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Read more: 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 and young looking MADAS team. Our players were all over…
Read more: Ends on a whimper.Ends on a whimper.
Same as 2019. Back in 2019, we limped out of the Summer league in Gateshead and did the same here. Two positive performances and two negative ones meant we had one…
Read more: Better performance.Better performance.
Back to a better performance after last week’s disaster. Steve Brown, David Grundy, Daryll Surtees, Brad Wilson and Amandeep Atkar all returned, while Wayne Ramsay returned for Sassco 11-a-side after a…
Read more: Bad day.Bad day.
Very bad day. We have to write this one off. Probably one of the worst Sassco performances to date. The side put together seemed okay, but realistically, we didn’t want it.…
Read more: Sassco defeated at the SOL.Sassco defeated at the SOL.
Despite a late flourish. Mind games were afoot. Murton ringing me worrying about his team, slagging off “has-been” Gareth Brazier, another player having the shits, etc. Then at the stadium, we…
Read more: Sassco.co.uk back at the SOL after 7 years.Sassco.co.uk back at the SOL after 7 years.
Play on the Pitch 2025 on 2nd June 7pm. It’s been 7 years since I cleared the ball off the line with my leg(?) against our Icelandic comrades, Knattspyrnufélagið Þróttur. Since…
- Read more: Sassco in Group C.
Sassco in Group C.
International opponents. We face opponents from Scotland, Iceland, Denmark and the United States in our Group for the Lava Cup in Falkirk at the end of May. We defeated Skautafélag Reykjavíkur…
Read more: Squad all booked up.Squad all booked up.
Six players heading to Zadar. The five veterans from the Sweden Tour 2024 are joined by Chris Dixon from the Netherlands Tour 2023; all heading to Zadar, Croatia on the 1st…
Read more: Israeli encounter in London.Israeli encounter in London.
Elad Levin is bringing his Israeli team to London, late November 2025, so the plan is for a 7-a-side fixture. We headed to Israel in 2018 and played out an entertaining…
Read more: Sassco.co.uk 11 M.U.A.S. 5Sassco.co.uk 11 M.U.A.S. 5
Photo above. Standing: Paul McConville, Brad Wilson, Aidan Low, “Clicker” Clarkson, Dillon White, Gareth Williams, Dan Mearman. Sitting: Davinder Sangha, Neil Sim, James Cassidy, Mike Barker, John Harper. We were all…
Read more: Sweden: Day 1Sweden: Day 1
Draw and a defeat, and no happy endings. Heading to Sweden was, logistically, a bit of a pain, and that included the freaking out calls from Harper in the morning. The…
- Read more: Sweden 2024 itinerary.
Sweden 2024 itinerary.
Itinerary updated with tournament and Swedish League game attendance. Our little jaunt to Stockholm is getting close, so we’ve come up with an itinerary. Times are conformed for most events (thanks…
Read more: Netherlands opponents: SV SDOBNetherlands opponents: SV SDOB
Our esteemed opponents on the Friday night in Amsterdam are SV SDOB. They are predominantly over 35 players and were confirmed Champions in their recent leagues. In the final round of…
Read more: First 2022 game; first 2022 defeat.First 2022 game; first 2022 defeat.
Wonderful morning for football though. After the heights of last seasons’ three game series and wins, it was crashing back down to Earth on a warm day in Rickleton. The squad,…
- Read more: 5-a-side rules
5-a-side rules
Please note that these apply to only 5-a-side tournaments. TEAM WEAR (IMPORTANT) Identical shirts must be worn by your Team (apart from goalkeeper). Shorts colour must match each other players’ on…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 1 Hillarys FC 2.
Sassco.co.uk 1 Hillarys FC 2.
Another defeat for the 11-a-side. A late report from the 11-a-side game back in October, Sassco’s last one for 2020. A mix of players with debuts from Michael Brown, David Cruickshanks.…
Read more: Another tournament, another poor showing.Another tournament, another poor showing.
Two defeats, one draw. Home in time for Eastenders. Another tournament, which no one was really up for. We had some drop outs, but Macca decided to turn up and we…
- Read more: Newton & Co. 8 Sassco.co.uk 4.
Newton & Co. 8 Sassco.co.uk 4.
9 then 15 then 12 before ending up with 11 Not a great deal to say. We had, what I thought was, our biggest squad since I created an imaginary Sassco…
- 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: 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…
