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: New sponsor for 11-a-side.New sponsor for 11-a-side.
Delighted to announce that The Bunker will be taking on the role of main 11-a-side sponsor for next season. This now means that they sponsor the 11-a-side and the 6-a-side. Thanks…
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Alan HoyleAlan Hoyle is one of only two players in the United Kingdom to score over 100 points in a game, a feat he has achieved three times scoring 113, 107…
- Read more: About Aspire 2 Achieve
About Aspire 2 Achieve
Aspire 2 Achieve is a Northumberland based organisation whose prime purpose is to raise the awareness, confidence and productivity of youths in the area via the medium of sport. Products &…
Read more: Champions back in action.Champions back in action.
Four goal win over WWC sees Fusion head the pack. Sassco.co.uk 3 Downhill Impact 0.An almost unrecognisable Impact team suffered a trouncing at the hands of Sassco.co.uk, who had Keith Mouat…
- Read more: Season 15 to start.
Season 15 to start.
Season 15 kicks off on the 2nd February. Unfortunately, only four teams will be taking part, but as with most seasons which started with a lack of teams; new teams tend…
Read more: The Brian Watson interview.The Brian Watson interview.
Brian, as Team Secretary, has known all the background goings on within the Sassco Organisation for the last few years. Brian has always been involved in football even from an early…
- Read more: The William Harper interview.
The William Harper interview.
Mr Harper has always had his opinions. It was only fair to interview the “Tash” with some hard hitting questions. Q) In your opinion, you said on many occasions that Sassco…
- Read more: The Michael Pearson interview.
The Michael Pearson interview.
In the first of a series of interviews, Michael Pearson, a long standing, original member of the team, now Assistant Coach, answers some in-depth questions. Michael was selected by General Manager,…
Read more: Sassco and Newcastle Science City.Sassco and Newcastle Science City.
Sassco have been invited, and are likely to take part (in some form or another) in a training experiment involving Newcastle Science City (http://www.newcastlesciencecity.com). Eric Foch, Lead Innovater, contacted us regarding…
- Read more: Country Park Inn 1 Sassco.co.uk 3.
Country Park Inn 1 Sassco.co.uk 3.
Apart from his goal, Emu did f**k all and now owes £24 to Durham FA. Pearson opened the scoring but I was bricking it as the nice white shirts we were…
- Read more: Toddy’s / Sassco Veteran’s Game – Match Report*
Toddy’s / Sassco Veteran’s Game – Match Report*
A few weeks back, as I was getting booted around the pitch by the Lay brother’s (both not even twenty years of age at the time), I decided that it’s either…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 7 Park View 2.
Sassco.co.uk 7 Park View 2.
Muer’s gets a hat-trick, but Pearson persuades Park View to give the Man-of-the-match to Langan. Yes, we may have our fancy website; the best around. We do have our over ambitious,…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 6 The Cove 0.
Sassco.co.uk 6 The Cove 0.
Undefeated in four games with a comfortable win. The players decided to bring a Nike match ball to play with today, much to my disagreement, so much that I threatened to…
Read more: Spain Tour 2010 shirt.Spain Tour 2010 shirt.
The sleeveless shirt for the next tour. This has been purchased already. Printing and logos have been decided, as Spain is our eventual destination. It’s likely that Red Fox will sponsor…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 5 Hylton Juniors 3.
Sassco.co.uk 5 Hylton Juniors 3.
Another comeback. Sassco are widely becoming the comeback kings now. Two weeks ago, it was a 3-0 deficit, now it was a 3-1 reverse. Greenwell, after the traumatic experience of being…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 1 Hylton Colliery Juniors 1.
Sassco.co.uk 1 Hylton Colliery Juniors 1.
Hylton won 4-2 on penalties. I’m in preparation to be hauled up and bent over in front of the discipline committee, who will take turns running along the corridor to boot…
- Read more: Sassco’s first win since July.
Sassco’s first win since July.
Sangha defies Bell, Walker, Anderson and co. (Kyle wasn’t that good). Sassco.co.uk 2 WWC 0.The last game of the night sprung a surprise. Sangha drafted in two ex-Hendon players, McConville and…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 3 The Saltgrass 3.
Sassco.co.uk 3 The Saltgrass 3.
Anth Pearson saves Greenwell’s job. Greenwell’s job was hanging by a thread and it took Anth Pearson, a player I and Neil Richardson had discarded during our reigns in the past…
- Read more: Portugal Tour | Day 3.
Portugal Tour | Day 3.
DF FC 6 Sassco.co.uk 4. Day 3, the final day of the tour. I was up at 7:00am and by 8:00am was making my way to McDonalds for breakfast. Nothing was…
- Read more: Portugal Tour | Day 2.
Portugal Tour | Day 2.
FC Ferreiras 0 Sassco.co.uk 2. A more relaxed morning. The long day the night before took it out of us. Si and Hembrough were having breakfast at a place called Betty…
