11-a-side friendly games
Read more: First 2022 game; first 2022 defeat.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 to Earth on a warm day in Rickleton. The squad,…
Read more: Sassco.co.uk 4 Pennywell Comrades O40 2.Sassco.co.uk 4 Pennywell Comrades O40 2.
“There’s nee one here!” …said Bunta in an SMS message which even looked angry. Luckily for him the players were there, he just didn’t know them. Most of the players didn’t…
Read more: Sassco.co.uk 5 AFC Washington 4.Sassco.co.uk 5 AFC Washington 4.
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 Washington. This time we were playing on Washington’s favoured day,…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 8 AFC Washington 4.
Sassco.co.uk 8 AFC Washington 4.
Best performance for a while. Our third 11-a-side game was rapidly coming up and the squad was a bit up and down. We had entrants, then drop-outs, and with temperatures heading…
Read more: Heavy defeat and locked outHeavy defeat and locked out
Washington Deaf walloping. So, heading back to the car; tails between our legs and blowing out of our arses, then finding out some shithousery activity. Washington Hub was where the game…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 2 Hillarys FC 2 – Sassco 5-4 on penalties
Sassco.co.uk 2 Hillarys FC 2 – Sassco 5-4 on penalties
Post-pandemic Sassco unbeaten so far in 2021. Our first game after the lock down saw a similar team and similar performance to the previous game v Hillarys. We were 2-1 down…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 1 Hillarys FC 2.
Sassco.co.uk 1 Hillarys FC 2.
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 mix of players with debuts from Michael Brown, David Cruickshanks.…
Read more: Newton & Co. 8 Sassco.co.uk 4.Newton & Co. 8 Sassco.co.uk 4.
9 then 15 then 12 before ending up with 11 Not a great deal to say. We had, what I thought was, our biggest squad since I created an imaginary Sassco…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 2 Grindon Broadway FC 3.
Sassco.co.uk 2 Grindon Broadway FC 3.
Introductions on Facebook Messenger . . . after the game. As with all things, the hectic prelude to the game completely gets turned around by the performance. This was one of…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 4 Team Independent 4.
Sassco.co.uk 4 Team Independent 4.
Overconfidence…something unusual for Sassco. We were exceptionally confident for this one. So confident I even suggested a strong goalkeeper to them. So confident I told Kyle Burns he was centre half…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 9 Newton & Co. 2.
Sassco.co.uk 9 Newton & Co. 2.
It takes a total of 16 minutes for McDermont to come alive. Our rearranged encounter v Newton & Co. which was originally abandoned on around 25 minutes when one of our…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 0 Burton House Velocity FC 5.
Sassco.co.uk 0 Burton House Velocity FC 5.
Sunday morning pasting. It was the first game after the tragic events from the previous Wednesday, tragic as we had to wear white socks instead of our usual red ones, as…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 3 Newton & Co. 0 – match abandoned.
Sassco.co.uk 3 Newton & Co. 0 – match abandoned.
Muers steals the show. It was horrifying. Muers in agony on the floor and the paramedic, scissors in hand, cutting away his boot and sock. It was too much for me…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 1 Last Orders Redhouse 4.
Sassco.co.uk 1 Last Orders Redhouse 4.
Muers, McDermont and Nelly provide the pace. We were returning to our old stomping ground and nothing has really changed. It was The Shipwright’s Field in Redhouse. Shite on the pitch,…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 11 Workwear Express 2
Sassco.co.uk 11 Workwear Express 2
That’s 25 goals scored in two games Shockingly, after the last game’s dirty drop outs, all 12 turned up for this one, and it was in distant Durham. Stubba and Muers…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 15 (fifteen) Sunderland DFC 6.
Sassco.co.uk 15 (fifteen) Sunderland DFC 6.
Drop outs; panic attacks; vintage players returning and a handsome victory. The usual for Sassco. 12 announced and then slowly whittled back to around 10 – but what a 10! Before…
- Read more: McDermont fires in 8 goals.
McDermont fires in 8 goals.
Unfortunately, at the wrong end. A truly mercenary team was decimated beforehand, against strong opponents, Hylton Castle FC. Unfortunately, we lost our goalkeeper, soon followed by another player. We managed to…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 2 Knattspyrnufélagið Þróttur 2
Sassco.co.uk 2 Knattspyrnufélagið Þróttur 2
Iceland still unbeaten against England. It was all square at Sassco’s third encounter at the Stadium of Light. A loss in 2016, a win in 2017 and now a draw in…
Read more: Sassco.co.uk 8 Sunderland Deaf AFC 4Sassco.co.uk 8 Sunderland Deaf AFC 4
Avoiding the wire above the pitch and Bear avoiding the goal. There were a couple of challenges in our repeat game v Sunderland Deaf: Avoiding hitting the two pieces of wire…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 2 Sunderland Deaf AFC 3
Sassco.co.uk 2 Sunderland Deaf AFC 3
The Harpers return and both last a full game (nearly). Our O35’s 11-a-side adventure ended in a whimper, so it was good to be invited to a full 90 minute session…
