Football

UPDATE: Both Wessex League games due to be played this afternoon (Saturday) – Cowes Sports v Brockenhurst and East Cowes Vics v Andover New Street – have been called off after pitch inspections. As of 10:30 today only the following...

Vics welcomed Fawley to Beatrice Avenue for their first fixture of 2022 needing a win to lift them above their opponents who, like Vics, are in a battle at the wrong end of the division. With only 3 minutes on...

Cowes Sports begin 2022 with a much-improved performance, twice hitting the woodwork after conceding a goal in the opening seconds of their game against Shaftesbury. The match began with a minute’s applause for Yachtsman fan Rob McKie, father of Cowes...

All 3 Isle of Wight Wessex League sides – Cowes Sports, Newport, and East Cowes Vics – will be playing on the Isle of Wight this Bank Holiday Monday (3rd January). In the Wessex Premier, 15th-placed Cowes Sports will be...

The Yachtsmen were unable to fight back from conceding 3 early 1st half goals in a miserable Bank Holiday Tuesday afternoon match against Moneyfields at Westwood Park. The game began calamitously for Cowes in the 4th minute when Jez Conway...

Struggling East Cowes Vics are set to entertain near neighbours, high-flying Newport, at Beatrice Avenue on Monday (27th December) in a game overshadowed by the Port’s off field woes. Newport have been given 30 days’ notice to quit their current...

The future of Newport IW FC is unclear going into the New Year... Ryde Saints Football Club have unexpectedly and dramatically terminated a ground-share agreement with Newport IW Football Club, but Newport are fighting back. It's not the Christmas present...

Photo: Vectis FC A minute’s applause was held at the Victory Stadium in Portsmouth on Saturday before the match between United Services Portsmouth and Cowes Sports to celebrate the life of Richard Chase, who sadly passed away last week. Richard’s...

Binstead fought their way through to the semi-finals of the Isle of Wight Challenge Cup by narrowly beating Cowes Sports Reserves by the best of 5 goals. Binstead opened the scoring through a Jamie Dyer penalty (1-0). Josh Neale equalized...

Newport IW FC advanced to 3rd place in Wessex League 1 by beating Petersfield Town at Smallbrook Stadium on Saturday thanks to a Josh Younie free kick in the final minute. The Port began the game with 2 vital players...