11-a-side - 6th September 2018
Preparations for Cyprus in 2019.
The squad isn't getting any younger, but the enthusiasm is still there.
Five souls have signed on and confirmed with flights to Cyprus in March. Chris Dixon...Read More
11-a-side - 29th July 2018
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 this...Read More
11-a-side - 24th June 2018
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 get...Read More
11-a-side - 31st May 2018
Running track around the pitch; reminiscent of midweek European Cup games in Eastern Europe in the 80's
As Sassco.co.uk have graced the Stadium of Light for three years, the new challenge is...Read More
11-a-side - 22nd May 2018
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
11-a-side - 19th May 2018
Great photography from Kev Wilson during our game at the Stadium of Light.
11-a-side - 12th April 2018
Knattspyrnufélagið Þróttur "Throttur" line up.
If you thought Sassco's line up look rough.....
Here we have our esteemed opponents, with their huge squad. in the "Panini" format. The game against Reykjavik's Knattspyrnufélagið...Read More
11-a-side - 26th March 2018
Got, Got, NEED!
We've launched the official Panini Stickers for the Play on the Pitch 2018 game. Apparently, Jake Dyke's worth at least two swaps.
The game against Knattspyrnufélagið Þróttur, our semi-professional...Read More
11-a-side - 1st March 2018
A full set of players!
Knattspyrnufélagið Þróttur have announced their large squad for the game v Sassco.co.uk at the Stadium of Light on the 17th May.
They will be bringing a total...Read More
11-a-side - 24th February 2018
The rules and regulations for Play on the Pitch 2018 have been passed on from Sunderland AFC. Those who took part last year, will know what to expect.
Rules of Play
Squads...Read More
11-a-side - 23rd February 2018
Game confirmed!
The game has now been officially confirmed and booked in to the Stadium of Light for the 17th May 2018. The kick off is 7:00pm.
Our illustrious guests, Knattspyrnufélagið Þróttur, have...Read More
11-a-side - 7th February 2018
3 Absent, but 3 in.
Delighted to have confirmed 11 Sassco players for the Play on the Pitch event at Sunderland's Stadium of Light, in May 2018.
The team is scheduled to...Read More
11-a-side - 26th January 2018
Our first overseas guests?
Not 100% confirmed, but Knattspyrnufélagið Þróttur, a semi-professional side which defeated Sassco in the Iceland Tour 2017 in one game (Sassco won the other) are looking to travel...Read More
11-a-side - 10th September 2017
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
11-a-side - 13th August 2017
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...Read More
11-a-side O35 League 2017 - 22nd July 2017
Martin Smith: over 300 pro appearances. David Duke over 200 pro appearances. Stubba: Priceless!
We were struggling again. This time, we'd lost half the side from last week, due to holidays...Read More
11-a-side O35 League 2017 - 15th July 2017
McDermont concussed - wakes up thinking he's Danny Dichio.
It was when he was off getting no treatment that we scored the winner. The game was up and down up to...Read More
11-a-side O35 League 2017 - 1st July 2017
Finally, we managed to get a win,
However, the circumstances were all too familiar, with new faces coming in, but this time slotting in perfectly.
Team talk was just about who was...Read More
11-a-side O35 League 2017 - 24th June 2017
McDermont foaming at the mouth.
Another disappointing game topped off with McDermont foaming at the mouth, requesting to be subbed, then fannying around in the box to concede the fourth goal.
The...Read More
11-a-side O35 League 2017 - 17th June 2017
Searing heat, another injury and McDermont roars like a kangaroo to hit the crossbar.
It was quite disappointing. We were missing a few from last week: Barker, Dan Smith and Dave...Read More
11-a-side O35 League 2017 - 10th June 2017
Disputed penalty, and it wasn't McDermont this time.
A solid performance, again, from Sassco against, arguably, the strongest team in the competition.
We were up against it and had three enforced changes...Read More
11-a-side O35 League 2017 - 3rd June 2017
Last competitive game was 6 years, 9 months, and 19 days ago.
Yes, a total of, approximately, 2484 days, 17 hours and 30 minutes had lapsed since Sassco played it's last...Read More
11-a-side - 21st May 2017
Great photography from Dean Matthews at the Stadium of Light.
11-a-side - 21st May 2017
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 place to do it in. It was their first...Read More
11-a-side - 12th May 2017
Delighted to announce that the shirts supplied by Woven Inc. have arrived and are ready for our second game at the Stadium of Light on 18th May.
11-a-side O35 League 2017 - 10th May 2017
Sassco return to action on the 3rd June at 10am against South Tyne Building Supplies.
Squad has been confirmed with the following players:
1. Davinder Sangha 2. Chris Dixon 3. Marc McDermont...Read More
11-a-side - 4th May 2017
The rules and regulations for Play on the Pitch 2017 have been passed on from Sunderland AFC. Those who took part last year, will know what to expect.
Rules of Play
Squads...Read More
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