Rory Smith is a journalist, broadcaster and author. He is the chief soccer correspondent of The New York Times, having taken up the role in 2016. [1] [2] Smith is a former journalist of The Times, [3] The Independent, and The Daily Telegraph, [4]
Smith was ghostwriter on the book Champions League Dreams with Rafa Benitez published in 2012. [5] [6] Smith’s 2016 book Mister: The Men Who Gave The World The Game was short listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. [7] [8] [9] [10] ‘Mister’ was included in the best 50 football books ever written in a list compiled by FourFourTwo magazine. [11]
In 2022 Smith published the book Expected Goals: The Story of how Data Conquered Football and Changed the Game Forever. [12]
A frequent guest on BBC Radio Five Live [13] [14] [15] [16] Smith has also written for ESPN, [17] The Blizzard [18] and FourFourTwo. [19] He has appeared on the Second Captains podcast, [20] often on The Anfield Wrap, [21] [22] and The Totally Football Show as well as recording his own weekly Set Piece Menu podcast with Hugh Ferris, football commentator Steven Wyeth and former England international Andy Hinchcliffe. [23] [24] [25] Television appearances include Sky Sports Sunday Supplement. [26]
In 2015 he was highly commended by the Sports Journalists' Association [27] He was nominated for writer of the year at the 2013, [28] 2015, [29] 2017 and 2019 Football Supporters Federation Awards, [30] winning in 2015 [31] and 2019. [32] Set Piece Menu Podcast was nominated in the ‘Podcast of the Year’ category at the 2018 Football Supporters Federation Awards, [33] as well as shortlisted for the Podcast of the Year at the Football Supporters' Association awards in 2020 and 2021. [34] [35]
Rory Smith is from Yorkshire.
Rory Smith is a journalist, broadcaster and author. He is the chief soccer correspondent of The New York Times, having taken up the role in 2016. [1] [2] Smith is a former journalist of The Times, [3] The Independent, and The Daily Telegraph, [4]
Smith was ghostwriter on the book Champions League Dreams with Rafa Benitez published in 2012. [5] [6] Smith’s 2016 book Mister: The Men Who Gave The World The Game was short listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. [7] [8] [9] [10] ‘Mister’ was included in the best 50 football books ever written in a list compiled by FourFourTwo magazine. [11]
In 2022 Smith published the book Expected Goals: The Story of how Data Conquered Football and Changed the Game Forever. [12]
A frequent guest on BBC Radio Five Live [13] [14] [15] [16] Smith has also written for ESPN, [17] The Blizzard [18] and FourFourTwo. [19] He has appeared on the Second Captains podcast, [20] often on The Anfield Wrap, [21] [22] and The Totally Football Show as well as recording his own weekly Set Piece Menu podcast with Hugh Ferris, football commentator Steven Wyeth and former England international Andy Hinchcliffe. [23] [24] [25] Television appearances include Sky Sports Sunday Supplement. [26]
In 2015 he was highly commended by the Sports Journalists' Association [27] He was nominated for writer of the year at the 2013, [28] 2015, [29] 2017 and 2019 Football Supporters Federation Awards, [30] winning in 2015 [31] and 2019. [32] Set Piece Menu Podcast was nominated in the ‘Podcast of the Year’ category at the 2018 Football Supporters Federation Awards, [33] as well as shortlisted for the Podcast of the Year at the Football Supporters' Association awards in 2020 and 2021. [34] [35]
Rory Smith is from Yorkshire.