Old timers run out of steam after Callum’s hat-trick.

It was expanding bellies and unfit legs, and we weren’t talking about Muers, who managed to cover his cast-iron cast with padding and a long sleeve football shirt just to hide it from Ken Street.

Toddys managed to muster 13 players, which is saying something, considering that their last game in action was back in 2002. Just to top it off, Stephen Wilson renewed his predatory partnership with John Hunt and nodded the opening goal past a flapping David Simpson, who’s instructions were not to let in more than four goals in his outing.

Eventually, and thankfully, Sassco scored with Callum Howe firing in a slow shot past Darren “Gelder” Lewis in the Toddys goal. Eight years ago, and for the same shot, it would have still probably gone in. Eventually Sassco went 2-1, then 3-1 up, before Nicky Smith, announced pre-match as Team Captain, scythed down Neil Middlemiss, only to see his team captain’s penalty make Chris Waddles look like a pin-point top corner effort. Even the teams on the other side, Hall Farm and Redhouse FC, jeered his effort.

Eventually Sassco spun ahead with a hat-trick from Callum and then single goals from Greenwell, Nick Danks (his first), David Oxley (his first), Muers and a superb chip from Campbell, who had perfected the technique on the six-a-side on Tuesday night.

Good game for Sassco as they got a confidence boosting high-scoring win, just before the season commences. Toddys will be invited for another game on the 6th August 2011.

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You want a report? Well here’s a report.

Ever since Macca returned to the fold after his fling with Cambridge, the team has gone backwards.

A depleted team were still more than enough for the bottom team – or so we thought. East Durham played surprisingly well and it was just our typical luck to hit a team when they are obviously on the up. Nevertheless, we had a similar performance against the Cambridge on Wednesday and somehow grabbed an unlikely point.

A low point, but a valuable lesson: Muers is shit up front.

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Sassco have been invited, and are likely to take part (in some form or another) in a training experiment involving Newcastle Science City (http://www.newcastlesciencecity.com).

Eric Foch, Lead Innovater, contacted us regarding a “project offering video support to amateurs sportsmen and women, for fun or for training purposes.” The prototype will run in February or March. It will be directly pluggable to the Internet, which makes it compatible with the way Sassco.co.uk use the website as a focal point of every activity we do (which is why were were contacted).

I have already described the make up of the team, notably Mark Muers, and it seems the project will be able to help him to improve his fitness.

Early days, but more information will be added in January. Will keep all posted.

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