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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
On the radio in Portugal.
Pleased to announce that the local radio station, KISS FM Algarve will be mentioning our tour and also the match details up […]
Hospitality in Portugal on Friday.
After our late game on Friday (the day we land in Portugal), we’ve been invited into the restaurant/bar in the Imortal Stadium, […]
Portugal Tour flag.
When in Malta, we didn’t have any flag or banner to fly from the hotel room or to drape Muers in. […]
27 days until Portugal.
With only 27 days remaining until the tour, a few final arrangements have been sorted. The times for the games have […]
Portugal Tour 2009 venues.
Two new pictures of the Municipal 3G pitch, courtesy of tour operator, Gary Thomas. This is the venue for our Friday […]
About the organisers
The driving force behind the tour has been myself (Davinder Sangha) as well as all the players who came on the […]
Portugal Tour pennants
Remember the pre-match handshakes when we played our three games in Malta? We received pennants and emblems from the opponents, while […]
Full tour costs now published
The costings for the tour are in. The total to pay overall is £258 per person based on the 13 who […]
Fixtures
16th October (Friday) Juventude Sport Campinense/Loulé 8:30pm Municipal 3G pitch 17th October (Saturday) FC Ferreiras 5:00pm Estadio Da Nora 18th October […]
Opponents and venue changed.
Slight change on the schedule. Friday we play v Juventude on an artificial pitch next to the actual Municipal Stadium, but […]
The venues
On Friday 16th October, our game will take place at the Municipal 3G venue against Juventude Sport Campinense. The pitch is […]
Portugal Tour shirt.
The new Portugal Tour 2009 shirt is as shown in the image. The brand is Adidas (obviously) and the sizes are […]
Flights and hotel
Flights The flights are by easyJet and take off from Newcastle. Friday 16 OctoberCheck in opens Fri 16 Oct 04:20 Closes […]