11-a-side friendly games

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]