Football

East Cowes Vics have fallen into deeper relegation difficulty in Wessex Division 1 after home defeat by Fleet Spurs – a side that had lost all their previous league games. Vics welcomed back highly-rated goalkeeper Alex Ram and powerful centre...

UPDATE: All 3 Wessex League games are on as of 11:00, having passed pitch inspections. However, many Island League and Hampshire Cup games have been postponed (See below). New manager Alex Smith will be hoping to secure his 1st win...

UPDATE: Tonight's game between Cowes Sports and Christchurch has been called off due to a waterlogged pitch. Newport and Cowes resume their respective Wessex League campaigns this evening (Tuesday) with both sides playing their 1st league games of 2023. In the...

A revitalised East Cowes Vics side gave a good account of themselves in their Boxing Day defeat against 1 of the strongest sides in Wessex Division 1: near neighbours Newport. New manager Alex Smith had been hard at work behind...

New Vics manager Alex Smith faces a baptism of fire in his 1st game in charge at Beatrice Avenue against near-neighbours Newport on Boxing Day. 3rd-from-bottom Vics have been decimated by suspensions over recent weeks, with goalkeeper Alex Ram, captain...

Victory for Northwood St Johns saw the Isle of Wight Division 1 side reach the last 16 of the Hampshire Trophy on Saturday (17th December). On a day when the Isle of Wight football programme was decimated by frozen pitches,...

UPDATE: All Wessex League games featuring Isle of Wight clubs on Saturday 17th December have been postponed due to frozen pitches. All Isle of Wight Division 1 games have also been called off for the same reason. New Vics manager...

On a frozen Saturday which saw most games postponed, unbeaten champions Shanklin saw off 3rd-placed West Wight at the County Ground to go top-of-the-table on goal difference. This was very much a game of 2 halves with the Seasiders racing...

UPDATE 09:30 All games featuring Isle of Wight Wessex League teams have failed pitch inspections this morning (Saturday). A big crowd is expected at Westwood Park as the Yachtsmen take on top-of-the-table AFC Portchester in a Wessex Premier fixture at...

Alex Smith Former Cowes Sports assistant manager, Alex Smith, has taken the hot seat at East Cowes Vics. It comes after the departure of former manager Richard Woodburn, as announced earlier today. East Cowes Victoria Athletic released the following statement...