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Read more: 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 games in Vienna. Sangha, Cook, Grundy and Railton played in…
Read more: Sassco at the Stadium of Light again?Sassco at the Stadium of Light again?
No hammerings. We are looking at a combined team, as last time we got a bit of a hammering, despite a late flourish. We’d get two teams and balance the quality…
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: 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 single evening, producing one of the best tournaments to date.…
Read more: 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 short time from Newcastle. As always, this is open to…
Read more: 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 to Washington Galleries on 19th August 2025. Four teams graced the…
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: 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: Defeated again v MUAS (MADAS) at the BOL.
Defeated again v MUAS (MADAS) at the BOL.
Three late goals put an end to a brief comeback. A Sassco team with a few changes suffered a 5-1 defeat against MADAS at the BOL. MADAS were comfortably 2-0 ahead…
- Read more: South Shields storm it.
South Shields storm it.
5 wins out of 6. All four teams returned to the March Tournament, with Sassco doing what they normally do as current holders: turning up with high hopes, but finishing rock…
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 win the 2025 opener.Sassco win the 2025 opener.
South Shields defeat Durham to give Sassco the title. Four accomplished teams took part in the first tournament of 2025, which is now a senior tournament. Sassco opened with a defeat…
- Read more: Erima jersey for our 25th anniversary
Erima jersey for our 25th anniversary
Sassco.co.uk have been going since 1999, so for our 25th year, we’ve chosen an equally established brand. Erima are the oldest German sports brand still in existence, and can look back…
- Read more: Altitude sickness strikes again at the Beacon.
Altitude sickness strikes again at the Beacon.
4-2 defeat against South Shields. Two defeats from three at The Beacon in 2024, with Sassco’s latest side containing a few under 40 ringers, as they struggled against a strong South…
Read more: Futsal Liga Zadar v Sassco.co.ukFutsal Liga Zadar v Sassco.co.uk
Indoor game arranged at Športsko rekreacijski centar Mocire. Delighted to say that our first opponents have confirmed a game in Zadar in May 2025. Futsal Liga Zadar are an organised football…
- Read more: Sassco defeat a team of “stoners”.
Sassco defeat a team of “stoners”.
Harper / Harley hat-trick. David Murton turned up with a youthful looking team with dilated pupils, while the Sassco team was mainly aging, with a couple of youngsters on it. The…
- Read more: B Town FC too good for the rest.
B Town FC too good for the rest.
3 straightforward wins out of 3. After the expanded 7-team tournament in August, we reverted to a compact 4-team tournament. Sassco.co.uk kicked off against the new boys, B Town FC and…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 4 M.U.A.S. FC 5
Sassco.co.uk 4 M.U.A.S. FC 5
A late strike secures it for M.U.A.S in a steaming “Barn”. A 9-a-side competitive and equally balanced friendly game at The ⁵ of Light saw Sassco.co.uk’s select chasing the game against…
