In the 3rd round of the Isle of Wight Memorial Cup, Ventnor trounced near neighbours Niton 8-1 at Watcombe Bottom to go through to the next round on Saturday (4th March).
The goals for Ventnor came courtesy of Emerson Tattershall (X4), a hat trick from Charlie Urry and a single goal from Freddie Knowles.
In the other 3rd round Memorial Cup game to be played on Saturday, Shanklin knocked 3 goals past Vectis at the County Ground. George Carter-Knight bagged a brace for Shanklin with the other goal coming from Ryan Gregory.
In Isle of Wight Division 1 …
Whitecroft & Barton Sports 3-0 Binstead & COB
2nd-placed W&B kept the pressure on leaders and champions Shanklin by beating Binstead at Sandy Lane. Matt Evans scored twice for W&B with the other goal coming courtesy of Aidan Sainsbury. W&B remain 3 points behind Shanklin with 6 games of the season left to play
Bembridge 2-1 ECS
Bembridge overcame ECS at Steyne Park thanks to a brace from Lewis Parker-Meadows.
Isle of Wight Division 1 table below …
In Isle of Wight Division 2 …
3 teams – Ventnor, High Park and East Cowes Vics Reserves – all have an equal number of points (34) at the top of the table. Ventnor have 5 games left to play, High Park have 4 games remaining and East Cowes Vics have only 2 games until their season finishes.
Osborne Coburg 1-4 High Park
2nd-placed High Park kept the pressure on leaders Ventnor by overcoming Osborne Coburg at Northwood Rec. John Robjant bagged a brace for the Park, Mark Goodwin converted a penalty with the other goal coming from Lewis Fleming.
AFC Wootton 1-2 East Cowes Vics Reserves
3rd-placed Vics beat 4th-placed Wootton thanks to strikes from Shay Phillipson and Aidan Sheerin.
Division 2 table below …
Isle of Wight results for Saturday 4th March
The Isle of Wight Memorial Cup sponsored by Andy Butler Sports Ground Specialist
2nd Round
Shanklin 3-0 Vectis
Ventnor 8-1 Niton Community
Harwoods Renault IOW Saturday League Division 1
Bembridge 2-1 ECS
Whitecroft & Barton Sports 3-0 Binstead & COB
Division 2
AFC Wootton 1-2 East Cowes Vics Reserves
Osborne Coburg 1-4 High Park
Seaview 1-1 Carisbrooke United
Combination Division 1
Vectis 0-6 Northwood St Johns
West Wight 5-1 Bembridge
Combination Division 2
Niton Community 1-3 Osborne Coburg
HOW the pendulum swings in the years between 1946 to 1948 in one of these years Niton won i think the first division cup at Church Litten Newport our goaley was Fred Blake of the Ventnor fishing family Nitons scoring record for the season was107 for and 4 against i think think that record still stands best goalie we ever had i still have a photo of the team and management
What is the lad on the bottom right holding ?