Miles Storey receives his Player of the Month Award
Fri 6th February 2026 | League Awards | By Martin Fallon
Miles Storey of Colne was recently presented with his First Division North Player of the Month award for November 2025.
This presentation has been delayed due to postponements and unavailability, but League Ambassador Ian Templeman was at the game last Saturday, and he is pictured presenting Liam with his award before the game.
Miles is the first winner of this award for the club since Lucas Weaver won it in January 2024. The 31-year old is an ex-professional who started his career at Swindon Town. He played 39 times for them, including scoring twice against Aston Villa in the League Cup. He had loan spells at Portsmouth and Newport County before finding success in the Scotland, playing over 200 games for Aberdeen, Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Partick Thistle. He moved into non-league with Hereford and first played in the NWCFL with Bury in 2023/24. He moved to Colne last season.
Miles has had as perfect a month as you could possibly have for Colne in November, playing five games for the club in the month, picking up Man of the Match in every game and scoring six goals.
The month started for Miles and Colne at MSB Woolton. The First Division South newcomers scored twice in the first half to lead at the break, with Miles instrumental in hauling Colne back into the game. On 55 minutes he controlled a long throw in in the box before finding the net, and two minutes later he latched onto a poor back-pass before dinking it over the keeper to equalise. The game finished 3-3 with Miles winning the Man of the Match award, his fourth of the season.
Next up was a trip to Daisy Hill. After going behind on 15 minutes, Miles pulled Colne level with a header into the top corner of the net from a Barney Wiggin cross. Two second half goals gave the Cutters the win, but the performance of Miles earned him his second Man of the Match award of the month.
Next up was Darwen at Colne's Haffners Eats Stadium. Miles set up Barney Wiggins for the opener on five minutes with a pinpoint cross, and two minutes later grabbed his first goal of the game when he rounded the keeper and found the net from an acute angle. Colne soon went three up with Miles unlucky not to get another himself as he forced a superb stop from Morgan Newns. His second of the game did arrive though on 62 minutes with Alex-Ray Harvey sending a ball over the top that Miles raced onto and finished coolly. Darwen grabbed a consolation with the game ending 3-1, with Miles picking up another Man of the Match award.
Storm Claudia affected the next game at home to AFC Blackpool which was abandoned after just 11 minutes with the scores goalless, but four days later Thornton Cleveleys visited with Miles again in the thick of the action. His corner was volleyed in by Barney Wiggins to open the scoring, with Thornton turning the game around to lead 2-1 at the break. Two soon became four for Thornton on a day to forget for Colne, with Miles scoring a consolation with five minutes to play, his sixth goal of the month. Again he picked up Man of the Match in this game.
The final game was at AFC Blackpool, with Miles setting up two good chances in a goalless first half for teammates. The game eventually finished 2-2, with Miles' versatility and blistering pace shining in this game alongside his reading of the game as he picked up his fifth Man of the Match of the month.
Congratulations to Miles on a fine month.
Miles Storey receives his Player of the Month Award
Fri 6th February 2026 | League Awards
By Martin Fallon
Miles Storey of Colne was recently presented with his First Division North Player of the Month award for November 2025.
This presentation has been delayed due to postponements and unavailability, but League Ambassador Ian Templeman was at the game last Saturday, and he is pictured presenting Liam with his award before the game.
Miles is the first winner of this award for the club since Lucas Weaver won it in January 2024. The 31-year old is an ex-professional who started his career at Swindon Town. He played 39 times for them, including scoring twice against Aston Villa in the League Cup. He had loan spells at Portsmouth and Newport County before finding success in the Scotland, playing over 200 games for Aberdeen, Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Partick Thistle. He moved into non-league with Hereford and first played in the NWCFL with Bury in 2023/24. He moved to Colne last season.
Miles has had as perfect a month as you could possibly have for Colne in November, playing five games for the club in the month, picking up Man of the Match in every game and scoring six goals.
The month started for Miles and Colne at MSB Woolton. The First Division South newcomers scored twice in the first half to lead at the break, with Miles instrumental in hauling Colne back into the game. On 55 minutes he controlled a long throw in in the box before finding the net, and two minutes later he latched onto a poor back-pass before dinking it over the keeper to equalise. The game finished 3-3 with Miles winning the Man of the Match award, his fourth of the season.
Next up was a trip to Daisy Hill. After going behind on 15 minutes, Miles pulled Colne level with a header into the top corner of the net from a Barney Wiggin cross. Two second half goals gave the Cutters the win, but the performance of Miles earned him his second Man of the Match award of the month.
Next up was Darwen at Colne's Haffners Eats Stadium. Miles set up Barney Wiggins for the opener on five minutes with a pinpoint cross, and two minutes later grabbed his first goal of the game when he rounded the keeper and found the net from an acute angle. Colne soon went three up with Miles unlucky not to get another himself as he forced a superb stop from Morgan Newns. His second of the game did arrive though on 62 minutes with Alex-Ray Harvey sending a ball over the top that Miles raced onto and finished coolly. Darwen grabbed a consolation with the game ending 3-1, with Miles picking up another Man of the Match award.
Storm Claudia affected the next game at home to AFC Blackpool which was abandoned after just 11 minutes with the scores goalless, but four days later Thornton Cleveleys visited with Miles again in the thick of the action. His corner was volleyed in by Barney Wiggins to open the scoring, with Thornton turning the game around to lead 2-1 at the break. Two soon became four for Thornton on a day to forget for Colne, with Miles scoring a consolation with five minutes to play, his sixth goal of the month. Again he picked up Man of the Match in this game.
The final game was at AFC Blackpool, with Miles setting up two good chances in a goalless first half for teammates. The game eventually finished 2-2, with Miles' versatility and blistering pace shining in this game alongside his reading of the game as he picked up his fifth Man of the Match of the month.
Congratulations to Miles on a fine month.
