2009
Read more: The William Harper interview.The William Harper interview.
Mr Harper has always had his opinions. It was only fair to interview the “Tash” with some hard hitting questions. Q) In your opinion, you said on many occasions that Sassco…
- Read more: The Michael Pearson interview.
The Michael Pearson interview.
In the first of a series of interviews, Michael Pearson, a long standing, original member of the team, now Assistant Coach, answers some in-depth questions. Michael was selected by General Manager,…
Read more: Sassco and Newcastle Science City.Sassco and Newcastle Science City.
Sassco have been invited, and are likely to take part (in some form or another) in a training experiment involving Newcastle Science City (http://www.newcastlesciencecity.com). Eric Foch, Lead Innovater, contacted us regarding…
- Read more: Country Park Inn 1 Sassco.co.uk 3.
Country Park Inn 1 Sassco.co.uk 3.
Apart from his goal, Emu did f**k all and now owes £24 to Durham FA. Pearson opened the scoring but I was bricking it as the nice white shirts we were…
Read more: Toddy’s / Sassco Veteran’s Game – Match Report*Toddy’s / Sassco Veteran’s Game – Match Report*
A few weeks back, as I was getting booted around the pitch by the Lay brother’s (both not even twenty years of age at the time), I decided that it’s either…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 7 Park View 2.
Sassco.co.uk 7 Park View 2.
Muer’s gets a hat-trick, but Pearson persuades Park View to give the Man-of-the-match to Langan. Yes, we may have our fancy website; the best around. We do have our over ambitious,…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 6 The Cove 0.
Sassco.co.uk 6 The Cove 0.
Undefeated in four games with a comfortable win. The players decided to bring a Nike match ball to play with today, much to my disagreement, so much that I threatened to…
Read more: Spain Tour 2010 shirt.Spain Tour 2010 shirt.
The sleeveless shirt for the next tour. This has been purchased already. Printing and logos have been decided, as Spain is our eventual destination. It’s likely that Red Fox will sponsor…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 5 Hylton Juniors 3.
Sassco.co.uk 5 Hylton Juniors 3.
Another comeback. Sassco are widely becoming the comeback kings now. Two weeks ago, it was a 3-0 deficit, now it was a 3-1 reverse. Greenwell, after the traumatic experience of being…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 1 Hylton Colliery Juniors 1.
Sassco.co.uk 1 Hylton Colliery Juniors 1.
Hylton won 4-2 on penalties. I’m in preparation to be hauled up and bent over in front of the discipline committee, who will take turns running along the corridor to boot…
Read more: Sassco’s first win since July.Sassco’s first win since July.
Sangha defies Bell, Walker, Anderson and co. (Kyle wasn’t that good). Sassco.co.uk 2 WWC 0.The last game of the night sprung a surprise. Sangha drafted in two ex-Hendon players, McConville and…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 3 The Saltgrass 3.
Sassco.co.uk 3 The Saltgrass 3.
Anth Pearson saves Greenwell’s job. Greenwell’s job was hanging by a thread and it took Anth Pearson, a player I and Neil Richardson had discarded during our reigns in the past…
- Read more: Portugal Tour | Day 3.
Portugal Tour | Day 3.
DF FC 6 Sassco.co.uk 4. Day 3, the final day of the tour. I was up at 7:00am and by 8:00am was making my way to McDonalds for breakfast. Nothing was…
- Read more: Portugal Tour | Day 2.
Portugal Tour | Day 2.
FC Ferreiras 0 Sassco.co.uk 2. A more relaxed morning. The long day the night before took it out of us. Si and Hembrough were having breakfast at a place called Betty…
- Read more: Portugal Tour | Day 1.
Portugal Tour | Day 1.
Juventude Sport Campinense 1 Sassco.co.uk 1. As expected, the paranoia kicked in about 6:00pm on the Thursday evening. I must have sent around seven or eight (or more) texts to everyone…
Read more: Portugal weather.Portugal weather.
Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Sunny Max: 26°C 79°F Sunrise: 07:40 Sunny Max: 26°CSunrise: 07:41 Sunny Max: 25°CSunrise: 07:42 Sunny Max: 26°CSunrise: 07:43 Wind, humidity, pressure and visibility Wind: ESE 11mphHum: 43%…
Read more: Wooton-less Fusion claw back a 3-0 deficit.Wooton-less Fusion claw back a 3-0 deficit.
“Yes Trigger” suffers flares and abuse. Enquiry underway. Wear Consulting 3 Hendon Rovers 1. Keith Mouat somehow grabbed two goals in Wear Consulting’s 3-0 win over Hendon Rovers. The other goal…
- Read more: Venue change for Ferreira’s game.
Venue change for Ferreira’s game.
As mentioned earlier, for the second game (on Saturday), we will now be on 3G turf now, as FC Ferreira’s first team will be playing on the main pitch. We’ll probably…
- Read more: Sunday afternoon bar.
Sunday afternoon bar.
We play our host, Gary Thomas’ team on Sunday just before lunchtime. Afterwards, we’ll be at the Bar Solar Da Palanicie near the football pitch at Alfamar where we can celebrate…
Read more: In the newspaper in Portugal.In the newspaper in Portugal.
More publicity in Portugal. Algarve Resident, the local newspaper (online and in print) for the area, will be featuring Sassco’s tour. Thanks to Inês Lopes at the newspaper and also Gary Thomas at…
