Sassco team suffers a narrow defeat in the heat. Despite a flurry of morning injuries and last-minute drop-outs, Sassco fielded a…
Defeat in the humidity. 
Defeat in the humidity.
Sassco squeezed ten players onto the Beacon of Light pitch for a charity fixture against Men Together Chester‑le‑Street. For Sassco the…
Hungary Tour 2027. 
Hungary Tour 2027.
Heading along the Danube. After stumbling through Vienna, eventually gaining a good, competitive win. Retirement was contemplated before Budapest came calling…
Victory in Vienna. 
Victory in Vienna.
It means everything to me. The tour began with five heading from Leeds to Bratislava — David Grundy, Garry Buck, Aman…
Obituary: Daryll Surtees 
Obituary: Daryll Surtees
We’ve lost a popular comrade in Daryll Surtees. Our dear friend, Daryll Surtees first joined our five‑a‑side tournament a few years…
Timur Tutierov tells the inside story of his European debut and remarkable Sunderland journey so far
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
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13th and 20th December 2005 Treble clinched. Wearview defeated in an edgy Final. Sporting Redhouse 2 Wearview Elite 0 Wearview were a bit short of players so Steve Lawson was recalled…
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Tuesday Season 4
Select win with a 9 point gap. With so many strong teams in, it was expected that Select would have a challenge on their hands to retain their title. But, as…
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Season 2 results
League Games May 09 2000 BHD Windows 1 – 7 Durham Pine Craig Harding 0 Brian Gettins 0 Gary Ewitt 0 Gary Ewitt 0 Peter Rackstraw 0 Dave Pitt 0 Peter…
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28th May 2003 Extraordinary finish Final day win against a very good team. Yes, we did it. Sassco finally won a game in style. Up against the New Derby, we had…
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Season 4
Cup results 4th SFL Cup July 10 2001 JJB Sports 4 – 0 CDS Security Alan Burn 0 Alan Burn 0 Alan Burn 0 Alan Burn 0 JJB Sports: Paul Burn;…
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28th April 2007 Season Review. 2006-2007. And don’t think I spent all day writing this out. It’s been done bit by bit over the last few weeks and just edited in…
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6th May 2006 Sassco.co.uk 2 TWR 4. Twice in the lead, same old story. Lets look at the positives first. Greenwell and Wardle are now back as regulars, although we’ll have…
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Tuesday Season 7
8th March 2005 Crown win it back. Wardle’s strike takes it to penalties. Stroking the ball about and adding further pressure on an haphazard Crown team, Fulwell were looking to add…
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Tuesday Season 10
8th August 2007 AFC Redhouse triumphant. Murton dismissed, but AFC hold out against Hylton Castle. AFC Redhouse 2 Hylton Castle 0 Final Report by Gareth Brazier. Hylton Castle started the game…
Read more: The Lost Year. Sassco in 2004.The Lost Year. Sassco in 2004.
Our dispute with the Tyne & Wear League in the Summer of 2004 dragged on. We had looked to move to a Saturday morning league elsewhere, which included a Christian League.…
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14th June 2008 Season review. A disturbing pre-season for Sassco meant that by the start of the competitive games, the team and squad were in no way set. I was quite…
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Tuesday Season 2
Royal Mail, a team ahead of its time. When Royal Mail elected to join the league, they revolutionised everyones attitude towards the game. Ruled with an iron fist by Jamie Fleming…
- Read more: Memory Lane: Sassco’s two game series v Mr. Harper.
Memory Lane: Sassco’s two game series v Mr. Harper.
Back in 2004, Sassco were without a league and undertook an odyssey of friendly games, pre-season and also throughout the season. A total of 18 games were played after the 2004…
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Season 1 results
League Games February 01 2000 Durham Pine 2 – 2 Herrenknecht Brian Storey 0 Pen Brian Gettins 0 Gavin Wilson 0 John Hunt 0 Durham Pine: Ian Forrest; Gary Ewitt; Paul…
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Thursday Season 3
League Games June 26 2003 Dadcheck.com 2 – 1 Barclays Sunderland Simon Williamson 0 Simon Williamson 0 Pen Steve Smith 0 Dadcheck.com: Anthony Mouat; Chris Dixon; David Leithes; Davinder Sangha; Ryan…
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Season 3
Division 1 League Games November 14 2000 Crown Electrics 3 – 2 Select Gary Rolls 0 John Wardle 0 John Wardle 0 David Ellis 0 Jason Amour 0 Crown Electrics: Paul…
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Thursday Season 4
A winning line up. Back row shows Dave Robason, Dave Watson, Wayne Greenwell. The front row shows Steve Clark, David Staples, Jon Wardle with the trophy and James “Jiff” Dickinson. Southwell…
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Season 7 results
League Games June 01 2004 Crown Electrics 6 – 0 FM Foods Mark Baker 0 Jon Wardle 0 Mark Baker 0 Steve Stubbs 0 Steve Stubbs 0 Jon Wardle 0 Crown…
- Read more: The Murton Project is in tatters.
The Murton Project is in tatters.
Sassco bludgeon the “Dream Team” but Danni Lay’s Nissan look like the favourites. A more than impressive start to the new, experimental Wednesday League. With only four official teams (with Sporting…
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Tuesday Season 13
12th May 2009 Nearly there. Late strike for AA sees off Redhouse Youth’s. Sporting Redhouse 4 Castletown FC 0 A strong looking Sporting side easily bludgeoned Castletown FC, who seem to…
