Football

This season's favourites for the Wessex Premier title - AFC Portchester - will be playing a pre-season friendly against the Port at Smallbrook Stadium today (Saturday) with kick off at 15:00. Portchester will be captained by former Bournemouth, Bristol City,...

It was honours even as Wessex Division 1 side East Cowes Vics took on the strong Island League side Whitecroft & Barton Sports in a pre-season friendly at Beatrice Avenue on Tuesday evening (12th July). Vics began their pre-season campaign...

Cowes Sports began their pre-season campaign by knocking 6 goals past Hampshire Premier League side QK Southampton at Westwood Park on Saturday (9th July). The Yachtsmen included 2 new names in their starting line-up: former Vics’ midfielder Brandon Hayward and...

Cowes Sports will play fellow Wessex Premier League outfit Hamble Club at Westwood Park in the Extra-preliminary Round of the FA Cup on 6th August. Victory would then see the Yachtsmen face either Southern League Somerset club Larkhall Athletic or...

Tommy Jackson England beach soccer international goalkeeper Tommy Jackson – who comes from the Isle of Wight – scored a remarkable 40-yard strike in the Spanish Beach Soccer League last Friday (17th June). Playing for Second Division Malaga City against...

Island Echo spoke with Southampton legend Francis Benali MBE this week ahead of his visit to the Island to give a talk at Medina Theatre on Saturday 25th June. The show will feature a VIP meet and greet, live and...

Under-15 side Gosport Whites have celebrated winning the Mid-Solent League - the top league for their age group in Portsmouth - at their end-of-season awards on Ryde beach. Gosport Whites is made up of players mainly from Brading but also...

3 Cowes Sports players – Gareth Bricknell, Ashley Brett, and Chris Elliot – have signed for Island League side West Wight. 34-year-old Gareth Bricknell is something of an institution at Cowes Sports. The forward/midfielder has spent 13 seasons at Westwood...

Vectis Youth Under-10s and Under-12s competed at Stamford Bridge in an international cup with teams from as far afield as South America at the weekend. Vectis Under-10s finished runners up in the Chelsea Cup after impressive victories over SPL Benfica...

3 East Cowes Vics players from Newport’s Pan Estate – Jimmi Burton, Harrison Catania and Brandon Hayward – have signed for Wessex Premier League club Cowes Sports FC. Jimmi Burton was Vics’ leading scorer this season with 21 goals from...