-8th March 2005 | back to top

Crown win it back.

Wardle's strike takes it to penalties.

Stroking the ball about and adding further pressure on an haphazard Crown team, Fulwell were looking to add to their solitary early strike. Most of the game saw Crown huffing and puffing and having scarce opportunities on goal. An open goal was missed by Sean Forrest as Crown vainly tried to get back into. Fulwell had some excellent opportunities and probably should have gone further ahead. But it didn't happen. Paul Martin, the player with the most appearances and a stalwart since Season 1, was Crowns best player. His good work resulted in a snap shot from Wardle in the second period to tie the game at 1-1. Chances were now at a premium and the Final went to penalties.

Both opening penalties were scored, but Fulwell saw their next two saved by the excellent Martin to see Crown grab back the trophy after losing it in Season 6. A worthy end to an excellent series.

The eagerly awaited double series between Redhouse Youth and Sassco Representative kicked off and it seemed the Reps were going to be swamped. The first five minutes were all Redhouse and the aging legs of Amour and Sangha, at the, back barely coped. A breakaway occurred and Middlemiss grabbed an opener. Now Representative understood how to adapt. Playing heavily defensive with three at the back, a simple ball over the top saw Middlemiss get another.

The second game was more even. Twice Representative opened the scoring, but were pegged back. A late equaliser saw the Youths get a morale boosting draw. A good team. Very fast and excellent passers. Physically able to cope as well. Should be interesting as they seem like a cut down Fulwell FC and can only improve.

Another kit fine for Crown. They paid the Stubbs yellow card fine and the previous kit fine, but failed to adhere to the rules for the final and are dealt another kit fine - when will Fatty learn.

-8th March 2005| back to top

Awards.

Player of the Season and Leading Goalscorer.

Despite losing some of the goalscoring files, we have ascertained that, in the League, Scott Hembrough scored 29 goals and Jon Wardle scored 25 goals. Some games were awarded and some results were doubled, but both Wearview and Crown had the same amount of games awarded. Therefore Scott Hembrough is the Leading Goalscorer for Season 7.

The award for overall goalscorer would have also gone to Hembrough, as already he has 5 goals in the Super League, despite being eliminated. The records for the SFL Cup need to be confirmed, but considering that Wardle's Crown were eliminated at the first hurdle and Wearview reached the Final, it's quite clear that Hembrough scored more goals than Wardle in that series.

The Player of the Season has also been awarded to Scott Hembrough. This award has always been traditionally awarded to one of the key players for the League Champions. Obviously, there were many nominees, including Bainbridge, Jackson, Lawson as well as Neil Middlemiss and Steve Anderson. But with the goals that propelled them to the Title, Hembrough wins it by a good margin.

-3rd March 2005| back to top

Cup Final night.

Friendly game prior to the big one.

Fulwell v Crown ko 8:00pm

At 7:00pm on 8th March, Redhouse Youth will be making their debut in a friendly arranged against a Sassco Representative Team which should contain Mark Muers, Jason Amour and John Oliver from AGUK. Chris Middlemiss and Davinder Sangha from from Sassco and Scott Johntone from Max Housing. It could be a two game series if no other team wishes to take up the 7:30pm slot which will be available.

The much anticipated Final between Crown Electrics and Fulwell will take place at 8:00pm. Most expected a Wearview - Fulwell Final, but the superb win for Crown over Wearview turns the game completely around. Now Fulwell are hot favourites considering that they beat Crown comprehensively in the group encounter. But then again, no one expected Crown to ease past Wearview in the Semi Finals. Crown could retain the Trophy that they lost back in Season 6 to Sunderland Select. Regardless of this, it seems the elusive Treble will never be held?

-2nd March 2005 | back to top

Fines.

Crown Electrics £5 kit fine payable before the 8th March 2005

£5 caution for Steve Stubbs payable immediately - Player banned until payment is made
£5 red card for Neil Middlemiss payable within 14 days - Player misses the next game

-1st March 2005| back to top

Crown gain their revenge.

No treble chance for Wearview Elite as Middlemiss is sent off.

Crown Electrics 2 Wearview Elite 0
Never had Crown beaten Wearview and it seemed the same was going to happen here. Wearview, putting out a strong side, were camped in Crown's half for the opening moments, but eventually the game balanced out. Wardle stole through and struck an opener for Crown which was soon followed by a long range effort from Tom Robason. 2-0 and it stood until the end. Wearview attempted to get back into the game, but Crown were more resilient. Two players were also sent off near the end.

Fulwell FC 5 Sporting Redhouse 1
Tarnjit Sangha, despite trumpeting a possible cup final appearance, reduced himself to the bench and attempted to put out a strong squad. Unfortunately for him, Fulwell handled the now treacherous pitch with greater ease. Time and time again, Sporting players were slipping and sliding in the turf, while Fulwell turned them inside out. A 5-1 result emphatically placed Fulwell into another final where they were expected to face Wearview Elite, but ended up seeing the team they comprehensively beat in the group stage.

8th March 2005
7:00pm Redhouse Youth v Sassco Representative

7:30pm slot available

8:00pm AGUK Cup Final - Crown Electrics v Fulwell FC.

dadcheck.com 3 Posithread.co.uk 0
The last game in the group saw dadcheck and Posi face off against each other. With both these teams in transition and with nothing to play for, it was expected to be open, but it ended up one-sided. With Andy Bradford being allowed to put out his strongest team to date, they cruised past a disjointed and hastily put together Posi team. Now under the control of Jason Amour and John Oliver, they retained three of the players from last week, but dadcheck.com featured the Jackson twins, Drury and McNaught. A 3-0 result was a fair reflection of a game which was nearly abandoned due to the snowstorm.

-28th February 2005| back to top

Season 8 starts 29th March.

Fixtures announced.

Season commences on 29th. The list shows the games for the league with 9 teams. This means one team misses a game at least twice in the season. If another team comes in prior to the season starting, then the new team will have to play their games at 9:00pm.

Click here to view the fixture schedule for Season 8.

The team previously known as Manpower will now be called AGUK.net. Reason being that no teams are allowed to be called Manpower directly, but are allowed to be called, for example, "Sassco sponsored by Manpower." Since Sassco already have a team in the league, it's been decided to call the second Sassco team run by Jason Amour, AGUK.net.

-26th February 2005| back to top

Season 8.

Nine teams confirmed.

All existing teams in the cup, as well as a new team, Redhouse Youth, under the control of Stephen Henry, will be taking part in Season 8.

The season is due to start on the 29th March, with the preceding weeks of 15th and 22nd March available for friendlies. The games will start at 7:00pm and the last one will end at 9:00pm. Obviously with nine teams - one will miss a game every week.

Unfortunately, Ellie Leisure cannot guarantee a team and therefore haven't taken up the offer of entering.

Ellie Leisure, under their previous name, Castletown, have been in the league since Season 4 and always presented a professional team. It's a shame to lose them, but as in all cases, some key players left and the team needed rebuilding.

They had a good run in the competition, with automatic promotion in their first season, followed by a cup final appearance. A brilliant penalty win over Crown was let down by a poor performance in the final itself. League positions were probably disappointing, with most of their rankings being below mid-table. However, their final season saw them in 5th position with some distance between themselves and the team in 6th. Hopefully we'll see them again in the future.

-24th February 2005| back to top

Manpower replace Posithread.

First game against dadcheck.com in the cup.

Jason Amour and John Oliver will be taking over the Posithread team for the final game in the cup group against dadcheck.com. The team, although still named Posithread, will be called Manpower for next season. The team has at least five guaranteed players (2 ex Posi players, Dixon and Adamson are definites) but require, maybe, one more player as a definite regular.

Click here to view the fixture schedule for the remainder of the cup and also the pre-season break, prior to Season 8.

If any regulars are interested, then please place a message on the message board as soon as possible to confirm their interest. Please note that the team is administered by the League Secretary, so anyone dropping the management duo in it will not be eligible to play again in the league.

Shaun Snowdon's interesting 3 season reign comes to an end now - of which the highlight was an AGUK Super League final appearance in Season 6. The team came in to replace the old Wearview back in Season 5 and generated a tremendous unbeaten run for nearly four or five weeks to announce their arrival, but never really reached the heights in the league itself. Their league positions were disappointing based on the squad that they actually had; 7th out of 11 in Season 5 when they took over a losing Wearview team. Then it was a 9th out of 11 in Season 6 and finally a more positive 6th out of 10 in Season 7. The core of the team was very strong. With Adamson in goal and Hutton and Dixon at the other end, they were solid at the back and were able to call on some rapid pace in attack, but player shortages on occasions and an inconsistent line up was the reason for the lowly finishes in the league.

-20th February 2005| back to top

Games cancelled.

SAFC at home so the semi's are scheduled for 1st March 05.

Due to Sunderland playing at home to Rotherham on Tuesday 22nd February 05, that means the games will be pushed back a week.

1st March 2005

7:00pm dadcheck.com v Posithread.co.uk (final group encounter)

Semi Finals
7:30pm Fulwell FC v Sporting Redhouse

8:00pm Crown Electrics v Wearview Elite

The final will be played on the week after at a convenient time for both the finalists.

-15th February 2005| back to top

Expected teams sail through.

Posithread.co.uk and dadcheck.com lose their opportunity.

Fulwell FC 7 dadcheck.com 1
dadcheck, despite putting out a reasonably able team, suffered heavily against a more experienced Fulwell team. An early penalty put them 1-0 down, but a superb equaliser from Pud Jackson gave them hope. Not much, though. Fulwell came back strongly and didn't take long to go ahead again. It was then all one way traffic in a seven goal rout. Michael Drury gained a yellow card for his troubles for dadcheck.com, who are now out.

Crown Electrics 4 Posithread.co.uk 1

Wardle came off the roll on-roll off bench to grab himself a hat-trick against a surprisingly good, but different, Posithread team. Snowdon was on along with Hutton, John Hunt and Chris Dixon. It was Hunt who equalised with a brilliant free-kick, but eventually, as in the Fulwell - dadcheck game, experience shone through. Three from Wardle and a superb strike from Stubbs got them the win and Posithread out of the competition.

Sassco.co.uk 3 Max Housing 0

Both these teams were playing for pride, if anything else. Max were out with two defeats and Sassco were out due to the improbable situation where they'd need around six goals and hope the Wearview would do them a similar, emphatic, favour. So both teams went out to enjoy themselves. Early pressure from Sassco paid off when Middlemiss struck an inch perfect free-kick past Brogan, in goal for Max. Minutes later they were 2-0 up and were playing on the counter-attack. Max Housing were far more persistent than they were last week and came ever so close for large patches of the game. Defensively, Sassco were strong. Garrett was back in goal, while Gary Smith and Davinder Sangha's defensive partnership was getting better. With no Greenwell, it was Middlemiss who put Alan Elliott through for the decisive third, after the ball slammed the goalpost. Max Housing also shaved the post on occasions, but couldn't grab that all important goal which would have given them the confidence.

Wearview Elite 2 Sporting Redhouse 1

Playing for the all-important, avoid Fulwell game, Sporting soon went 2-0 down with an opening penalty and a second superb strike from Wearview. It was more difficult for Wearview as Sporting struck a goal to make it 2-1. With saves from the "Asian Sensation," Tarnjit Sangha - Sporting held on. They couldn't grab that important equaliser through, but it wouldn't have made much difference in the final table.

22nd February 2005

7:00pm dadcheck.com v Posithread.co.uk (final group encounter)

Semi Finals
7:30pm Fulwell FC v Sporting Redhouse

8:00pm Crown Electrics v Wearview Elite

-14th February 2005| back to top

to sponsor Sassco.

Global recruitment firm backs the team for 2005-2006.

Manpower, the global recruitment firm has been announced as the next sponsor of Sassco.co.uk 11-a-side team for it's forthcoming season in the WCFL.

Manpower is a leading recruiter of specialist, flexible and contract workforces and a respected authority on employment issues. The company employs over 100,000 people each year, through a network of over 300 UK offices, making it easy for people to find interesting and flexible employment opportunities and for companies to recruit staff with the skills and experience they need.

To contact Manpower, please click here to view the office which is local to you

-8th February 2005| back to top

Sporting's amazing goal haul.

Sassco and Max Housing eliminated. Posithread still have a faint chance.

Wearview Elite 4 Sassco.co.uk 3
Sassco.co.uk rued their "dropped" points against Sporting Redhouse in their previous game, as their encounter against Wearview turned out quite different to what they'd been expecting. The game matched the previous one where, this time, it was Wearview (featuring Gavin Wilson, another Season 1 veteran) pummeling the Sassco goal only to be thwarted by stand in keeper, Mark Muers. Eventually Wearview went ahead, but Sassco managed to equalise almost immediately. The game swung backwards and forwards with Sassco defending heavily and Wearview always on the the attack, then back to Sassco making a quick break. Clinical finishing from Sassco led to a further two goals, but by this time, Wearview had scored four in total. Neil Middlemiss scored two with Scott Hembrough adding one and more importantly a long range, decisive goal from Bainbridge. Chris Middlemiss grabbed two of Sassco's goals, while Greenwell got the other. He also missed a glorious opportunity at the end to equalise but saw his shot fly past the post.

Sporting Redhouse 13 (thirteen) Max Housing 2
The failure of Sassco to gain a second point essentially condemned them, after Sporting's remarkable result against Max Housing. 13 yes, thirteen goals to two were scored. It was a blitz. Within minutes they had reached 6 goals and it just continued. This time, Sporting were solid on all fronts. When Tarnjit Sangha had to make a crucial stop - he did, despite being called a "Clown" by Wilson. Critter Conlon scored 7, Wilson got 2, while Davison and Croma along with Walker scored 1. It's now head to head with Wearview. Both Sassco and Max are out, considering the low goal difference that Sassco have and the fact that Max lost their second game.

Crown Electrics 2 dadcheck.com 0
The first game of the night opened with Crown, still smarting from a defeat against Fulwell, last week. This time they made no mistake. With veteran Season 1 superstar, Sean Forrest, blundering through midfield in the opening exchanges, they soon turned the corner and it was Forrest who gained the opener against dadcheck.com. Andy Bradford's unit will eventually be packed with some outstanding players, but this week they were struggling. A second goal came from Tom Robason to seal the 2-0 win.

Fulwell FC 6 Posithread.co.uk 0
Fulwell confirmed their Semi Final spot with a good win over a moribund Posithread team, who were without Snowdon or Hutton, but at least had Dixon back. But they failed to make any impact. A very soft opener led to a heavy defeat. 6-0 with goals from Tommy Bell, a hat-trick from Ryan Underwood and goals from Gaz Anderson and Liam McBride. Posithread are going to struggle now. They desperately need a win against Crown next week to put them on level footing and then have the opportunity to take on dadcheck the following week. It seems unlikely based on this performance though.

15 Feb 05
7:00pm dadcheck v Fulwell FC
7:30pm Crown Electrics v Posithread.co.uk
8:00pm Sassco.co.uk v Max Housing
8:30pm Wearview Elite v Sporting Redhouse

-1st February 2005| back to top

Sporting's late show.

Fulwell defeat Crown, Wearview defeat Max Housing.

Fulwell 3 Crown Electrics 1 - Group B
A strong opener in the second cup competition saw a physical Crown side take on the new "stars" of the league. Fulwell, coming off the back of the cup final defeat secured an important win and probably a guarantee of another semi final spot. Both these teams would be classed as the strongest sides in the group so a defeat for Crown wasn't a negative result in the long run. It could have been different. Robason missed a penalty at a crucial moment which could have made the score line different, but Fulwell went on to win 3-1.

Sporting Redhouse 2 Sassco.co.uk 2 - Group A
To say that Sassco "snatched" a point would be a bit of a contradiction. Heavy pressure applied by Sporting's "Dream Team" forwards, Trevor Walker, Michael "Critter" Conlon and Stephen Wilson were repulsed by a combination of Chris Garrett's superb goalkeeping and Davinder Sangha's outstanding defensive performance. More remarkable was the fact that this was Garrett's first game in anger since 2002 and Sangha hadn't played outfield for nearly two years in the six-a-side. Clinical finishing in the second half saw Middlemiss strike an opener from a free-kick followed by a second soon after. Conlon then struck late on and the eventual pressure for Sporting paid off with a last minute equaliser. Points dropped, rather than gained, for both teams.

Wearview Elite 6 Max Housing 3 - Group A
Looking at these two impressive teams shows that the race to be the group runner up is going to be battle to the end. Despite early pressure from an impressive looking Housing team, a team far better than Mitchell and Logan's insipid outfit from last season, Wearview went ahead with the constant running from forwards Middlemiss and Hembrough paying off. Lacking the strength of Jackson, at the back - who was putting his feet up at home with a warm cup of cocoa and smoking a pipe for the Arsenal Man U game, Wearview had Bainbridge as his more agile (but not that much) replacement. It was job well done for Wearview, but Max Housing put out a really strong line up, a team which is bound to improve after facing off against the dominant team in the whole competition.

-31st January 2005| back to top

Ellie Leisure withdraw.

To be replaced by Andy Bradford's team, next week.

Unfortunately, Ellie Leisure - due to lack of support from team members and injuries, have withdrawn from the cup competition. They will be replaced by Andy Bradford's team. Bradford previously was in control of CDS in the Tuesday league.

01 Feb 05
7:30pm Crown Electrics v Fulwell FC
8:00pm Sporting Redhouse v Sassco.co.uk
8:30pm Wearview Elite v Max Housing

08 Feb 05
7:00pm Crown Electrics v Bradford
7:30pm Posithread.co.uk v Fulwell FC
8:00pm Wearview Elite v Sassco.co.uk
8:30pm Max Housing v Sporting Redhouse

15 Feb 05
7:00pm Bradford v Fulwell FC
7:30pm Crown Electrics v Posithread.co.uk
8:00pm Sassco.co.uk v Max Housing
8:30pm Wearview Elite v Sporting Redhouse

Posi v Bradford to be played on 22nd Feb 05 and the Semi Finals and Final will be moved back a week. If both teams have no chance of reaching the Semi Finals, then the game will be played on the 22nd Feb 05 and the Semi's will be moved back 30 minutes.

22 Feb 05
Semi Finals 7:00pm and 7:30pm

01 Mar 05
Final 7:30pm or 8:00pm

-18th January 2005| back to top

Wearview's experience takes the Trophy.

Fulwell fight back twice, only to be thwarted.

Wearview 3 Fulwell 2
A dream final in any sense of the word. Both Wearview and Fulwell outshone every other team in the competition. Wearview hammered Sassco 6-2 to reach the final and Fulwell tore apart a very experienced Ellie Leisure team by 4-0.

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The final was played during a bitterly cold night and it was Fulwell who were caught cold. An opener from the "aging" Lawson soon left Fulwell in a panic. A post was walloped by Middlemiss before Hembrough scored a critical second goal. By now Wearview were controlling the game and Fulwell were facing their first defeat in all competitions. In the second half Fulwell grabbed one back and it seemed that now it was game on. But Wearview's defence, superbly marshalled by Paul Jackson, held on against the brief upsurge in Fulwell. It was brief. Hembrough stole away to score a third goal. Amazingly, Fulwell scored again, but this was in the dying seconds.

So Wearview gain the double. Looking back on this performance, it's hard to see them not gaining the treble, which is unprecedented. Even Select in their glory never gained the treble.

The league needs one more regular team before it kicks off the second cup competition. If anyone knows anyone team interested, then feel free to get them to contact the league organisers.

-11th January 2005| back to top

Wearview and Fulwell storm (literally) into the Final.

Sassco and Ellie dismissed comfortably.

Sassco.co.uk 2 Posithread.co.uk 1
Given a second chance, Snowdons (now as Posi) failed to take it. Gale force winds meant that tactics had to be employed in all the games. But Posi failed to capitalise on the wind on their backs and succumbed to a goal from "Flash" Gordon Robson, who officially announced his retirement before Christmas. For the second half, Sassco did use the wind and it was from Greenwell, who lashed the ball from some distance to take the tie for Sassco. Posi came back in it. They scored a goal after a shot was parried, but struggled to make any other impact. So Sassco secured a Semi Final berth for the first time in two seasons.

Fulwell FC 4 Ellie Leisure 0
Ellie made a real game of it. Sammut should have had at least two goals before Fulwell took control. A 4-0 win in the end wasn't fully deserving of Fulwell, but they took their chances and took them clinically to take themselves into their first final.

Wearview Elite 6 Sassco.co.uk 2

War weary Sassco took an early lead, courtesy of Middlemiss, against Wearview from a clanger from their 'keeper. But eventually, Wearview started turning it on. A 2-1 scoreline from them in the first should have been higher, but saves from Sangha kept the score down. In the second half, Sassco gave up and suffered an embarrassing 6-2 defeat. Greenwell scored a consolation, but most of the abuse was raining on Muers. "I've seen corpses move faster than that!" exclaimed Greenwell. Robson also added the fact that a battleship pivoted faster than him.

Final is on 7:30pm 18th January 2005 on Tuesday.

-4th January 2005| back to top

Ellie face Fulwell FC.

Wearview will face the winners of Sassco/Snowdons. All games played on the 11th January 2005.

The full schedule for the 11th January 2005 is as follows:

7:00pm Sassco.co.uk v Snowdons
7:30pm Ellie Leisure v Fulwell FC

8:00pm Wearview v Sassco or Snowdons.

The Final will be played the week after.

-22nd December 2004| back to top

Snowdon's second chance.

To face Sassco in 2005.

A random draw was made today and Snowdons were picked out of the three teams (Crown, Sporting and Snowdons). The draw was made by Dave Hutton and Davinder Sangha. It was done online by using the following method: A file located on the Sassco website http://www.sassco.co.uk/cupdraw.htm contained the three teams, each numbered from 1 to 3. Hutton randomly selected number 2. Immediately on doing this, an independent person as well as Hutton were given the http://www.sassco.co.uk/cupdraw.htm link to prove that the chosen number matched the specified team.

-14th December 2004 | back to top

Cup holders are out!

Crown hammered off the League champs. Fulwell storm through.

Wearview Elite 3 Crown Electrics 1
The opening fixture in the Quarter Finals was a cracking fixture. The League Champions against the current Cup holders. Wearview v Crown, by far the two most accomplished teams in the league. But it was bad news for Crown again. Wearview without Williamson looked far more dangerous than they ever had. With three goals hammered past them, including a startling quick free kick from Paul Jackson, it was uphill work for them in the second half. But credit to them, they did and a superb goal from Jeff Clark was the precursor to some frantic attempts on Wearview's goalmouth. Stubbs, Wardle and Robason all had opportunities, but alas, they failed to add to their tally and were struck out of the Cup.

Ellie Leisure 1 Snowdons 0
With Sammut returning from retirement and Snowdon's combining the best of themselves and Posithread, this was probably the most evenly balanced tie of the round. Ellie struck first with a controversial goal which most of Snowdon's team said was in the box (I couldn't see! A player was in front of me!) But from then on, it was very evenly balanced. Hutton missed both Snowdon's best chances, once in the first half and one with a minute remaining which would have taken the tie to penalties. Ellie get through into the Semi's.

Fulwell 4 Sporting Redhouse 1
With only 'keeper, Tarnjit Sangha and striker Stephen Wilson remaining from the existing Season 1 lineup from 5 years ago, Sporting looked lethargic. Fulwell played a high tempo game with inter passing in the tightest situations. Sporting were soon 2-0 down and smarting badly. They attempted a comeback in the second half with both Critter and Walker coming close. It was 3-0 before long, but then Sporting hit one back, but it was only a consolation strike as Fulwell sailed into the Semi's with a 4-1 scoreline.

Other games

Posithread v Sassco was not played. Posithread were unavailable, so Sassco will play against Sporting RV on the 4th January 2005. If RV are unavailable, then Sassco will play one of the losers: Crown, Sporting Redhouse or Snowdons. The draw will be made publicly so no one can cry "fix" (Wardle).

The Semi Finals will be played on 11th January 2005.

 7th December 2004 | back to top

Fulwell look difficult to beat.

No show for RV and Redhouse gives byes to Sporting and Snowdons.

Fulwell 3 GBS 0

A disappointing night. Only three teams turned up. RV cancelled earlier and Redhouse FC struggled to present a team, which wasn’t surprising considering that they bore the brunt of the damage in last week’s friendly games. Fulwell look like the new Bassenthwaite from back in Season 3. A young team full of enthusiasm started strong against GBS and didn’t stop. It was only Chris Harper in goal, pulling off some cracking saves, who stopped any further goals going in.

Another hastily arranged friendly was the highlight of the night. An early penalty from Snowdons was soon cancelled out by Fulwell who went on to take the lead. The second half was hugely entertaining, with end to end stuff, excellent saves by the Snowdon’s keeper to keep the score down and also Shaun Snowdon’s desperate attempts to get cautioned. A late goal finished off a spirited fight back from Snowdons.

Other games

Sporting Redhouse v Sporting RV (Sporting Redhouse bye)

Snowdons v Fulwell (Snowdons bye)

Quarter Finals to be played 14th December 2004

7:00pm Crown Electrics v Wearview Elite

7:30pm Sassco.co.uk v Posithread.co.uk

8:00pm Snowdons v Ellie Leisure

8:30pm Sporting Redhouse v Fulwell

 30th November 2004 | back to top

Low key friendlies.

Fulwell and RV look promising. Sporting Redhouse are back.

A good set of games, surprising considering that the two teams which finished 2nd and 4th both lost.

Sporting RV 4 Sassco.co.uk 2

Sassco put out a strong side against debutantes, Sporting RV and started positively. They controlled the game and had various opportunities. Treating it as a training exercise had disastrous results. RV scored from their second major opportunity and Sassco soon panicked. An equaliser was eventually cancelled out by another superb RV goal. The second saw Sassco again equalise with a superb strike, but with only Mickey Drury isolated in defence and the rest of the team being out of sorts, RV scored two more and should have had more.

Fulwell 8 Redhouse FC 1

A shock for Redhouse FC. Dennis Jackson put out a strong team with Baker, Dixon, Brazier, Hunt and himself outfield. However, they were caught cold by a rampant and very young Fulwell team. Tommy Bell and Gaz Anderson were debuting for Fulwell and both had varying degrees of success for their teams in the previous Season. Goal after goal revealed Redhouse FC to be slow and unimaginative. But then it was an opening game (for both teams) so Redhouse, with access to many players, have a week to sort it out.

Sporting Redhouse 1 Crown Electrics 0

Crown Electrics, the current holders of the Cup, played Sporting Redhouse, a team featuring Simon Williamson, Trevor Walker and Mark Kelsey. There was only one goal in it. A 30 yard blaster went through Paul Martin in the Crown goal as Sporting looked far more lively than an almost stagnant Crown team, probably still suffering from losing the opportunity to win the League last season.

25th November 2004 | back to top

New website, new season.

The site had been modified as you can see to make it easier to use. There are no frames any more which sometimes caused a problem. It's also been simplified. Most of the information is located on this page for the Tuesday league. Fixtures, when published will be available in Word and PDF format. They will also be listed in the fixtures section. Team information shows the current teams active in the league. Finally, the ever popular message board is easily accessible.

The top contact details are relevant to this league. Downloads will be modified to add items such as Acrobat Reader and League Tracker. Rules will show the Tuesday rules.

The archive section has been heavily modified as well. All the past seasons are available on a single page, with photographs and final league tables. Some of the archive sections might load slowly due to the vast amount of information contained in them. If you have any problems, feel free to contact the organisers via the contact icon.

Pre SFL Cup friendly games.
Before the new season commences, we have two cup competitions. The first one if the SFL Cup which has been going strong for seven seasons. A popular tournament because it mirrors the one-off knock out games in which any team can be victorious.

A set of friendly games have been organised for the 30th November. The schedule is as follows:

7:00pm Sunderland Housing v Snowdons (or Posi)
7:30pm Sporting RV v Sassco representative
8:00pm Fulwell v Redhouse FC
8:30pm Sporting Redhouse v Crown Electrics

Teams are expected to be fully kitted. No one will be shot if they aren't as these are only friendlies, but it conditions all teams for the strict rules to come into force the week after. I've been very lenient during the last few weeks as the league coming to an end causes many problems with teams struggling with players. But it's back to strict ways now.

The teams who have been an excellent example to all are Ellie Leisure, Sassco, Crown Electrics, Wearview and Posi. The others, GBS, Housing, Ryhope have struggled, although GBS were perfect until the last two games.

 23rd November 2004 | back to top

End of season show.

Wearview thrash Posithread. Crown beat GBS. Ellie and Sassco beat each other up.

Ellie Leisure 5 Sassco.co.uk 3

The final set of games were essentially meaningless. Sassco, if they could overcome Ellie, would finish in third place, their highest since Season 2. But it ended in a shambles as Sassco, trailing 3-0 before the break, turned a good game into a bickering encounter which soon flared up. Two openers from Tyzack and a superb long range effort from Sammut finished off Sassco. But surprisingly, amidst the chaos, they made a comeback. Goals from Greenwell, Brazier and Middlemiss were hopeful, but a further two from Ellie ended it.

Crown Electrics 3 GBS 0

A double result saw Crown, with goals from Wardle, Staples and a penalty from Tom Robason, finish GBS off. GBS were struggling with organisation and nearly had to play with only five men. The result confirms Crown’s second place, the same as they did in Season 4, 5 and 6.

Wearview Elite 5 Posithread.co.uk 1

Posithread aimed to spoil the party for Wearview, but it simply couldn’t happen. Wearview playing as a team who have finally delivered after coming very close on the Thursday league and also in the past with Lance Roberts. Goals galore from Hembrough and Williamson belied the fact that so many more could have been scored. A good all round performance, but Digga’s superb solo strike for Posi needs to be mentioned.