Five confirmed.The next tournament takes place at Washington Galleries Leisure Centre on 17th March 2026 starting at 7pm and finishing…
Sassco v Sassco at the Stadium of Light – 28th May 2026
Sassco v Sassco at the Stadium of Light – 28th
Kick off before breakfast at 9am.We’ve done it, we managed to get enough for a daytime game, albeit a 9:00am…
A win and a defeat in 9-a-side
A win and a defeat in 9-a-side
Another competitive game v MADAS ended in a opening win for Sassco, while MADAS comfortable won the second game.After the…
Austria squad building up.
Austria squad building up.
Seven confirmed, with another two to be confirmed.The squad is taking shape for Austria, where we’ll be playing two 7-a-side…
Defeat rounds off 2025.
Defeat rounds off 2025.
Old stars were too old.We had a full team and all 11 turned up for the 9-a-side against a strong…
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Read more: March 2026 5-a-side tournament.March 2026 5-a-side tournament.
Five confirmed. The next tournament takes place at Washington Galleries Leisure Centre on 17th March 2026 starting at 7pm and finishing by 9pm. It will be a 5-team tournament, with all…
Read more: Sassco v Sassco at the Stadium of Light – 28th May 2026Sassco v Sassco at the Stadium of Light – 28th May 2026
Kick off before breakfast at 9am. We’ve done it, we managed to get enough for a daytime game, albeit a 9:00am kick off on Thursday 28th May. We tried to get…
Read more: A win and a defeat in 9-a-sideA win and a defeat in 9-a-side
Another competitive game v MADAS ended in a opening win for Sassco, while MADAS comfortable won the second game. After the previous heavy defeat, it was decided to play two games…
Read more: Austria squad building up.Austria squad building up.
Seven confirmed, with another two to be confirmed. The squad is taking shape for Austria, where we’ll be playing two 7-a-side games in Vienna. Sangha, Cook, Grundy and Railton played in…
Read more: Defeat rounds off 2025.Defeat rounds off 2025.
Old stars were too old. We had a full team and all 11 turned up for the 9-a-side against a strong and young looking MADAS team. Our players were all over…
- Read more: South Shields win again.
South Shields win again.
Four strong teams, but a late surge from Shields takes the title. Four evenly matched teams battled it out in a single evening, producing one of the best tournaments to date.…
Read more: Vienna in 2026.Vienna in 2026.
We’re making early plans for a trip to Vienna on 12th to 15th June 2026. Flights are connecting, but with a short time from Newcastle. As always, this is open to…
Read more: Obituary: Si Mulvaney.Obituary: Si Mulvaney.
We’ve lost another good friend in Simon Mulvaney. Si first played for Sassco in 2007 along with the “Army Trio” of Mark Middlemiss and David Graham. He played for a number…
- Read more: NEPCA comfortable winners.
NEPCA comfortable winners.
After a brief hiatus due to various Sassco events in May, June and July, the tournament made its welcome return to Washington Galleries on 19th August 2025. Four teams graced the…
Read more: Historical statistics project.Historical statistics project.
Using AI to make all the history consistent. Over the past few weeks and over the next few months, we’ll be using AI (mainly Microsoft CoPilot) to unify all the stats…
Read more: Ends on a whimper.Ends on a whimper.
Same as 2019. Back in 2019, we limped out of the Summer league in Gateshead and did the same here. Two positive performances and two negative ones meant we had one…
Read more: One step forward; one step back.One step forward; one step back.
And repeat. Logistical nightmare for Sassco. And this time it was a race in Newcastle which caused four of our players to be missing. We’ll skip over the part where we…
Read more: Better performance.Better performance.
Back to a better performance after last week’s disaster. Steve Brown, David Grundy, Daryll Surtees, Brad Wilson and Amandeep Atkar all returned, while Wayne Ramsay returned for Sassco 11-a-side after a…
Read more: Cochrane Park – Newcastle University Sports ServicesCochrane Park – Newcastle University Sports Services
The venue for the 11-a-side competition in Summer 2025 is Cochrane Park, Newcastle. Cochrane Park received an upgrade at Easter 2019. You can benefit from brand new facilities, including: Cochrane Park…
Read more: Bad day.Bad day.
Very bad day. We have to write this one off. Probably one of the worst Sassco performances to date. The side put together seemed okay, but realistically, we didn’t want it.…
- Read more: Opening win for the 2025 Summer League.
Opening win for the 2025 Summer League.
Six years since Sassco 11-a-side finished off a 2019 Summer League with a 6-2 defeat. Only McConville and Sangha remained for this new setup, against our regular rivals, MADAS. We hadn’t…
Read more: Sassco defeated at the SOL.Sassco defeated at the SOL.
Despite a late flourish. Mind games were afoot. Murton ringing me worrying about his team, slagging off “has-been” Gareth Brazier, another player having the shits, etc. Then at the stadium, we…
Read more: Lava Cup 2025: Impressive group stage performance.Lava Cup 2025: Impressive group stage performance.
Running out of steam in the Quarter Finals. A much changed Sassco team travelled to Falkirk for their second stint in the Lava Cup 2025 – a major 7-a-side tournament with…
- Read more: Lava Cup 2025 squad.
Lava Cup 2025 squad.
Our squad for the Lava Cup in 2025 is different from last year, due to SAFC potentially being in the play-off final and then achieving that goal. Mark McShane and Davinder…
- Read more: A win, a draw and two losses in Croatia.
A win, a draw and two losses in Croatia.
Another brilliant tour – this time in Zadar. We were looking for warmer climes for our 15th tour, so Zadar hit the spot, in the same way that Dixon walloped Harper’s…
