About

The Scratching Shed came about in late May 2009 after I moved from a previous site I hosted on WordPress.com. The possibilities on an hosted blog were somewhat restricted, so I decided to move to a self-hosted site which is what you see today.

My first ever Leeds United posts were published on Sportingo, but I decided to move away from them because of the editing policy they employ. I often found that they’d completely re-written my original piece (after it had been passed through several editors) and missed the point of the story completely in the process. It didn’t take me long to tire of their methods and after a handful of posts I moved on.

As for Leeds United, well, I’ve supported them since I was old enough to make such a decision. I grew up and still live around the Leeds area. I sit in the Elland Road Kop nowadays and have travelled to so many places with the team now, I’ve lost count.

I try to encourage fans involvement on TSS and aside from the comments on the stories, you can also message/follow me on Twitter or email me. admin@thescratchingshed.com