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: Fusion and WWC cancel each other out.Fusion and WWC cancel each other out.
Organised chaos! Thanks to Town End Thunder who stayed behind and managed to play their game thirty minutes late, despite lacking a regular player. Also, thanks to Ken Street for stepping…
- Read more: Sassco defeat five man Fusion.
Sassco defeat five man Fusion.
But Town End with four men and Tyson’s hat-trick defeat IPS! Town End Thunder 5 IPS 2It seemed as if Town End Thunder’s bad luck was following them again when a…
- Read more: West Auckland 8 Sassco.co.uk 0.
West Auckland 8 Sassco.co.uk 0.
The enemy within strikes. William Harper’s task as the newly installed Team Coach was to restrict the score to no more than eight goals. Admittedly, this was said in jest as…
Read more: Dave Graham takes on Cheltenham Town.Dave Graham takes on Cheltenham Town.
Our very own Dave Graham single handily (his own words) took on a mainly youth based Cheltenham Town FC in a friendly for his Royal Corps of Signals team. He wasn’t…
- Read more: Sassco and Downhill get their first wins.
Sassco and Downhill get their first wins.
Controversial “goal” gives Sassco their first points. The third day of Season 14 took place amidst a downpour. Sassco.co.uk 4 Wear Consulting 2When the downpour began, Sassco were coasting at 2-0…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 12 Rutherford DFC 4.
Sassco.co.uk 12 Rutherford DFC 4.
An impressive result on everyones day off. The Sunday games closer to the season start pose a bit of a problem for me in getting a squad together. Most of the…
- Read more: Three see red!
Three see red!
Tyson, Richardson and Mouat are dismissed in Town End’s 2-0 win. One more team was added to the League to take the total up to a healthy nine teams. Darren Duggan…
Read more: About the organisersAbout the organisers
The driving force behind the tour has been myself (Davinder Sangha) as well as all the players who came on the Malta Tour 2009. I expected Malta to be a one…
- Read more: Forest Hall FC 4 Sassco.co.uk 6.
Forest Hall FC 4 Sassco.co.uk 6.
3-0 down. Simma the Legend, McConville the Hero, Stoker the Albanian. An away trip up North to Geordie Land. The Tyne Tunnel was closed, so it was the long way around.…
- Read more: A great start to Season 14.
A great start to Season 14.
An unexpected win for Hendon over Town End. A great start to Season 14. After the doom and gloom over the last few weeks, the original five teams which battled in…
- Read more: 5-a-side / 6-a-side Tournaments
5-a-side / 6-a-side Tournaments
Sassco, pride themselves on running professionally organised 5-a-side and 6-a-side Leagues based in Sunderland, Gateshead and Washington. Since 2010, the 6-a-side has been converted to 5-a-side to cater for the different…
Read more: Portugal Tour pennantsPortugal Tour pennants
Remember the pre-match handshakes when we played our three games in Malta? We received pennants and emblems from the opponents, while all Dave Gourlay could offer was a handshake and a…
- Read more: Leam Lane WMC 4 Sassco.co.uk 2.
Leam Lane WMC 4 Sassco.co.uk 2.
Sounds better than it actually was. A shambles of a performance from start to finish. Mistakes were being made by everyone and the result wasn’t surprising in the end. Being a…
- Read more: Brian Watson returns!
Brian Watson returns!
Surprised and pleased to get a few emails just now from Brian Watson. He’s coming back on board as Team Secretary. He’ll be busy for the next few weeks, but when…
Read more: New Coach: William “Billy” Harper.New Coach: William “Billy” Harper.
It’s finally happened. After around eight years of battles against each other, William Harper (commonly known as Billy, The Tash and various other names) has decided to cut his losses and…
Read more: Northern League West Auckland Town.Northern League West Auckland Town.
We will be playing Northern League opponents, West Auckland Town FC. The venue is Gateshead’s 3G artificial turf. West Auckland are the same famous club which was founded in 1893. They…
- Read more: Sassco shock the overwhelming favourites.
Sassco shock the overwhelming favourites.
An astonishing comeback from Sassco sees a penalty triumph. Sassco.co.uk 2 AA Fabrications 2 Sassco won 2-0 on penalties. Nothing short of a staggering comeback from a depleted Sassco team. Missing…
- Read more: Both favourites in the Final.
Both favourites in the Final.
Another solid performance from IPS fails to gain a goal, but Sassco cruise past their opponents. AA Fabrications 1 IPS 0Yet another stubborn performance from IPS. Mark Moon’s goal settled the…
Read more: Sassco.co.uk 7 Thomas Wilson FC 2.Sassco.co.uk 7 Thomas Wilson FC 2.
A good run out and a good performance. A humid day and a good victory with a full Sassco team despite missing quite a few of the regular players. Macca, Marky,…
- Read more: Wear out despite a good fight back.
Wear out despite a good fight back.
It’s AA v IPS and Sassco v Hendon in the Semi Finals. The final set of games to decide the semi final placings took place tonight in searing heat. AA gained…
