28th January 2025 event. 7pm to 9pm.Due to lack of entrants for the Over 40s, we’ve changed to Over 30’s…
Altitude sickness strikes again at the Beacon.
Altitude sickness strikes again at the Beacon.
4-2 defeat against South Shields.Two defeats from three at The Beacon in 2024, with Sassco’s latest side containing a few…
Futsal Liga Zadar v Sassco.co.uk
Futsal Liga Zadar v Sassco.co.uk
Indoor game arranged at Športsko rekreacijski centar Mocire.Delighted to say that our first opponents have confirmed a game in Zadar…
Sassco defeat a team of “stoners”.
Sassco defeat a team of “stoners”.
Harper / Harley hat-trick.David Murton turned up with a youthful looking team with dilated pupils, while the Sassco team was…
B Town FC too good for the rest.
B Town FC too good for the rest.
3 straightforward wins out of 3.After the expanded 7-team tournament in August, we reverted to a compact 4-team tournament.Sassco.co.uk kicked…
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Here’s a quick fitness guide and some advice based on some articles on the Internet and general common sense. As you’ll end up being a bunch of tubby’s, it’s recommended having…
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A cruel bounce off the crossbar denied Stuart Pearce a goal as France smothered England’s attacking intentions in Malmo in their second Group A game. Still bleeding following a clash with…
Read more: A triumphant return to the Downhill Complex.A triumphant return to the Downhill Complex.
Shakhtar Sunderland win the Season 22 February Tournament at Downhill. Sassco ended as a regular league on a cold, wet and generally miserable day back in 2011 at the Downhill Complex,…
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: 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: 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: New Kappa shirt!
New Kappa shirt!
Sassco 11-a-side and 6-a-side have been Adidas since 1999 to around 2008 when we decided to have a one-season dalliance with Kappa, which was abandoned mainly because most of the team…
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Retro and vintage football shirts have been a keen interest of mine. The Sassco team has always used unique tops from Adidas to the current variation by Kappa. We also have…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 4 South Shields New Mill 0.
Sassco.co.uk 4 South Shields New Mill 0.
No more Mr. Nice Guy. Player power was booted up the arse and consigned to the dust bin as I shoved all the fat lads into my favourite, defensive 4-5-1 system.…
Read more: Sassco.co.uk 2 Gateshead Three Tuns 6.Sassco.co.uk 2 Gateshead Three Tuns 6.
Dog Turd Formations. So it was the final hurrah in the competitive set of games. We needed a win to be in contention of the play off to get to the…
- 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 0 Inter XI 5.
Sassco.co.uk 0 Inter XI 5.
We had our strongest team out so it was predictable we got a hammering. From last weeks’ positive result, we just didn’t get it on. Two quick goals in the opening…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 3 Roseberry Park 1.
Sassco.co.uk 3 Roseberry Park 1.
Wardle must score…and does. After last weeks debacle in attack, when Wardle, clean through on goal, in the final moments, where I’d bet my rented house on him, stumbled into a…
- Read more: Sassco.co.uk 0 South Shields New Mill 1.
Sassco.co.uk 0 South Shields New Mill 1.
Wardle must score! Picture the moment. Fatty Wardle, returning for Sassco in only his second game in the last 9 years (2016 being the most recent one and 2009 before then),…
- 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: Hylton Castle triumph in the June Tournament.
Hylton Castle triumph in the June Tournament.
Won on goal difference over Carpet Centre Elites. Another solid tournament, but now with two teams a step above the rest. Woven Inc., Sassco.co.uk and Team Independent all suffered defeats against…
- Read more: HFF Civil Engineering to sponsor Sassco 11-a-side.
HFF Civil Engineering to sponsor Sassco 11-a-side.
We’re delighted that HFF Civil Engineering are sponsoring Sassco 11-a-side. This if for the duration of the Durham Elevens Football League, which is played at Gateshead on Monday evenings over the…
- 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…
