Sassco Tournaments
A regular 6-a-side league ran from 1999 to 2011 at the old complex in Downhill, on Tuesday evenings. Since then, tournaments have taken place at the Washington Leisure Centre, the new Downhill Hub and now a regular set of tournaments back at Washington Leisure Centre.
Read more: 20th August 5-a-side tournament20th August 5-a-side tournament
Tuesday evening from 7pm to 9pm We’re looking for a few teams for this event. Normally we opt for a four-team tournament which each team playing 3 x 16 minute games.…
Read more: Castle Park take the trophy in June.Castle Park take the trophy in June.
Two comprehensive wins, and then a tight victory over the returning Newcastle City. Harper’s team dusted off their previous second place and brought a team to win it – which they…
Read more: Triumph in the Lava Cup Ice Plate.Triumph in the Lava Cup Ice Plate.
Ignominious start, but glory in the second cup competition. It has to be said that after three games in a strong group, the team looked despondent and were ready for an…
Read more: Lava Cup rules, details, itinerary.Lava Cup rules, details, itinerary.
LAVA CUP 2024 TOURNAMENT FORMAT & FIXTURES Over 40’s/ 7-a-side tournament format: All teams will play 3 X 15 minute matches in the group stages (sections A, B, C and D).…
Read more: Panini stickers for the Lava Cup.Panini stickers for the Lava Cup.
Squad of nine players for Falkirk Stadium in Group C Group C sees Sassco.co.uk face off against VV Bennekom 35 from The Netherlands, a Northern Ireland Select team and our old…
Read more: Admiral “England” shirt for the Lava Cup participationAdmiral “England” shirt for the Lava Cup participation
Retro classic returns We always get new kits for the overseas tours and this one is possibly the best yet. Admiral have released an England 1982 template, so we’ve added our…
- Read more: Kurdish FC take the first tournament in 2024.
Kurdish FC take the first tournament in 2024.
Three wins out of three. A strong line up saw three outstanding teams, while the previous winners were rock bottom. Sassco opened with a heavy defeat v South Shields in the…
- Read more: Sassco tough it out to take the Fruit Bowl.
Sassco tough it out to take the Fruit Bowl.
Two wins and then clawing back a 4-4 draw. Four teams took part in the final tournament this year. All looked strong, with Washington Boys and Sassco returning from the October…
Read more: Sassco 7-a-side in Falkirk in 2024.Sassco 7-a-side in Falkirk in 2024.
Sassco will be taking an Over 40s’s team to Falkirk Stadium in May 2024 to take part in the Lava Cup 2024. The tournament kicks off on Saturday 25 May 2024,…
Read more: Obituary: Scott Wright.Obituary: Scott Wright.
Scotty Wright; gone too soon. Really sorry to hear that an old mate, Scott Wright, has passed away. Scott, his brother and a regular set of lads were the first organised…
Read more: Washington Sky Lounge 100% in May.Washington Sky Lounge 100% in May.
Washington Sky Lounge unstoppable. After drawing one and winning two in the last tournament, Sky Lounge made no mistake in this one with a resound three wins out of three, with…
- Read more: Victory for Washington Sky Lounge.
Victory for Washington Sky Lounge.
Washington Sky Lounge and Sporting Redhouse were unbeaten…. But it was Washington Sky Lounge who were worthy winners with an equaliser against Sporting in their last game to take the first…
Read more: Obituary: Dean Matthews.Obituary: Dean Matthews.
Devastated to hear that we’ve lost Dean Matthews to Covid. Dean played for Sassco in the 6-a-side and 11-a-side from 2006 for a couple of years. He also helped to source one…
Read more: Cracks beginning to show for Harrison.Cracks beginning to show for Harrison.
But they still triumph in the third tournament of 2020. Harrison’s men triumphed again, but were held in their final game by debutantes, Langley Park. However, the three 2-1 victories in…
Read more: Another tournament, another poor showing.Another tournament, another poor showing.
Two defeats, one draw. Home in time for Eastenders. Another tournament, which no one was really up for. We had some drop outs, but Macca decided to turn up and we…
- Read more: Disaster in the Gateshead 9 v 9 Tournament.
Disaster in the Gateshead 9 v 9 Tournament.
Well, it’s safe to say that Murton’s heralded return to Sassco ended the same way as his Fulwell Buccaneers and Marine House projects ended: ignominiously. The squad of barely nine players…
- Read more: Clearly Drinks WLC Cup
Clearly Drinks WLC Cup
Sassco’s first trophy since 2011. Despite being disadvantaged with a tight squad, tight as in only 5 players, Sassco worked their way past two games to take the tournament. This included…
Read more: Redhouse Fusion win Season 19.Redhouse Fusion win Season 19.
Slightly older, but worthy winners. The regular league at Downhill ended back in 2011 on a cold, wet and miserable February evening, concluding 17 seasons of weekly football. Since then, a…
Read more: Posithread win Season 18.Posithread win Season 18.
With a revival of the Sassco League, albeit in 5-a-side format, five teams entered and the tournament was reasonably successful, despite no referees, a flare up, slight confusion over the rules…
Read more: 66.66667% Sassco conquer a five-a-side tournament.66.66667% Sassco conquer a five-a-side tournament.
Four players from Sassco out of a squad of six took part on the behalf of Azure-design.com in the PowerLeague Five-a-side Cup in Gateshead. The players involved were Davinder Sangha (in…
