
First 2022 game; first 2022 defeat.
Wonderful morning for football though. After the heights of last seasons’ three game series and wins, it was crashing back down […]
Wonderful morning for football though. After the heights of last seasons’ three game series and wins, it was crashing back down […]
“There’s nee one here!” …said Bunta in an SMS message which even looked angry. Luckily for him the players were there, […]
Over 60’s superstar, Nelly Richardson, fires in a (geri)hat-trick. Only 5 players remained from our previous, resounding 8-4 win over AFC […]
Best performance for a while. Our third 11-a-side game was rapidly coming up and the squad was a bit up and […]
Washington Deaf walloping. So, heading back to the car; tails between our legs and blowing out of our arses, then finding […]
Post-pandemic Sassco unbeaten so far in 2021. Our first game after the lock down saw a similar team and similar performance […]
Another defeat for the 11-a-side. A late report from the 11-a-side game back in October, Sassco’s last one for 2020. A […]
9 then 15 then 12 before ending up with 11 Not a great deal to say. We had, what I thought […]
Introductions on Facebook Messenger . . . after the game. As with all things, the hectic prelude to the game completely […]
Overconfidence…something unusual for Sassco. We were exceptionally confident for this one. So confident I even suggested a strong goalkeeper to them. […]
It takes a total of 16 minutes for McDermont to come alive. Our rearranged encounter v Newton & Co. which was […]
Sunday morning pasting. It was the first game after the tragic events from the previous Wednesday, tragic as we had to […]
Muers steals the show. It was horrifying. Muers in agony on the floor and the paramedic, scissors in hand, cutting away […]
Muers, McDermont and Nelly provide the pace. We were returning to our old stomping ground and nothing has really changed. It […]
That’s 25 goals scored in two games Shockingly, after the last game’s dirty drop outs, all 12 turned up for this […]
Drop outs; panic attacks; vintage players returning and a handsome victory. The usual for Sassco. 12 announced and then slowly whittled […]
Unfortunately, at the wrong end. A truly mercenary team was decimated beforehand, against strong opponents, Hylton Castle FC. Unfortunately, we lost […]
Iceland still unbeaten against England. It was all square at Sassco’s third encounter at the Stadium of Light. A loss in […]
Avoiding the wire above the pitch and Bear avoiding the goal. There were a couple of challenges in our repeat game […]
The Harpers return and both last a full game (nearly). Our O35’s 11-a-side adventure ended in a whimper, so it was […]
Sassco’s most glorious moment in their 18 year history. Sassco 11-a-side, finally won their first game in over a year, and what […]
A hastily arranged game against Mark Muers’ U35 team, Washington United FC. We really cobbled a team together. High hopes were […]
Sassco travelled to the beyond (i.e. Walker Dome) to take on the Northumbria University Officer Training Corp team. A team which […]
Our regular tri or bi-annual game took place again, but this time off the 3G (or is it 4G) and on […]
Trepidation meant I wanted everyone to be at the stadium early. All arrived promptly, probably because their subs were £163 each. […]
Safe to say that this was a remarkable result in Sassco’s modern nomadic lifestyle. The team, since 2010, have cobbled together […]
McDermont’s 35 yard “screamer”. Our bi- or tri-annual game against Sunderland AFC’s Deaf team took place at Chester-Le-Street, and shockingly, we […]
Our regular run out against Sunderland Deaf was a bit short notice, as their cup game was cancelled. However, two days […]
Victory again. Charlie doesn’t score. A bit of a headache today, as we had so many drop outs for our regular […]
A new year and another win for Sassco 11-a-side, who are now unbeaten in nearly two years. Sunderland Deaf Football Club […]