Football

Scott Sampson defending. Photo: Simon Dear In a chaotic and somewhat bad-tempered encounter, Newport IW FC narrowly lost against Andover New Street on Saturday. The Beatrice Avenue pitch was judged to be fit to play on Saturday morning, despite heavy...

New Cowes Sports FC manager, Max Draper, sees his new charges come out on top in Saturday’s must-win Wessex Premier bottom-of-the-table battle. The Yachtsman had to make a number of enforced changes for the visit to Bonnymead Park in Amesbury,...

A poor second half performance led to Cowes Sports FC slumping to their 8th successive defeat on Tuesday night. The Yachtsmen are now without a win since 28th September. Experienced Ed Hatt returned as goalkeeper for the visit of Lymington....

Cowes Sports FC's first team manager, Steve Rutter, has resigned. The resignation follows a run of 8 successive defeats for the Wessex Premiership club. Max Draper, reserve team coach, will take over the position, starting from the visit to bottom...

Second-from-bottom East Cowes Vics pulled off a remarkable win for new boss Richie Woodburn against Fawley on Saturday. Vics had goalkeeper Karl Steinborne-Busse to thank for a solid display in keeping the home team's attacks at bay in their 2-0...

Photo: Simon Dear After a long series of postponements, Newport IW FC got their push for promotion on track with a superb 6-0 home win against Follands Sports at Beatrice Avenue. Newport made 2 changes to the side that had...

Newly appointed East Cowes Vics manager, Richie Woodburn, took on his first training session with the Island side this week ahead of their away match to Fawley this weekend. Second-from-bottom Vics travel to 13th placed Fawley this Saturday for their...

Cowes Sports FC lost to lower league opposition in the second round of the Hampshire Senior Cup on Tuesday and miss out on a prestigious away tie at National League Eastleigh in the third round. The Yachtsmen made three changes...

The Isle of Wight's very own Scott Jones has gone somewhat viral on social media after being interviewed by BBC Sport and featured on Match of the Day's Twitter feed. Chichester City player Scott, who hails from Binstead, was interviewed...

Cowes Sports FC, sitting precariously in third from bottom position in the Wessex Premier, played their first game since 26th October on Hamworthy United’s artificial pitch, which enabled the game to go ahead despite the appalling weather conditions. The Yachtsmen...