forest
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.
References
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Living people
Writers from Nottingham
English sports journalists
English podcasters
Year of birth missing (living people)