Football

In the only Wessex League fixture on the Island this Saturday, Newport are back at Smallbrook for the 3rd weekend in a row, playing host to Whitchurch. Having failed to pick up a point since mid-December, their 12th-placed opponents, Whitchurch...

Preliminary work at the site of the new Newport Football Club ground at the Racecourse is to begin this week, with an aim of having the new ground completed by the Autumn. The main part of the works will be...

Imogen Jones Wight Eagles welcomed Winsor United to Queensgate. The Eagles have had a good run of form but knew they would be up against a tough side as Winsor were also unbeaten. Winsor looked like they were ready to pounce...

Cowes Sports’ victory against US Portsmouth leaves the Island side requiring only 5 more points to secure their Wessex Premier status. Cowes manager Max Draper made 4 changes to the side beaten in mid-week as Jason Malcolmson and Ji Nash...

Whitecroft & Barton Sports remain 10 points clear at the top of Division 1 after beating bottom of the table Niton 6-0 Whitecroft & Barton 6-0 Niton Community In the top v bottom-of-the-table clash at Sandy Lane, W&B smashed 6...

Jordan Browne The Port scraped past Fawley by a single goal on a Saturday which saw a hat trick of victories for Isle of Wight Wessex League sides over their mainland rivals. Newport started the game without experienced defender Martin...

All 3 Island Wessex League sides played at home on Saturday and all 3 won. Vics – the last to kick off – completed the Island treble at 16:45. Vics started on Saturday on the back of a 9-game winless...

In the Wessex Premier, 16th-placed Cowes will attempt to put their 0-4 midweek home defeat to Brockenhurst behind them when they take on 14th-placed US Portsmouth at Westwood Park. Cowes Sports manager Max Draper has said: “After Tuesdays efforts again...

The Eagles made the trip across the Solent looking to increase their points tally after a good start to the year. They came up against a well-drilled and hard-working Stubbington team that had finished top-of-the-table in 2020/21. Both sides came out...

Tuesday night was never going to be an easy task for the Port, with Follands sitting just a point and 2 places behind. And so it proved, with Newport facing an immediate and unrelenting battle. Follands first forced a fingertip...