Daniel Storey

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]

Personal life

He was educated at Nottingham High School and the University of Manchester,^[33] and is a supporter of Nottingham Forest.^[34]