Ventnor beat Isle of Wight Champions W&B on penalties to reach the semi final of the Isle of Wight's most prestigious football tournament: the Senior (Gold) Cup. The South Wight side had twice failed to overcome W&B in Harwoods Division...

In the first of our new series on historic Isle of Wight buildings, Island Echo examines East Cowes Castle - one of the finest gothic structures in Britain - which was sadly demolished in 1963. East Cowes Castle gained worldwide...

Newport took a point from Folland Sports at Beatrice Avenue with a Henry West header in the final minutes of full time play. The visitors dominated the game for 45 minutes, with the home side only showing urgency and desire...

8th-placed Newport IW will take on 17th-placed Folland Sports at Beatrice Avenue in the only Wessex League fixture today (Saturday). Defeat in the Boxing Day derby against local rivals East Cowes Vics saw Port drop out of the playoff places...

Brading The Experience - more fondly remembered as the Osborn-Smith Wax Works Museum - closed its doors for the last time on 3rd January 2010. It is sadly missed. The quirky tourist attraction had titillated and terrified both Islanders and...

The roll-on, roll-off car carrier MV Höegh Osaka came to grief on Brambles Bank in the Solent on 3rd January 2015 - 10 years ago today. Island Echo was the first news source in the world to report the grounding...

isle of Wight manager Shaun Hale has been appointed manager of Step 4 Isthmian League Horndean, who play in the South Central Division. He has replaced Michael Birmingham, who departed to take charge of Step 3 Isthmian Premier side Bognor...

At the halfway point in the season, Ryde C still lead the table, 6 points above their nearest rivals, Ryde Rankers.  Havenstreet A have slipped to 5th place after a 7-3 defeat by Ryde A, who are in 3rd place,...

The Isle of Wight is famed for its music festivals attracting the greatest from across the world, but we have plenty of homegrown talent of our own. Musicians born, bred or resident on the Island have achieved world recognition in...

The Wessex League has confirmed that the Boxing Day crowd of 658 for the game between East Cowes Victoria and Newport IW is the highest in Wessex Division 1 since records began in the 2004/05 season. Attendances for grassroots football...