Isle of Wight official football team

Isle of Wight

Association	Isle of Wight Football Association
Home stadium	St Georges Park, Newport, Isle of Wight
First colours Second colours
First international
Åland Islands 1–0 Isle of Wight (24 June 1991)
Biggest win
Isle of Wight 20–0 Sark (30 June 2003)
Biggest defeat
Anglesey 5–1 Isle of Wight (25 June 1991) Isle of Man 5–1 Isle of Wight (22 May 2004)

The Isle of Wight football team represents the Isle of Wight at the biannual Island Games, which it won in 1995 and 2011. The Isle of Wight is not a member of FIFA or UEFA, it is an island within England and plays under the auspices of the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. The Isle of Wight plays separately in St George's Park which has a capacity of 3,200 and has 200 seats, however the Isle of Wight is part of The English FA who are part of FIFA and play at Wembley Stadium which has capacity of 90,000.

Games and Competitions.

• First game = Åland Islands 1–0 Isle of Wight
  (24 June 1991)

• Largest win = Isle of Wight 20–0 Sark
  (30 June 2003)

• Largest loss = Anglesey 5–1 Isle of Wight
  (25 June 1991)
  Isle of Man 5–1 Isle of Wight
  (22 May 2004)

Island Games Record.

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1991	7th place match	7th	4	1	1	2	3	10
1993	5th place match	5th	4	2	1	1	4	3
1995	Champions	1st	5	4	0	1	7	3
1997	3rd place match	3rd	4	2	2	0	7	2
1999	3rd place match	3rd	5	4	0	1	22	8
2001	3rd place match	4th	4	1	1	2	6	6
2003	3rd place match	4th	5	2	0	3	24	9
2009	9th place match	10th	4	1	0	3	6	10
2011	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	16	4
Total	9/11		40	22	5	13	95	53

Selected Internationals opponents

(Last update: March 2008)

Opponents	Matches	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA
Åland Islands	3	1	0	2	5	3
Frøya	1	1	0	0	6	2
Gibraltar	4	2	0	2	3	6
Greenland	5	3	1	1	13	6
Guernsey	5	1	2	2	8	9
Hitra	1	1	0	0	4	0
Isle of Man	2	1	0	1	2	5
Jersey	5	1	0	4	3	10
Rhodes	2	1	0	1	4	3
Saare County	2	1	0	1	11	2
Sark	1	1	0	0	20	0
Shetland	2	1	1	0	2	0
Ynys Môn	4	0	2	2	3	9

Squad 2009^[1]

The following players were in the Isle of Wight 2009 Island Games squad.

• (GK) Simon Moore (Brentford)
• Gareth Bricknell (Wick)
• Aiden Bryant (Cowes Sports)
• James Butt (Cowes Sports)
• Chris Elliott (Newport (IoW))
• Matthew Evans
• Oliver Fleming (Brading Town)
• David Greening (Brading Town)
• Sam Hart (Newport (IoW))
• Matthew Pollard – Team Cook and Vest Distribution Officer
• Craig Insley (Cowes Sports)
• Michael McEnery (Winchester City)
• Alek Przespolewski (Cowes Sports)
• Darren Powell (Newport (IoW))
• Joe Raynor (Cowes Sports)
• Aidan Sainsbury
• Luke Sawyer (Newport (IoW))
• Tom Scovell (Newport (IoW))
• Charles Smeeton (Newport (IoW))
• Myles Taylor (Cowes Sports)
• Luke Woodgate

References

External links

• Island Games - Isle of Wight BBC Guernsey, June 2009
• Isle of Wight FEDERACIONES INTERNACIONALES DE FÚTBOL
• Island Games Tournament 2003 (Guernsey) Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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