Old stars were too old.We had a full team and all 11 turned up for the 9-a-side against a strong…
South Shields win again.
South Shields win again.
Four strong teams, but a late surge from Shields takes the title.Four evenly matched teams battled it out in a…
Vienna in 2026.
Vienna in 2026.
We’re making early plans for a trip to Vienna on 12th to 15th June 2026.Flights are connecting, but with a…
Obituary: Si Mulvaney.
Obituary: Si Mulvaney.
We’ve lost another good friend in Simon Mulvaney.Si first played for Sassco in 2007 along with the “Army Trio” of…
NEPCA comfortable winners.
NEPCA comfortable winners.
After a brief hiatus due to various Sassco events in May, June and July, the tournament made its welcome return…
SAFC news from The Sunderland Echo
SAFC news from The Sunderland Echo
SAFC news from The Sunderland Echo
SAFC news from The Sunderland Echo
SAFC news from The Sunderland Echo
Read more: Flights for Denmark 2014.Flights for Denmark 2014.
Initial pricing for flights for Denmark in 2014. Newcastle to Copenhagen return. Fri 25 July 14 Mon 28 July 14 £ 186.68 GBP but there is no guarantee these will be available closer to…
Read more: Sassco 11-a-side against Sunderland Deaf Football Club.Sassco 11-a-side against Sunderland Deaf Football Club.
Sassco take to the 11-a-side pitch at Castle View Enterprise Academy, in Sunderland, to play against Sunderland Deaf FC. This is a re-scheduled game, as Sassco were due to play Rutherford…
Read more: France Tour 2013 report.France Tour 2013 report.
Sassco on tour. Dave Gourlay puts a downer on everything. Six players signed up on the dotted line for France, which was our sixth destination since 2008. The arrangements were a…
Read more: Sassco.co.uk v Azure: all square.Sassco.co.uk v Azure: all square.
Sassco.co.uk 7 Azure 7 | Sassco.co.uk 4 Azure 4. The final official training game for France 2013 took place at Church High School in Sunderland. The game saw a Sassco team…
Read more: Beach volleyball?Beach volleyball?
First fixture changed from football to volleyball on the beach. Due to Nice’s authorities not recognising our stature and refusing to dismantle the volleyball court and revert to football means that…
Read more: Alldis bows out. McConville returns!Alldis bows out. McConville returns!
Big shoes to fill for McConville. Unfortunately, Alldis bowed out of the tour due to a foot injury. The doctor recommended no kicking, running or jumping (as if he ever did…
Read more: France Tour 2013 map of venues and locations.France Tour 2013 map of venues and locations.
The venues and important locations for France 2013 are shown below. This map will be updated depending on any changes to the tour. The key venues are the soccer game locations…
Read more: Schedule for France 2013.Schedule for France 2013.
Stade de Football, venue for AngloSports Select v Sassco.co.uk. We’ve had some amendments to the schedule. Both games in France are to be played against AngloSports Select. The game on Friday,…
- Read more: How becoming a Ninja can improve your skills on the pitch
How becoming a Ninja can improve your skills on the pitch
Article provided by a freelance web writer. You may think that training to be a Kung Fu master has little or nothing to do with playing football, but you would be…
Read more: Rutherford DFC v Sassco.co.ukRutherford DFC v Sassco.co.uk
Sassco are back again with another pre-season (despite not having a season) game against Rutherford DFC. Last Summer, Sassco suffered a bit of a hammering, so an improvement is needed this…
Read more: Denmark Tour for 2014Denmark Tour for 2014
It’s Copenhagen! As Sassco are running out of Southern European nations, we are taking a risk and heading North to Denmark in August 2014. The flights will be from Edinburgh via…
Read more: Game against Anglo Sports Select arranged.Game against Anglo Sports Select arranged.
Double header ending on the beach. Thanks to Mel Aldis (no relation to our Matthew), we have a set of games on Saturday 17th August. The twist is that the second…
Read more: YM Thunder 40 Sassco.co.uk 5.YM Thunder 40 Sassco.co.uk 5.
Muers wipes out a pre-teen. We all made the long voyage into the heart of Blyth, without any hiccups. The venue was actually an oasis of a basketball court in the…
Read more: First football venue in Nice arranged.First football venue in Nice arranged.
Opening games provisionally arranged. Delighted to say that a venue just outside Nice is going to host us for at least one game (possibly two). Soccer Park in Antibes (just South…
- Read more: Adidas shirt for France.
Adidas shirt for France.
Back to Adidas for France. We are going back to Adidas for the France Tour 2013, but are remaining with the same red colour as we’ve had since Italy in 2011…
Read more: Flights and hotel booked!Flights and hotel booked!
168 days, 15 hours and 57 minutes and counting until France… Delighted to say that the flights and hotel have now been booked. A total of 6 paid the full costs…
- Read more: 16th to 19th August – hotel and flights confirmed.
16th to 19th August – hotel and flights confirmed.
Flights and hotel have been provisionally confirmed. The date has changed to the 16th August (Friday) to 19th August (Monday). The flights are from Leeds – Bradford Airport and are as…
Read more: Fitness and conditioning.Fitness and conditioning.
Interesting article supplied by a freelance writer below: Out of Season Conditioning With the season drawing to a close and the intensity of a long season being all but over, it…
- Read more: Germany Tour 2012 – Day 2
Germany Tour 2012 – Day 2
Indoor game in searing heat. Alldis fails to mark his four men. Futsal Lions 7 Sassco.co.uk 2 | Full match footage is shown below. Please feel free to share this on…
- Read more: Germany Tour 2012 – Day 1
Germany Tour 2012 – Day 1
Geordie Shore cast member to replace Tiger Tim. FC Vollkontakt 20 Sassco.co.uk 14 | Full match footage shown below. Please feel free to share this on Facebook and Twitter. We also…
