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…
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: 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…
- Read more: Portugal Tour | Day 1.
Portugal Tour | Day 1.
Juventude Sport Campinense 1 Sassco.co.uk 1. As expected, the paranoia kicked in about 6:00pm on the Thursday evening. I must have sent around seven or eight (or more) texts to everyone…
- Read more: Portugal weather.
Portugal weather.
Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Sunny Max: 26°C 79°F Sunrise: 07:40 Sunny Max: 26°CSunrise: 07:41 Sunny Max: 25°CSunrise: 07:42 Sunny Max: 26°CSunrise: 07:43 Wind, humidity, pressure and visibility Wind: ESE 11mphHum: 43%…
Read more: Wooton-less Fusion claw back a 3-0 deficit.Wooton-less Fusion claw back a 3-0 deficit.
“Yes Trigger” suffers flares and abuse. Enquiry underway. Wear Consulting 3 Hendon Rovers 1. Keith Mouat somehow grabbed two goals in Wear Consulting’s 3-0 win over Hendon Rovers. The other goal…
- Read more: Venue change for Ferreira’s game.
Venue change for Ferreira’s game.
As mentioned earlier, for the second game (on Saturday), we will now be on 3G turf now, as FC Ferreira’s first team will be playing on the main pitch. We’ll probably…
- Read more: Sunday afternoon bar.
Sunday afternoon bar.
We play our host, Gary Thomas’ team on Sunday just before lunchtime. Afterwards, we’ll be at the Bar Solar Da Palanicie near the football pitch at Alfamar where we can celebrate…
- Read more: In the newspaper in Portugal.
In the newspaper in Portugal.
More publicity in Portugal. Algarve Resident, the local newspaper (online and in print) for the area, will be featuring Sassco’s tour. Thanks to Inês Lopes at the newspaper and also Gary Thomas at…
- Read more: On the radio in Portugal.
On the radio in Portugal.
Pleased to announce that the local radio station, KISS FM Algarve will be mentioning our tour and also the match details up to and on game days. When we were in Malta…
- Read more: Hospitality in Portugal on Friday.
Hospitality in Portugal on Friday.
After our late game on Friday (the day we land in Portugal), we’ve been invited into the restaurant/bar in the Imortal Stadium, as they have put on chicken and chips for after the match. Cost…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 3 Arms City Coachworks 5.
Sassco.co.uk 3 Arms City Coachworks 5.
2-0 up, then 4-2 and 4-3 down. Poor second half. Disappointing game, really. We were 2-0 ahead, but succumbed to a quick response and then a difficult second half. Both teams…
- Read more: Fusion and WWC both comfortable.
Fusion and WWC both comfortable.
Josh Lay scores a brilliant single goal to outshine Kurt Baxendale’s double hat-trick. WWC 3 Sassco.co.uk 1 Stevie “Borat” Anderson fired in an accurate shot through Wayne Greenwell’s gangly legs to…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 2 Aquatic Sports 6.
Sassco.co.uk 2 Aquatic Sports 6.
Poor defending, but dirtier drop-outs. Dirty drop-outs were Macca and Titch. Anth Langan didn’t reply to any texts during the week, so I assumed he would not be there. We drafted…
- Read more: Teeb performs like an overweight version of Maradona.
Teeb performs like an overweight version of Maradona.
He steals the show again. WWC 3 IPS 0. It was all Teeb again. He turned up with instructions to wear white shorts and white socks, but in “Teeb World” white…
- Read more: Washington CC 6 Sassco.co.uk 2.
Washington CC 6 Sassco.co.uk 2.
Stubba assists with two. I take the blame for todays defeat. Why? Well, not for the on the pitch theatrics, but because I spent a couple of seasons trying to get…
- Read more: The Saltgrass 2 Sassco.co.uk 2.
The Saltgrass 2 Sassco.co.uk 2.
Sassco are beginning to played a refined version of the Dutch “Total Football” system. Refined as in they do what the f**k they want sometimes. We were missing a few. Steve…
- Read more: Downhill shock the leaders.
Downhill shock the leaders.
“Ancient” Steve Lawson megs Rikki Kennedy to lay Kev McCluskey on for his equaliser. Redhouse Fusion 1 Downhill Impact 1.An amazing result from the rapidly improving Downhill team. Redhouse Fusion were…
