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: Top scorer and Player of the Season.Top scorer and Player of the Season.
David Smith and Mark Muers. Dave Smith almost unanimously won the Player of the Season award, with around 99.99% of the vote. Muers won the Leading Goalscorer award. Both were presented…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 1 Sassco XI 2.
Sassco.co.uk 1 Sassco XI 2.
Another defeat for the “A” team. Firstly, thanks to Dave Smith and Scott Smith for arranging the extra players: Simon Graney, Liam Murray, Nick Danks and Dan Young. Also, thanks to…
- Read more: Fusion’s early scare.
Fusion’s early scare.
Strong opening from Redhouse Rockets. Redhouse Fusion 5 Redhouse Rockets 3.For a first game, it was more than impressive from the newly formed Redhouse Rockets, with their manager, Kurt Richardson, in…
Read more: Next game: The Play-Off.Next game: The Play-Off.
Campbell’s heroics for Impact. Downhill Impact 6 Sassco.co.uk 1.Another disaster from Sassco as Downhill easily out ran them and took a commanding lead. WWC 1 Redhouse Fusion 0.A preview of the…
- Read more: Sassco Knightflyers 49 Sassco.co.uk 29.
Sassco Knightflyers 49 Sassco.co.uk 29.
Sangha puts Sassco 3 points ahead. That’s all that matters. Well would you believe it? Expecting a hammering, the brave Sassco bunch: Dave Smith, Dave Simpson, Mark Muers, Marc McDermont, myself…
- Read more: Brazier and Lay hit hat-tricks.
Brazier and Lay hit hat-tricks.
Even Sangha scores! WWC FC 5 Downhill Impact* 2.Downhill Impact were temporarily “replaced” by Conor Staples’ new team. Their opponents were WWC, who while smarting from a surprise defeat last week,…
- Read more: The Lay brothers: still miserable.
The Lay brothers: still miserable.
Teeb and Teeb Senior = WWC defeat. After a good few months in hibernation, the Tuesday 6-a-side League returned to action in glorious sunshine. Sassco.co.uk 4 WWC FC 1. It was…
- Read more: Season review.
Season review.
Possibly the poorest Sassco season for a number of years, easily the most disappointing since we dropped out of the top division in 2005, without a single win to our name.…
- Read more: Redhouse FC 1 Sassco.co.uk 0
Redhouse FC 1 Sassco.co.uk 0
Redhouse stumble to the finishing line with a win. Scott Dixon strode up confidently and stroked the penalty to score for Redhouse FC, early in the second half to settle the…
- Read more: East Durham 6 Sassco.co.uk 3.
East Durham 6 Sassco.co.uk 3.
Muers misses chance after chance while Campbell went to watch Michael Bublé. While Campbell was listening to the droning voice of Michael Buble, I was left on the sidelines in the…
- Read more: Arms City 1 Sassco.co.uk 3.
Arms City 1 Sassco.co.uk 3.
Muers is substituted for Sangha. Another depleted squad, but this time, a superb win. Sassco eventually ground Arms Citys down and scored two second half goals to make the 1-1 half-time…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 3 Country Park Inn 4.
Sassco.co.uk 3 Country Park Inn 4.
Simma’s conceded nine goals in two games. A chaotic back line, with Simma seemingly forgetting how he was supposed to be a goalkeeper. Even then, it was mistakes all over the…
- Read more: Sangha quizzed by Gourlay.
Sangha quizzed by Gourlay.
Dave Gourlay, languishing on the sidelines for varying reasons, decided to grill his General Manager, Sangha, with some Jeremy Paxman like questions. Q/ Sassco has been running over 10…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 2 Washington CC 3.
Sassco.co.uk 2 Washington CC 3.
Revitalised performance. After the midweek chaos, it was back to bare bones again and near panic as Titch decided to go camping two hours before kick off. I managed to get…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 2 Usworth FC 5.
Sassco.co.uk 2 Usworth FC 5.
Same old, same old with Sassco. A more than decent line up ended in a farcical performance and swathes of in-fighting including “you’re shitter than me” competitions amongst individual players; namely…
- Read more: Times Inn 3 Sassco.co.uk 4.
Times Inn 3 Sassco.co.uk 4.
Titch: The Miracle Midget. The already bolstered missing list got even worse. Dave Smith was added to the list to those missing on Monday, and I expected this to be the…
- Read more: Hylton JFC 7 Sassco.co.uk 1.
Hylton JFC 7 Sassco.co.uk 1.
Walking wounded. Bit of a disaster. The first ever Monday evening game in the WCFL for Sassco. It didn’t start well considering we had to rely on the ever unreliable Wayne…
- Read more: Usworth FC 2 Sassco.co.uk 1.
Usworth FC 2 Sassco.co.uk 1.
Brave performance from nine men. Well what can I say? Yes, my legs weren’t as long as I thought they were and didn’t reach the ball, which went on through for…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 2 Times Inn 1.
Sassco.co.uk 2 Times Inn 1.
Narrow but dominant win. Champagne corks popping as Stoker misses a penalty. Chances were well missed. The loudest cheer was when Stoker stepped up and missed a penalty. The cheering came…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 0 East Durham 4.
Sassco.co.uk 0 East Durham 4.
You want a report? Well here’s a report. Ever since Macca returned to the fold after his fling with Cambridge, the team has gone backwards. A depleted team were still more…
