The Yorkshire Post pondering the possibility of Leeds United snapping up out-of-contract Michael Owen is precisely why the summer transfer windows has become known as ‘silly season’.The unnamed writer suggests that the former England striker could still command wages upwards of 50,000 per week, which is precisely where any Leeds United fan that has been around for the last seven years .. more …
On the 5th of April, Leeds United lost a six-decade spanning servant of the club.Most of you probably didn’t know John Reynolds and I suspect the vast majority of our supporters don’t give a second thought to the hard work the Elland Road ground staff put in every week to ensure Leeds United play on a pitch worthy of the clubs reputation.At the time of John’s passing, I tweeted that it stood .. more …
Roll out the red carpet or gather the rotten tomatoes, whether you like it or not Posh and Becks are set to grace our fine city with their presence over the coming few weeks.However, before you start a frantic search for your camera and autograph book, allow me to explain…The long suffering, faithful supporters who have (against all their better judgement) ventured to every Leeds United home .. more …
The Yorkshire Evening Post are currently running their Leeds United player of the season poll, which is something we won’t be doing here at The Scratching Shed because the correct answer is Ross McCormack and no one will convince us otherwise.”Luckily” for us however, Leeds United’s turbulent season has created the opportunity for an alternative poll. It’s not often that a “stable, progressive .. more …
With Easter Monday’s abysmal defeat at the hands of Derby finally putting an end to any chance of Leeds reaching the play-off positions, many supporters took the opportunity to save their hard earned cash as the lowest home crowd of the season filtered into the stands (and executive boxes) of Elland Road. However, the iron-willed, resolute and devoted 19,469 would not leave disappointed as Neil .. more …
Leeds United’s ten home defeats this season is a joint club record, only equalled twice: 2006/7, and 1946/7. Leeds players do have something left to play for: personal and professional pride in not being part of two of this great club’s worst records.Clough’s would-be 77th birthday saw Forest put a record 7 past us; it’d be easy to blame the mythical gypsy curse of Elland Road, but I think .. more …
The Scratching Shed is pleased to welcome Matt Burton to the team who will be covering all Leeds United home match reports from here on in, starting with today’s 2-0 defeat to Derby County. It would be easy to blame the first-half sending off of Michael Brown for this lacklustre, forgettable and frankly abysmal defeat to a very average Derby County, but that would be tantamount to dolloping a .. more …
Let’s be honest ” sometimes cracking out the full Dirty Leeds package isn’t very useful.Having watched roughly 187 minutes of goalless drudge from these two sides last season, it was fair to say the realist would’ve said that was probably about the height of the Whites’ ambitions this time around.As it turns out, the creditably noisy faithful were left to ponder a number of could have beens: if .. more …
My biggest gripe with Ken Bates is his failure to adequately fund the first-team squad enough to secure the long overdue return to the Premier League Leeds United fans (quite rightly) consider to be a minimum requirement for paying the fifth highest prices in the country.As the 2010-11 accounts of Championship clubs show , Leeds United spend a lower percentage of turnover on the playing squad than .. more …
We’ve made a big deal of Leeds’ finances this year. Finances have been key even for those not interested in this side of football. Leeds fans have become amateur accountants and economists with the years of turmoil the club has gone through. It’s endearing and it shows what a fantastic support this club possesses. I have barely any training in business and economics, but I’ve decided to collate .. more …