Wish I could make this - if you're in the vicinity go and hang.

It will possibly clash with Antiques Roadshow, but if you happen to be in Glasgow on November 16th, please do come along and listen to me and the marvellous @peteralanross.bsky.social talk Sundays at Aye Write: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/sund...

The Dales in October, provoking involuntary humming of 'Autumn days when the grass is jewelled And the silk inside a chestnut shell...'

🚨 NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 Following Inshallah United, I am chuffed to bits to announce my second book - Assalam Alaikum, Our Kid! A story of being Muslim, Manc and mad for it in the new millennium Pre-oder with 25% off at @Waterstones using the code OCTOBER25: www.waterstones.com/book/assalam...

'Gannon-Doak on the left is a gift unopened and a toy kept in its box. It is a crime thriller missing its final page and bubble wrap un-popped...' 📝Get in the mood for this evening's game with @danielgraywriter.bsky.social superb Slow Match Report from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿v🇬🇷: open.substack.com/pub/nutmegfo...

Another lovely piece of writing from Leither @danielgraywriter.bsky.social - his evening out watching Scotland somehow beat Greece last Thursday.

Take a bow @danielgraywriter.bsky.social. The most lyrical, yet also the most accurate match report of the Scotland v Greece game that you will read.

“Gannon-Doak on the left is a gift unopened and a toy kept in its box. It is a crime thriller missing its final page and bubble wrap un-popped.” There is noone who does match reports like @danielgraywriter.bsky.social. Every line of this is genius.

'Steve Clarke span around with the weary, seen-it-all-before frustration of a man trying to download a large PDF on train Wi-Fi...' Latest Slow Match Report is now up ⬇️ www.nutmegfc.co.uk/p/the-slow-m...

Another excellent slow match report from @danielgraywriter.bsky.social - this time on last night’s jammy win www.nutmegfc.co.uk/p/the-slow-m...

Good people of Glossop! I am bringing The Haunted Generation show to your Labour Club on Saturday 25th October...

📝The latest Slow Match Report lands this afternoon. @d_gray_writer makes his international debut at Scotland v Greece and spends a lot of time thinking about the visiting manager's hair. Sign-up via the link in the post below to have it delivered direct to your inbox.

A lovely listen

🎵Football Songbook🎵 From Power Game to Pigbag via a flight to the moon, here's a lovely chat about Middlesbrough music I was part of on 5Live at the weekend. It starts at 34.30mins: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Outrageous appropriation of a West Country folk tune (Papa's Got A Brand-New Pigbag), but otherwise top work from the boy Gray.

Absolutely loved talking Middlesbrough music on the Football Songbook this morning. It starts at about 34.30mins here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Many thanks Daniel. I'm flattered. If people want to buy it, here's a link subscribe.bylinetimes.com/product/wtmg/

Just finished this beauty by @goldbergradio.bsky.social There's so much in here to make anyone who cares about football's soul angry, yet because it is so sharply written it is a thoroughly excellent, enjoyable read.

Should you happen to be in Manchester this evening between 7 and 8, please pop along and hear my chat with @beardedgenius.bsky.social. Best question wins a *pack of Aunt Bessie's Yorkshires. *Small. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/daniel-gra...

To mark publication of Upon A White Horse, a story for The Guardian about a quest to find an ancient stone where I was photographed as a boy. www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

Happy publication day @peteralanross.bsky.social Upon A White Horse is a celebration of landscape and people - and all that is beautiful, strange and old. Out now: linktr.ee/UponAWhiteHorse

It was lovely to revisit Ayresome Park for the new issue of @wsc.co.uk. The perfect article for helping cats get to sleep.

This seems very noisy for a Sunday, going on what last time was like. To read about peaceful Sundays, buy my etc etc...

FINAL (photographs from the death of a football ground) The last days of Bootham Crescent, 200pp A4 Landscape photobook with a foreword by @danielgraywriter.bsky.social Available to pre-order now at yorktonebooks.bigcartel.com #ycfc #football #photography #photobook

I was a 12 year old season ticket holder the last time we won the first four games in a row. My moods were dictated entirely by Boro results and all week I dreamed of Saturday. Nothing has changed, which is probably not good in some ways, but bloody hell: I love this club.

Hey @danielgraywriter.bsky.social you've made it to the subs bench for the Thistle. Surely a dream come true?

Work took me to Deepdale today. Had to leave just as they were unfurling matchday. I've always loved these. Ideal garden furniture. "PROGRAMMES! PROGRAMMES!"

First Slow Match Report of the New Season ⬇️

🚨 THE SLOW MATCH REPORT🚨 "Manure scents mingled with sickly vape aromas and kids shook buckets in aid of their Sunday team. Football was back, and back with a derby night sheen" 💥@danielgraywriter.bsky.social heads to the Fife derby for first Slow Match Report of season 👉 tinyurl.com/55myecv2

Our Dan's batting on through peril - at one point this summer it looked like he might have to resort to those mini Argos pens. ✍️Sign up for the Slow Match Report via Nutmeg FC: tinyurl.com/3mmtn7kt

Despite my local Ikea's hideous decision to axe free tiny pencils - my number one item of journalistic tech - I've found a supply. As such, I'm soldiering on, back in training and ready for another season of Slow Match Reports for @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social

I'm delighted to be appearing at the first ever Whitby Lit Fest. Please come and join me in my favourite town in England, on Saturday 8 November at 11am. whitbylitfest.org.uk/event/upon-a...

Friendlies may just be faint outlines of real matches, but man alive it's good to be seeing those shirts and singing those songs again. We have our Saturdays back.

🧢Falkirk fans, pick up your free Season Preview by Nutmeg at today's game v Spartans. Includes: -Interviews with John McGlynn, Jack Ross & Brian Graham -New season joys by Daniel Gray -Analysis of Premiership year ahead by Nick Harris -Gordon Waddell on Brockville -A look back at old programmes 👀⬇️

Looking for a summer read? What could whisper 'poolside' more than a gentle meander through some days of rest? Never mind the cocktails and lovely icy lagers, you'll be pining for gravy.

Looking for a summer read? What could whisper 'poolside' more than a gentle meander through some days of rest? Never mind the cocktails and lovely icy lagers, you'll be pining for gravy.

Lovely reminder from @camsell59.bsky.social about Jarrow Roofing and Jan, the tea lady / PA announcer, on the latest WSC pod. Also, phantom goal announcements, fancy sweets, a fantastic Bobby Stokes anecdote and zero mentions of PSR or transfer windows: www.listennotes.com/podcasts/whe...

🧢 We've given Falkirk the Nutmeg treatment. Look out for your free Bairns season guide at the match tomorrow and on Saturday.

First #AwayDaze in a while as heading for Cheltenham to watch @wwfc.com in preseason action. Return of #HeroesofHP12 podcast very timely and copy of @wsc.co.uk and @danielgraywriter.bsky.social brilliant “Saturday, 3pm” to pass the time. Any other #Chairboys heading down today?

🚨Discount Bovril latest: they're flying out. Must be the barbecue hit of the summer.

Always on the benches, people you wish you'd met.

Missed @danielgraywriter.bsky.social's Delights of Football session at the @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social? You don't need to miss out. His presentation is available in full here to watch.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=U13b...

Bovril sale of the century at the Morrison's Daily near me. I can only think an enthusiastic new employee over-ordered after a particularly enjoyable half-time last season. "Trust me, it's gonna be the new Nescafé Azera."

Looks like a lot of tickets for this free event in Edinburgh have already been booked, but there are still a number left. There's also an option for watching online. If you like old cemeteries, churchyards and burial grounds – and who among us does not? – I think you should find it interesting.

Happy Fixtures Eve to those of us who celebrate tonight... Written nearly ten years ago, but true as ever:

Magic to get to Tolka Park at last. Words via the link below ⬇️

Here's to the dads and father figures that shared football with us, whether still here or standing on a terrace elsewhere.

A new arrival in the mail from @danielgraywriter.bsky.social, though I admittedly won’t have a day of rest to read it for a while:

If you build it, they will come.

Bray scenes.