ISLE OF WIGHT FA

I'm presently on the IOW and have just been past Cowes Sports FC, a very neat and tidy ground on the island Islands Team games 2011-photo left:

The Isle of Wight football team represents the island at the biannual Island games which it won in 1995 and 2011. The Isle of Wight is affiliated to the divisional FA of The Hampshire Football Association, the governing body for football in England. The Isle of Wight is not a member of FIFA or UEFA, it plays under the auspices of the Football Association. The Isle of Wight plays separately at their "own", St George's Park which has a capacity of 3,200 and has 200 seats. 

Their first international was against Aland Islands of Norway in June 24th 1991-a 1-0 win. their biggest win was 20-0 v Sark in 2003 and heaviest defeat v Anglesey in 1991, 1-5 and the Isle of Man, May 2004 1-5. Other opposition includes Froya, Hitra, Saare and Ynys Mon....guess where from? Others include Greenland (P5W3D1) and Gibraltar (P4W2L2)both of whom have provided fair opposition.

The 2021 Squad has been made up from 6 Cowes Sports FC, 2 Brading Town, 6 Newport Town (IOW) and 1 Winchester City.

There are two male divisions in the IOW League both with 14 teams from local settlements. There are two more "Combination divisions" as yet not scheduled. There are two well attended ladies' divisons and two Youth divisions.

 Cowes Sports FC (The Yachtsmen) play in the Wessex Premier League (level 9) and East Cowes Victoria Athletic (The Vics)and Newport IOW (The Ports) play in Division  One (L10) and all can play in the FA Vase competition.