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) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Swindon Town | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | |||
| Coventry City | |||
| 2010–2012 | Swindon Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2011– | Swindon Town | 23 | (2) |
| 2013 | → Salisbury City (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2012– | England U19 | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:00, 25 January 2014 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Miles Storey is an English footballer who plays for Swindon Town as a forward.
Career
Storey was born in West Bromwich and started his football education with Wolverhampton Wanderers but was released and whilst playing for Sedgeley Lions under 15s in Division 3 – was spotted by Mick Elliott MBE who was the head of recruitment at Coventry City. Miles signed for Coventry City but after one full season was not offered a scholarship and was released. Following his release in 2010 Mick Elliott MBE took Miles to Swindon Town for a trial game where he impressed the coaches and was handed a 2-year scholarship. During his first season as a scholar at Swindon, the young forward impressed helping Paul Bodin's youth side winning their third successive season.[3]
After Swindon Town manager Paul Hart was dismissed as manager in April 2011, Miles Storey's coach Paul Bodin was immediately installed as caretaker boss.[4]
Bodin immediately brought Storey into the first team set-up for the clubs home fixture with Oldham Athletic. He made his debut as a 78th minute substitute replacing on-loan forward Calvin Andrew, Swindon lost the match 2–0.[5]
On 30 October 2012, he 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] Storey played the whole match for the first time for Swindon on 10 August 2013, and provided an assist for the only goal,[8] in a 1-0 home defeat of Stevenage.
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 December 21st Miles returned to first team action for Swindon. Coming off the bench in the 71st minute to replace Ryan Harley in the League One home clash with Coventry City. Storey earned Swindon all 3 points, scoring the winning goal in the 86th minute. [9]
International career
On 13 November 2012, Storey made his England under-19 debut in a 1–0 win against Finland.[10]
Career statistics
- As of match played 7 August 2013.[11]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | FL Play-offs | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Swindon Town | 2011–12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2012–13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | |
| 2013–14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | |
| Career total | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | |
References
- ↑ "Search 1984 to 2006 – Birth, Marriage and Death indexes". Findmypast.com. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ↑ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 541. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
- ↑ "Puma Youth Alliance Honours 2010–11 Season". Swindon Town FC. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ↑ "Paul Hart leaves Swindon after relegation to League Two". Swindon Town FC. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ↑ "Swindon Town 0–2 Oldham Athletic". Swindon Town FC. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ↑ "Swindon 2–3 Aston Villa" BBC Sport. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
- ↑ "Brentford 3–3 Swindon" BBC Sport. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
- ↑ "Swindon 1-0 Stevenage". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25376605
- ↑ "England v Finland" TheFA.com. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
- ↑ Miles Storey career stats at Soccerbase
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