Kick off before breakfast at 9am. We have a total of 25 players ready to battle it out on the Sunderland…
NEPCA and Cheesy Waffles win the “two” tournaments. 
NEPCA and Cheesy Waffles win the “two” tournaments.
Every team won at least one game. Every team picked up at least one win. A mix‑up meant Cheesy Waffles fielded…
A win and a defeat in 9-a-side 
A win and a defeat in 9-a-side
Another competitive game v MADAS ended in a opening win for Sassco, while MADAS comfortable won the second game. After the…
Austria squad building up. 
Austria squad building up.
Seven confirmed, with another two to be confirmed. The squad is taking shape for Austria, where we’ll be playing two 7-a-side…
Defeat rounds off 2025. 
Defeat rounds off 2025.
Old stars were too old. We had a full team and all 11 turned up for the 9-a-side against a strong…
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: First definite game in Copenhagen arranged.First definite game in Copenhagen arranged.
Fixture against CBS Sport. Delighted to announce that the first game in Copenhagen, Denmark for our football tour in 2014 has been arranged. Thomas Staalager from Copenhagen Business School Sport has…
Read more: Sassco.co.uk 4 YM Thunder 2. Sassco.co.uk 6 YM Thunder 56.Sassco.co.uk 4 YM Thunder 2. Sassco.co.uk 6 YM Thunder 56.
Win at football, lose at basketball. It was a jaunt up the A1 for Sassco against the YM Thunder, again. This time it was slightly ahead, with Ashington being the venue.…
Read more: Mel Aldis’ article on Sassco’s visit to France.Mel Aldis’ article on Sassco’s visit to France.
A fantastic article by Mel Aldis, who arranged the games in France. A brilliant take on what the “other” organiser has to go through in arranging a game. Sassco.co.uk visit the…
Read more: Sassco.co.uk 9 Sunderland DFC 1.Sassco.co.uk 9 Sunderland DFC 1.
Sassco storm back in action, but McDermont still rubbish. It always surprising to me that a team which hasn’t kicked a ball in anger since 2010, can still manage to be…
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 2014
Denmark 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…
