Football

The Isle of Wight derby at Beatrice Avenue produced the result most had predicted with Newport – the only Isle of Wight Wessex League side to have won in 2022 ­– cruising to victory. Both sides had a key player...

Promotion chasing Newport, who are currently 2nd in Wessex League 1, will tonight (Tuesday) face struggling East Cowes Vics, who are 17th – just 1 place above the division’s drop zone. The fixture was due to be played at Beatrice...

Whitecroft & Barton Sports have maintained their 100% record in the season to date and opened a 6-point gap at the top of Division 1 by emphatically beating Cowes Sports Reserves at Westwood Park. W&B showed their ruthlessness in a...

Newport put their off-field woes behind them as striker Joe Butcher returned to form, scoring a hat-trick in an emphatic 6-1 'home' victory against Verwood Town in Dorset. The Port started brightly with early efforts from Joe Butcher and Joe...

This Saturday the Port are to play their home game 40 miles from the county town of the Isle of Wight in Verwood, Dorset. The official reason the club has given for the switch (which was decided last week) was...

The 4 Isle of Wight teams who have battled through to the last 8 of their respective Hampshire cup competitions all have difficult opposition to face if they are to make it through to the semis. In the Hampshire trophy,...

A total of 4 Isle of Wight teams – Brading Town, Shanklin, Pan Community and AFC Wootton – will be in the draw for the last 8 of their respective Hampshire Cup competitions. Pan Community progressed to the last 8...

Newport – without a game since 18th December – were able to put out a full squad for the visit of Downton on Saturday: a side that had beaten them 2-0 in the corresponding fixture earlier in the season. The...

Nomadic Newport will return to Beatrice Avenue (home of East Cowes Vics) to play their Wessex Division 1 fixture against Downton this Saturday. The Port had been given 30 days’ notice to leave Smallbrook Stadium by co-tenants Ryde Saints on...

AFC Wootton has made it through to the last 8 of a Hampshire Cup competition for the 1st time in their history following a rather sodden Saturday, in which nearly all games were lost to the weather. Wootton were very...