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]