Football

4 Isle of Wight sides – Brading, Shanklin, Pan and Wroxall – have battled their way through to the semi-finals of the Hampshire Cup competitions. In the Hampshire Trophy, Shanklin – last season’s beaten finalists – cross the Solent to...

Former Plessey, Cowes Sports, Portsmouth and Manchester City star, Lee Bradbury, has been appointed manager of National League side Eastleigh. Lee, a former student at Cowes High School, became the Isle of Wight’s 1st £1,000,000 player when he was transferred...

St Mary’s Primary School pupil Teddy Gregory recently travelled to Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium to meet England and Arsenal star, Bukayo Saka. Last Summer, then 7-year-old Teddy wrote to Bukayo to commiserate with him on missing a penalty in the final...

Brading Town have beaten Isle of Wight Champions Whitecroft & Barton Sports away from home to advance to the Quarter Finals of the Memorial Cup. This was W&B’s 1st defeat to an Isle of Wight side since they last lost...

A much-respected figure in Isle of Wight football, East Cowes Vics' Chairman Paul Phelps, has sadly passed away. East Cowes Vics have made the following statement via their Facebook page: “The club are very sorry to announce that our Club...

On a day in which all 3 Isle of Wight sides lost against mainland opposition, Cowes Sports went down to the strongest side in the Wessex Premier: Hamworthy United. The Yachtsmen began the game on the front foot with John...

Newport travel away to Salisbury to play Wessex Division 1 leaders Bemerton tomorrow (Saturday), in a game likely to decide the destination of the championship. Newport currently lie in 4th place in Division 1, 4 points behind Bemerton but with...

Division 2 leaders Pan Sports beat an East Cowes Vics Reserves side by a single goal at Beatrice Avenue on Wednesday evening. Both teams had their shirts sponsored by the Domino's Pizza chain. The 2 sides had already met 3...

Isle of Wight’s own Simon Moore is the heart of a tense promotion battle in the Championship with Coventry City. The 31-year-old was instrumental in ushering Sheffield United out of the doldrums of League One after a five-year tenure in...

Only 4 of Saturday’s games involving Isle of Wight sides survived Storm Eunice. All 3 Wessex League games fell victim to the weather: Newport’s game against Whitchurch United was called off on Friday, East Cowes Vics’ match away to Laverstock...