Miles Storey

Miles James Storey (born 4 January 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the Scottish Championship.

Miles Storey

Personal information
Full name	Miles James Storey[1]
Date of birth	4 January 1994
Place of birth	West Bromwich, England[2]
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Number	17
Youth career
	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	Coventry City
2010–2012	Swindon Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2016	Swindon Town	34	(4)
2013	→ Salisbury City (loan)	3	(0)
2014	→ Shrewsbury Town (loan)	6	(0)
2014–2015	→ Portsmouth (loan)	17	(2)
2015	→ Newport County (loan)	18	(2)
2015–2016	→ Inverness Caledonian Thistle (loan)	30	(11)
2016–2017	Aberdeen	15	(2)
2017–2019	Partick Thistle	64	(4)
2019–	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	32	(5)
National team
2012	England U19	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:42, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

Originally from the West Midlands, Storey began his professional career at Swindon Town. Although he did not become a main part of Swindon's set-up at the time, Storey was sent on loan to numerous clubs such as Portsmouth, Newport County and Inverness Caledonian Thistle. His goal-scoring form in the Scottish Premiership attracted more interest and in May 2016 Storey signed for Aberdeen, before moving to Partick Thistle in August 2017.

Career

Swindon Town

Storey was born in West Bromwich and started his football education with Wolverhampton Wanderers but was released and whilst playing for Sedgley Lions under 15s in Division 3 – was spotted by Mick Elliott MBE who was the head of recruitment at Coventry City. He signed for Coventry City but after one full season was not offered a scholarship and was released. Again without a club, Elliott took Storey to Swindon Town for a trial game where he impressed the coaches and was handed a two-year scholarship. During his first season as a scholar at Swindon, he impressed and helped Paul Bodin's youth side to win their third successive season.[3]

After Swindon Town manager Paul Hart was dismissed as manager in April 2011, Bodin was installed as caretaker boss.[4] Bodin brought Storey into the first team set-up for the club's home fixture against Oldham Athletic. He made his debut as a 78th minute substitute, replacing on-loan forward Calvin Andrew in a 0–2 loss.[5]

On 30 October 2012, Storey scored twice against Premier League side Aston Villa in the League Cup, to level the score at 2–2, before Christian Benteke scored a late winner to send Aston Villa through 3–2.[6]

On 6 May 2013, Storey missed a penalty in a shoot-out in the play-off semi-final against Brentford, as Swindon lost 5–4 on penalties, after the tie had finished 4–4 on aggregate.[7] He was handed his first start on 10 August, and provided an assist for the game's winner against Stevenage.[8]

On 5 October 2013, it was announced that Storey had joined Conference Premier side Salisbury City on a month's loan deal. He made his debut on the same day in a 2–1 win against Wrexham.

On 21 December, Storey returned to first team action for Swindon, and after coming off the bench in the 71st minute to replace Ryan Harley in a Football League One home clash against his former side Coventry City, he scored the winner 15 minutes later.[9]

On 14 February 2014, Storey joined fellow League One side Shrewsbury Town in a one-month loan.[10] On 10 July, he moved to League Two side Portsmouth, also in a temporary deal.[11]

On 30 January 2015, Storey joined Newport County on an initial one-month loan.[12] He made his debut for Newport on 31 January versus Shrewsbury Town as a second-half substitute. The loan was subsequently extended to the end of the 2014–15 season. He scored his first goal for Newport on 28 February 2015 in a 1–0 win against Burton Albion.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle (loan)

Storey joined Scottish Premiership club Inverness Caledonian Thistle during the 2015–16 summer transfer window on loan until January.[13] He scored his first goal for the club on his debut against Heart of Midlothian in a 2–0 victory.[14] In January 2016, his loan was extended until the end of the season.[15]

Aberdeen

On 17 May 2016, Storey agreed to join Aberdeen when his contract with Swindon expired in the summer of 2016.[16] He scored his first goal for Aberdeen on 20 August 2016, in a 2–1 win against Partick Thistle.[17]

Partick Thistle

Storey moved to Partick Thistle for an undisclosed fee on 11 August 2017, signing a two-year contract.[18] Storey scored his first goal for Partick thistle, scoring a 92nd-minute winner in a 2–1 home win over Dundee.[19] In May 2018, it was apparent that his contract would not be renewed with the club. However, in July 2018, Alan Archibald extended Storey's contract with the Maryhill side with a revised one-year contract. Storey was released by the club in May 2019 after a disappointing season in the Championship.[20]

Return to Inverness Caledonian Thistle

For the start of the 2019/20 season, Storey rejoined Inverness on a permanent contract.[21] Storey netted his first goal back at the club in a 2-1 win against Arbroath. [22] Storey spent the first stage of the 2020/21 season out injured but returned to the team in November 2020. Storey scored his first goal of the season in a 3-0 away win in the league, over Queen of The South.[23]

International career

On 13 November 2012, Storey made his England under-19 debut in a 1–0 win against Finland.[24]

Career statistics

As of match played 27 April 2019

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Swindon Town	2010–11[25]	League One	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2011–12[26]	League Two	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	2012–13[27]	League One	8	1	0	0	2	2	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	11	3
	2013–14[28]	League One	18	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	20	3
	2014–15[29]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2015–16[30]	League One	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	Total		34	4	0	0	4	2	1	0	39	6
Salisbury City (loan)	2013–14[28]	Conference Premier	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Shrewsbury Town (loan)	2013–14[28]	League One	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Portsmouth (loan)	2014–15[29]	League Two	17	2	2	0	2	1	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	22	3
Newport County (loan)	2014–15[29]	League Two	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	2
Inverness Caledonian Thistle (loan)	2015–16[30]	Scottish Premiership	30	11	5	1	2	1	0	0	37	13
Aberdeen	2016–17[31]	Scottish Premiership	14	1	1	0	1	0	2[lower-alpha 3]	0	18	1
	2017–18[32]	Scottish Premiership	1	1	0	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	3	1
	Total		15	2	1	0	2	0	3	0	21	2
Partick Thistle	2017–18[33]	Scottish Premiership	34	2	0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 4]	0	35	2
	2018–19[34]	Scottish Championship	30	2	3	0	4	1	0	0	37	3
	Total		64	4	3	0	4	1	1	0	72	5
Career total			187	23	11	1	14	5	6	0	218	31

1. Appearance in the League One play-offs
2. Appearance in the Football League Trophy
3. Appearances in the Europa League
4. Appearance in the Premiership play-offs

References

1. "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/02/2014 and 28/02/2014" (PDF). The Football Association. p. 13. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
2. Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 541. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
3. "Puma Youth Alliance Honours 2010–11 Season" (PDF). Swindon Town FC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
4. "Paul Hart leaves Swindon after relegation to League Two". London: Swindon Town FC. 28 April 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
5. "Swindon Town 0–2 Oldham Athletic". Swindon Town FC. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
6. "Swindon 2–3 Aston Villa" BBC Sport. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
7. "Brentford 3–3 Swindon" BBC Sport. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
8. "Swindon 1–0 Stevenage". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
9. Swindon 1–0 Coventry; BBC Sport, 21 December 2013
10. "Miles Storey Joins On Loan". Shrewsbury Town FC. 14 February 2014.
11. "Storey completes Pompey loan". 10 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
12. "Miles Storey: Newport County sign Swindon Town striker on loan".
13. Durent, Jamie (4 September 2015). ""I was pleased to get out of Swindon" – Miles Storey on his move to ICT". The Inverness Courier. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
14. Dowden, Martin (11 September 2015). "Invernss CT 2–0 Hearts". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
15. Patterson, Mike (7 January 2016). "Inverness retain Storey". Sky Sports. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
16. "Aberdeen to sign Swindon striker Miles Storey". BBC Sport. 17 May 2016.
17. Davie, Scott (20 August 2016). "Aberdeen 2–1 Partick Thistle". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
18. "Signing news: Storey and Sammon arrive at Firhill". Partick Thistle F.C. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
19. "Partick Thistle 2-1 Dundee". BBC Sport. 21 October 2017.
20. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48215165
21. https://ictfc.com/miles-storey-signs-for-ictfc
22. https://www.skysports.com/football/inverness-vs-arbroath/411424
23. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55096971
24. "England v Finland" TheFA.com. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
25. "Games played by Miles Storey in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
26. "Games played by Miles Storey in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
27. "Games played by Miles Storey in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
28. "Games played by Miles Storey in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
29. "Games played by Miles Storey in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
30. "Games played by Miles Storey in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
31. "Games played by Miles Storey in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
32. "Games played by Miles Storey in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
33. "Games played by Miles Storey in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
34. "Games played by Miles Storey in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 April 2019.

External links

• Miles Storey at Soccerbase
• Miley Storey at Soccerbase