Six confirmed.The next tournament takes place at Washington Galleries Leisure Centre on 17th March 2026 starting at 7pm and finishing…
Sassco v Sassco at the Stadium of Light – 28th May 2026
Sassco v Sassco at the Stadium of Light – 28th
Kick off before breakfast at 9am.We’ve done it, we managed to get enough for a daytime game, albeit a 9:00am…
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
Read more: Sassco.co.uk 2 Gateshead Three Tuns 6.Sassco.co.uk 2 Gateshead Three Tuns 6.
Dog Turd Formations. So it was the final hurrah in the competitive set of games. We needed a win to be in contention of the play off to get to the…
Read more: Sassco.co.uk 2 Grindon Broadway FC 3.Sassco.co.uk 2 Grindon Broadway FC 3.
Introductions on Facebook Messenger . . . after the game. As with all things, the hectic prelude to the game completely gets turned around by the performance. This was one of…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 0 Inter XI 5.
Sassco.co.uk 0 Inter XI 5.
We had our strongest team out so it was predictable we got a hammering. From last weeks’ positive result, we just didn’t get it on. Two quick goals in the opening…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 3 Roseberry Park 1.
Sassco.co.uk 3 Roseberry Park 1.
Wardle must score…and does. After last weeks debacle in attack, when Wardle, clean through on goal, in the final moments, where I’d bet my rented house on him, stumbled into a…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 0 South Shields New Mill 1.
Sassco.co.uk 0 South Shields New Mill 1.
Wardle must score! Picture the moment. Fatty Wardle, returning for Sassco in only his second game in the last 9 years (2016 being the most recent one and 2009 before then),…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 4 Team Independent 4.
Sassco.co.uk 4 Team Independent 4.
Overconfidence…something unusual for Sassco. We were exceptionally confident for this one. So confident I even suggested a strong goalkeeper to them. So confident I told Kyle Burns he was centre half…
- Read more: Hylton Castle triumph in the June Tournament.
Hylton Castle triumph in the June Tournament.
Won on goal difference over Carpet Centre Elites. Another solid tournament, but now with two teams a step above the rest. Woven Inc., Sassco.co.uk and Team Independent all suffered defeats against…
- Read more: HFF Civil Engineering to sponsor Sassco 11-a-side.
HFF Civil Engineering to sponsor Sassco 11-a-side.
We’re delighted that HFF Civil Engineering are sponsoring Sassco 11-a-side. This if for the duration of the Durham Elevens Football League, which is played at Gateshead on Monday evenings over the…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 9 Newton & Co. 2.
Sassco.co.uk 9 Newton & Co. 2.
It takes a total of 16 minutes for McDermont to come alive. Our rearranged encounter v Newton & Co. which was originally abandoned on around 25 minutes when one of our…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 0 Burton House Velocity FC 5.
Sassco.co.uk 0 Burton House Velocity FC 5.
Sunday morning pasting. It was the first game after the tragic events from the previous Wednesday, tragic as we had to wear white socks instead of our usual red ones, as…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 3 Newton & Co. 0 – match abandoned.
Sassco.co.uk 3 Newton & Co. 0 – match abandoned.
Muers steals the show. It was horrifying. Muers in agony on the floor and the paramedic, scissors in hand, cutting away his boot and sock. It was too much for me…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 1 Last Orders Redhouse 4.
Sassco.co.uk 1 Last Orders Redhouse 4.
Muers, McDermont and Nelly provide the pace. We were returning to our old stomping ground and nothing has really changed. It was The Shipwright’s Field in Redhouse. Shite on the pitch,…
- Read more: Redhouse Fusion triumph in the April Tournament.
Redhouse Fusion triumph in the April Tournament.
Redhouse Fusion back on top. ..which was no surprise, but the real surprise was Independent FC finishing bottom, while the “B” team fared well overall with a victory over the “A” team…
- Read more: Alana FC 17 Sassco.co.uk 8.
Alana FC 17 Sassco.co.uk 8.
Three games, with four players in a five a side tour Our 12th tour kicked off, and seemed to be steeped in a little chaos. From 6 players, we were left…
- Read more: St. Georges FC 9 Sassco.co.uk 6.
St. Georges FC 9 Sassco.co.uk 6.
Leading twice, but then Dixon…. The second game was our last game as a group of 4 (in a 5-a-side tour – as Tim still hadn’t turned up). We needed some…
- Read more: A.M. Fair Game FC 14 Sassco.co.uk 10.
A.M. Fair Game FC 14 Sassco.co.uk 10.
And then there were three. Chris Dixon, who last watched SAFC when they were in the Champions League, sipping champagne in the corporate boxes, decided that it was really important that…
- Read more: Brief modern history of Cyprus.
Brief modern history of Cyprus.
Yes, it’s Sassco on Tour again. This time, to Cyprus, which was our first choice destination back in 2007, when we only managed to get 10 people paying, before abandoning and…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk v Alana FC
Sassco.co.uk v Alana FC
Opening game of Futsal. Thanks to Periklis Perikleous from the Alana Sports Center, we have arranged a game on the day we land. It’s an outdoor futsall encounter, similar to the one we…
- Read more: Tournament at A.M. Fair Game.
Tournament at A.M. Fair Game.
Saturday tournament at A.M. Fair Game. Thanks to Andreas Menelaou from A.M. Fair Game for arranging a mini tournament on Saturday afternoon. We’ll be playing St. Georges (again), Analósima FC and Legend FC.…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk v St. Georges FC
Sassco.co.uk v St. Georges FC
Friday night game at A.M. Fair Game. Thanks to Nick Cairns from St. Georges FC. We have the Friday night game confirmed at the A.M. Fair Game Sports Center v St.…
