Sassco 11-a-side have ended their eight year run as a competing team in local leagues. Unfortunately, Anthony Pearson, who was...
11-a-side
Sassco’s 11-a-side team sprung into action in 2002, developed from a set of players from the different 6-a-side teams, who were playing in the Sassco Leagues since 1999.
The team never really achieved a great deal in terms of silverware, coming close in a final in their second season. However, the events undertaken by Sassco far surpass any other teams in their generation. Pioneering Adidas team kits from overseas, recording 11-a-side games in widescreen, customised soccer balls developed in Asia, overseas football tours and prestigious friendlies against Northern League teams and teams from outside their own leagues.
The team is still active and recently played at the Stadium of Light, as well as regular friendly games against local opponents. For one of their most recent games, five players from the original line up back in 2002 were present.
I think now is the time for me, Davinder Sangha, to step down from running the 11-a-side team (I'll still...
Welcome to the Premier League! Oxley challenges for the ball early in the game. I can only apologise to all...
Old timers run out of steam after Callum's hat-trick. Dingwall, Robson, Pea, Pea and Greenwell waiting for the ball to...
Howe equalises as Sassco tighten up. Muers, a true maverick in every sense of the word, breaks the rules again...
Worrying times ahead. I'm being a bit pessimistic; after all we were missing a fair few players from the previous...
Sassco's new Bunker ball for 2010. Delighted to receive delivery of the new 2010 Sassco Bunker ball. Bunker UK changed...
Ramsay's second half goal gives Sassco their first win. Lee Ramsay nods in the only goal of the game. Quite...
and some management changes. Due to the number of teams entering the WCFL (website at http://wcfl.org.uk), we, along with a...
Greenwell's return marred by an expected defeat. An uneasy start for Greenwell, especially with the humiliating thought that Dave Gourlay...
With Muers as his assistant. After being humiliatingly and publicly sacked from his Team Coach role by supremo, Davinder Sangha,...
More humiliation. Dixon and Ramsay during the game. We were already struggling with players. Dan Young and David Oxley both...
Second defeat in pre-season. The team pictured in the new shirts. Bit of a disaster again. Blanks up front, with...
David Smith and Mark Muers. Award winners: David Smith and Mark Muers. Plus Marc McDermont, symbolically hands over the leading...
Another defeat for the "A" team. Callum Howe, who opened the scoring for Sassco.co.uk, side steps Scott Smith.. Firstly, thanks...
Possibly the poorest Sassco season for a number of years, easily the most disappointing since we dropped out of the...
Redhouse stumble to the finishing line with a win. Neil Middlemiss and Scott Hembrough compare tackle sizes before the game...
Muers misses chance after chance while Campbell went to watch Michael Bublé. Sassco conceding six goals? No wonder, with MC...
Muers is substituted for Sangha. Muers, sprawled on the floor, sees his shot parried by the Arms goalkeeper. Another depleted...
Simma's conceded nine goals in two games. Muers celebrates his headed goal. A chaotic back line, with Simma seemingly forgetting...