Saha From The Madding Crowd was established in September 2009 as a means by which to practise my writing post-university. I cover a broad range of topics to do with football (not for me the specific subject areas of Zonal Marking and the Swiss Ramble) because, well, it's easier for me that way.
Regular blog posts and a Twitter presence have helped my writing to appear on other football websites such as The Two Unfortunates, Twohundredpercent, Red Flag Flying High (a Manchester United fansite), and (only once so far) In Bed With Maradona. I repost everything that I write for other sites on my blog, simply in the interests of completism.
My writing has also made it into print. Paul Tomkins' 2010 book Pay As You Play used three short essays of mine on Manchester United's transfer record during the Premier League era.
I live in London, where I am fortunate enough to get paid to watch Spanish football for a living. As a native of Norwich living in the capital, disproving Alan Partridge's warning that I will inevitably be mugged or not appreciated is a perpetual motivation.
(And if you're wondering about the blog's name, it's the result of an English literature student's weakness for puns and an affection for the underrated, unlucky-with-injury, French striker Louis Saha.)
