article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources scratching shed publishing news newspapers books scholar jstor free images august 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message scratching shed publishing limited is an independent british publishing house founded in may 2008 by co directors phil caplan and tony hannan two freelance authors and journalists based in the north of england . uniquely among publishers the company based in leeds west yorkshire aims to produce high quality books that are primarily inspired by aspects of northern english culture . 1 scratching shed publishing limited is responsible for the critically acclaimed 2 rugby league classics series in which previously out of print rugby league books are rescued and reissued with a new introduction for modern day readers . titles in the series include rugby renegade by gus risman 3 king of rugger by lewis jones glory in the centre spot by eric ashton xiii winters xiii worlds by dave hadfield and the great ones by bbc television commentator eddie waring . rugby league is a staple of the scratching shed catalogue and among the company s other publications related to the sport are the ground breaking tries and prejudice the autobiography of ikram butt 4 england s first ever muslim rugby international . 5 other titles include down & under a rugby league walkabout in australia by dave hadfield 1895 and all that ... by professor tony collins ray french ... and rugby by the bbc commentator of that name reluctant hero the john holmes story and mr rugby leigh the tommy sale story . the company has also published in the prison of his days the memoirs of captured second world war gunner norman g davison on behalf of the committee a groundbreaking history of northern english comedy the woman without a number by iby knill as featured on the bbc television series my story and out of the blue the memoirs of former west yorkshire policeman david watson . scratching shed books on other sports include biographies of doncaster rovers football chairman john ryan and heavyweight boxer ron lyle and a comprehensive history of yorkshire football . scratching shed publishing ltd are the current sponsors of the northern premier cricket league annual dream teams . references edit hannan tony.question time emphasis on quality to provide rich history of work march 2009 yorkshirepost.co.uk hadfield dave 2009 01 12 . rugby renegade by gus risman . the independent . london . retrieved 2010 05 23 . irvine christopher 2008 12 19 . christmas books the gillette rugby league yearbook . the times . london . retrieved 2010 05 23 . laybourn ian butt paving the way for muslim players sportinglife.com wilson andy 2009 06 04 . rugby religion and simply rad . the guardian . london . retrieved 2010 05 23 . external links edit official website this article about a publishing company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title scratching shed publishing & oldid 708830724 categories book publishing companies of the united kingdompublishing company stubshidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from august 2009all articles with topics of unclear notabilityall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 march 2016 at 21 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view