I've an article in the i newspaper today saluting 25 great chippies across the nation. You can do all of them in August if you like, with a few rest days to sweat out the batter.
Daniel Gray
@danielgraywriter.bsky.social
New book ‘Fanzine’ out Sept 2026. Word churner. Editor of @nutmegmagazine. Host of @WSC_magazine pod. York-grown Boro man living in Scotland. Links: https://linktr.ee/danielgraywriter
Yoo-hoo! Big summer blowout! 25% off pre-orders of 'Fanzine' for the next few days @waterstones.bsky.social online. Link and code below ⬇️ 🔗 shorturl.at/ub3Uy
Yoo-hoo! Big summer blowout! 25% off pre-orders of 'Fanzine' for the next few days @waterstones.bsky.social online. Link and code below ⬇️ 🔗 shorturl.at/ub3Uy
📗Here's the lovely cover of my next book. 📖It tells the story of fanzines in their prime, but is also a history of football in a fascinating era through fans' eyes. ⬇️Hardback, ebook and audiobook out 10th September with Bloomsbury, pre-orders open now in the usual places.
"Eeee there were no google maps in them days, son..." Just found my directions to the Baseball Ground and Maine Road from 96/97. Solo journeys aged 14 and 15, perfectly normal behaviour.
It's National Fish and Chips Day. Full after your chippy tea? How about a fish and chips social history/travelogue as dessert?* 📖 50% off on Amazon at the moment: shorturl.at/BYLuy *Please don't actually eat it, it'll only repeat on you.
🚨Apply for the Nutmeg Academy. We're seeking the next great voice in Scottish football content. Read more about our paid, season-long apprenticeship covering print, digital and broadcast football media below: 🔗 shorturl.at/w63Oc
Obviously, highly recommend buying this but while you're there you should definitely check out 'Hatters, Railwaymen and Knitters', 'Saturday, 3pm' and 'Black Boots & Football Pinks' too. Gorgeously evocative football writing.
Daniel Gray@danielgraywriter.bsky.social · 2mo ago⭐️My book Sunday Best is only 99p on Kindle at the moment. You can't even get, er, a 99 ice cream for that. 🔗 shorturl.at/nGdFm
⭐️My book Sunday Best is only 99p on Kindle at the moment. You can't even get, er, a 99 ice cream for that. 🔗 shorturl.at/nGdFm
'Keeper Sinclair clumsily saved the shot as if trying to shake a wasp from his midriff. He was not alone in his bungling; a contagion of buffoonery ravaged St Mirren...' 📝Dispatches from Paisley: @danielgraywriter.bsky.social's latest Slow Match Report. 🔗 shorturl.at/ZARzj
The Slow Match Report: St Mirren 1 Partick Thistle 0
After the slapstick first-half entertainment, Jags’ playoff jitters prove well-founded as Marcus thrusts the fatal blow in Paisley
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'Where on occasion in the first half Gogić wore the expression of a head chef ready to ladle hot soup over a hapless pot washer, now he was composure itself...' 📝My latest Slow Match Report is on Nutmeg FC now ⬇️ 🔗: shorturl.at/ZARzj
The Slow Match Report: St Mirren 1 Partick Thistle 0
After the slapstick first-half entertainment, Jags’ playoff jitters prove well-founded as Marcus thrusts the fatal blow in Paisley
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📝 @danielgraywriter.bsky.social's latest Slow Match Report is live this evening. 🌑⚪️ St Mirren v 🔴🟡 Partick Thistle in the sizzling☀️ 📧 Sign up now and have it delivered direct: nutmegfc.co.uk
📖 Published today: the paperback version of my book 'Sunday Best'. 👜 Fits beautifully into many a handbag or pocket. 🛒 In shops and online.
🇪🇸 🏴 Our friends @revistapanenka.bsky.social have eight features about Scottish football in their new issue, including an article by our own @danielgraywriter.bsky.social 🔗 Perfect for Spanish speakers and those of us that just love flicking through beautiful magazines: bit.ly/Panenka157
'Four thousand Hearts supporters pogoed and crowd surfed and clinched and kissed and banged shins and went dizzy and didn’t know what day it was any more...' My latest @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social Slow Match Report - from yesterday's Edinburgh Derby - is up now: www.nutmegfc.co.uk/p/the-slow-m...
The Slow Match Report: Hibernian 1 Heart of Midlothian 2
It was Project Hail Mary for the nine-man hosts, but the Jambos eventually found a way to inflict unholy agony
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📝 Tomorrow on Nutmeg FC: @danielgraywriter.bsky.social's latest Slow Match Report - Hibs v Hearts. ✉️ Sign up to get it delivered straight to your inbox: nutmegfc.co.uk
The new issue of @wsc.co.uk is out now, featuring my take on #itfc and their flirtation with Farage, alongside the usual brilliant content from @danielgraywriter.bsky.social @camsell59.bsky.social and others. Available in shops or online from www.wsc.co.uk/shop/wsc-464/
The new issue of @wsc.co.uk (464) is out now. Includes 750 words from me on Wales’ World Cup (non) qualifying campaign.
Another peek inside the pages of our World Cup special issue: 📖 @danielgraywriter.bsky.social celebrates the wondrous oddities of USA '94 alongside beautiful photography from @homesoffootball.bsky.social 🛒 Treat yourself to a copy here: tiny.cc/rgrz001
Very much enjoyed @danielgraywriter.bsky.social 's ramblings about our 'day of rest'. Entertaining and evocative.
'At times, it could not even be regarded as proceeding at walking pace; instead, it rattled along with the slow and dispiriting murmur of a faulty Stannah stairlift...' My latest Slow Match Report is now up on Nutmeg FC: www.nutmegfc.co.uk/p/the-slow-m...
The Slow Match Report: Côte d’Ivoire 1 Scotland 0
A defeat by the docks, but who cares when there's a Scouse welcome, a dram in the flask and, dammit, we’re going to the World Cup
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✍️ Coming this afternoon on Nutmeg FC: 📝 @danielgraywriter.bsky.social's latest Slow Match Report from last night's Scotland game in Liverpool. 🔗 Sign up to have it sent straight to your inbox: nutmegfc.co.uk
👀 Today's peep in the pages of our World Cup special issue: @danielgraywriter.bsky.social watches a 90s fly-on-the-wall classic for the first time. 📺 A time-travelling piece for all you fans of Hooch and Lynx Africa out there. 🛒Guarantee your copy direct here: tiny.cc/rgrz001
👀 Well look at this. It's only the lovely cover of our World Cup special issue. That's right, WORLD CUP SPECIAL. 📖Published late March. 🛒 Get in early and pre-order yours: tiny.cc/rgrz001
I love hearing from people who have read my books. It's great to know that readers – and other writers – are enjoying Upon A White Horse. It will be out in paperback on April 23.
Daniel Gray@danielgraywriter.bsky.social · 5mo agoThat man @peteralanross.bsky.social has done it again. Just finished reading 'Upon a White Horse' - beautifully written, frequently moving, peppered with lovely bits of humour and just endlessly interesting. Well, it does have an end, sadly, but you know what I mean. Superb.
That man @peteralanross.bsky.social has done it again. Just finished reading 'Upon a White Horse' - beautifully written, frequently moving, peppered with lovely bits of humour and just endlessly interesting. Well, it does have an end, sadly, but you know what I mean. Superb.
“All those living a relegation season know their death sentence already; that is half the agony.” Daniel Gray’s latest slow match report on Kelty Hearts.
Daniel Gray@danielgraywriter.bsky.social · 6mo ago'His kick, though, curved through the air and out of play again at the far side of the goal. It was like watching someone walking into a room and forgetting what they were there for...' My latest Slow Match Report is up on Nutmeg FC: open.substack.com/pub/nutmegfo...