Football

Newport lost by the best of 5 goals in their 1st home game of the season at Beatrice Avenue.  The Port began and ended the game well but were undone by a disastrous 10-minute spell in the 1st half during...

Cowes Sports Reserves went 2nd in Isle of Wight Division 1 after beating champions Shanklin at Westwood Park on Tuesday evening (15th August). This was the Seasider's 1st defeat in Island League football since 29th January 2022 when the Seasiders...

Isle of Wight 2nd Division side Carisbrooke United are to disband and withdraw from Isle of Wight football, it was announced this afternoon (15th August). Carisbrooke United's Julie Culliford-Brace made the following statement: "It is with great sadness that after...

The 1st Saturday of the Isle of Wight football season (12th August) saw wins in Division 1 for last season's champions Shanklin and runners up Whitecroft & Barton Sports. Division 1: Bembridge 3-2 ECS Bembridge won their opening fixture against...

East Cowes Vics have retained their 100 per cent record in Wessex Division 1 by beating Verwood by a single goal. Vics were unlucky not to have won by a greater margin in a game in which they twice hit...

Isle of Wight Divisions 1 and 2 are set to kick off at 14:00 this Saturday. Are you sick of overpaid prima donnas play acting in the Premiership? Unable to afford the ferry fare plus entrance at St Mary's Stadium...

East Cowes Vics began their season on the front foot with a workmanlike victory over Southampton-based Millbrook. The 1st half was a fairly even contest with chances for both teams. The 1st scoring opportunity fell for the Dockers' Mark Barker,...

Why doesn't the Isle of Wight play a combined football team in the English football pyramid? Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man all have 1 team representing their respective islands. Even the Orkney Islands (population 22,055) in the far...

An Isle of Wight football club that encourages overweight and obese men to get fit has helped local men lose over a third of a tonne (300kg / 600 pounds) of excess weight in the last 12 months.  MAN v...

The Isle of Wight's sole representatives in this year's FA Cup - Cowes Sports - were defeated by Wiltshire side Melksham Town in the Extra Preliminary Round of the FA Cup. In an entertaining 90 minutes, the Southern League side...