Miguel Delaney

Delaney in 2017

Miguel Delaney is a Spanish-Irish football journalist and author. He is the chief football writer at The Independent.^[1]

Career

Whilst working in his native Ireland with the Sunday Tribune, Delaney was nominated for Young Journalist of the year at the National Media Awards,^[2] and was later nominated for the NNI Sports Journalist of the year award.^[3] After starting at The Tribune Delaney went on to write for ESPN,^[4] Ireland's Sunday Independent,^[5] the pages of The Blizzard,^[6] Eurosport,^[7] The Daily Mirror,^[8] and The Belfast Telegraph.^[9]

He is the author of Stuttgart to Saipan: The Players' Stories which covered Ireland's qualification for international tournaments in 1988, 1990, 1994 and 2002; the book made the long list for the William Hill Irish Sports Book of the Year and included interviews with the likes of Liam Brady, Pat Bonner and Mark Lawrenson.^[10][11]

Delaney has appeared as a pundit on the BBC Radio 5 Live 'Monday Night Club',^[12] The Anfield Wrap^[13][14] and Second Captains.^[15] Delaney can be heard most weeks during the football season contributing to The Indy Football Podcast.^[16] He has also guested on the Irishman Abroad podcast series.^[17]

Delaney appeared on the BBC Two television programme Premier League Show debating the greatest ever Premier League side with Gabby Logan, Chris Sutton, Ian Wright and Wes Brown.^[18] He has also appeared on BT Sport Football Writers show,^[19] and Sky Sports Sunday Supplement.^[20]

Delaney was in 2019 nominated for sports journalist of the year at the British Journalism Awards ^[21] and football journalist of the year at the Football Supporters' Association awards.^[22] Miguel Delaney was shortlisted for the Writer of the Year at the Football Supporters' Association awards in 2020 and 2021.^[23][24]

Personal life

Delaney is half Irish and half Spanish and is bilingual. Delaney studied a journalism degree in Dublin at the DIT before completing a master's degree reading politics.^[25][26] Delaney described Hugh McIlvanney as his favourite sports writer.^[27]

References

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2. "2009 Shortlist Announced for Bord Gáis Energy National Media Awards" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 November 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2018.pdf
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4. "Europe's top 20 football managers". 9 October 2014. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
5. "Miguel Delaney: Football is refusing to accept it has a drug problem - Independent.ie". 10 April 2016. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
6. Storey, Daykin &. "Miguel Delaney - theBlizzard.co.uk". www.theblizzard.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
7. "Appointing Jose Mourinho would be a big strategic error for Man Utd - they need a long-term plan". 22 February 2016. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
8. "Miguel Delaney - Mirror Online". www.mirror.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
9. "Why Fred is perfect for Manchester United, explains former Shakhtar coach". Belfasttelegraph. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
10. "Contenders for William Hill Irish Sports Book of the Year - HoganStand". www.hoganstand.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
11. Doyle, Paul. "When Saturday Comes - Stuttgart To Saipan". www.wsc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
12. "Miguel Delaney to the BBC: I triple checked the Jose Mourinho 6-page letter to Man United story (Audio) - 101 Great Goals". www.101greatgoals.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
13. "Exclusive: The Latest Liverpool Transfer Talk – Including Thomas Lemar And Riyad Mahrez". 5 January 2018. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
14. "TAW Transfer Special: Liverpool Linked With Leipzig's Timo Werner". 14 March 2018. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
15. https://www.acast.com/secondcaptains/footballs-shame-contes-impact-manchester-duel-neymar-speak^{[dead link‍]}
16. acast. "The Indy Football Podcast on acast". Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
17. "Miguel Delaney: Episode 248". Retrieved 14 October 2018.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
18. "The Premier League Show: Were Arsenal's Invincibles the Premier League's best team?". BBC Sport. 10 October 2018. Archived from the original on 13 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
19. "Football Writers Podcast by Pixiu on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
20. "On Sunday Supplement: Shaun Custis, Miguel Delaney and Simon Mullock - soccer News - Sky Sports". www.skysports.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
21. "British Journalism Awards 2019 shortlist announced". 5 November 2019. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
22. "Vote now: FSA Awards 2019 shortlists announced". 7 November 2019. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
23. "Vote now: FSA Awards shortlists announced". 12 February 2021.
24. "FSA Awards 2021 shortlists announced". Football Supporters' Association. 2 November 2021.
25. "Education: Life Beyond Soccer - #15 Miguel Delaney - ExtraTime.ie". Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
26. Team, Balls (25 March 2016). "Exclusive: Miguel Delaney To Replace Dion Fanning At The Sunday Independent". Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
27. "FWA Q&A: MIGUEL DELANEY - Football Writers' Association". footballwriters.co.uk. 25 January 2013. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.