
League Games August 16 2003 Sassco.co.uk 2 – 2 Studio 2000 Chris Dixon 0 James Dickinson 0 Sassco.co.uk: David Watson; Michael Booth; Steve Stubbs; Neil Maven; Wayne Galey; David Staples; James…

League Games September 03 2005 Sassco.co.uk 3 – 3 Redhouse FC Tommy Bell 0 Mark Muers 0 David “Bunta” Murton 0 Sassco.co.uk: Gav Kershaw; Steve Stubbs; Mark Sammut; Jason Amour; Michael…

Sassco.co.uk 7 Sunderland African FC. Match report from 9th July 2005 originally posted here Travel problems weren’t too bad. I had to pick up Stapes, Muers, Hembrough and Minnie, but when…

League Games November 01 2001 Grangetown Rangers 1 – 3 Redhouse – Downhill Glenn Whelam 0 David Taylor 0 Kevin Waites 0 Kyle Robinson 0 Grangetown Rangers: Scott Hembrough; Stephen Wolfe;…

2001 League Games March 29 2001 Blue Bell 0 – 2 Sunderland Gas Control Paul Grier 0 Kevin Doyle 0 Blue Bell: Neil Ayre; Paul Watson; Mark Watson; Scott Hunnam; Glen…

Tyson reaches the summit and wants to stay there. Town End Thunder 7 Sassco.co.uk 2It was shocking that goalkeeper Simpson, despite carrying an injury got Sassco’s goals, but more shocking that…

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…

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…

Our usual comprehensive pre-season programme is underway. The first game was the 2-1 home defeat against Redhouse FC on 23rd May for the AGUK Cup (report further down the page). The…

Hembrough opens the account, but everyone else is out of it I was utterly convinced that out of the thousands of flights from Newcastle to all over, ours would be the…

Original 6-a-side leagues at Downhill – 1999 to 2015 These were the regular 6-a-side leagues which took place at the old Community North Sports Complex from 1999 to 2015. There was…

Sassco organise non-regular football and basketball games in the region and regularly take part in overseas tours. The Sassco team used to take part competitively in regional leagues such as the…

A year-long diary captures the journey of me, an Indian-origin, British-born soccer manager leading an all-white team in an amateur football league in Sunderland during the 2003-2004 season. This narrative is…