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Isle of Wight official football team

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Isle of Wight
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationIsle of Wight Football Association
Home stadiumSt Georges Park, Newport, Isle of Wight
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Åland 1–0 Isle of Wight 
(Mariehamn, Åland; 24 June 1991)
Biggest win
 Sark 0–20 Isle of Wight 
(Saint Martin, Guernsey; 30 June 2003)
Biggest defeat
 Ynys Môn 5–1 Isle of Wight 
(Mariehamn, Åland; 25 June 1991)
Isle of Man Isle of Man 5–1 Isle of Wight Isle of Wight
(22 May 2004)

The Isle of Wight football team represents the Isle of Wight at the biennial 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 divisional FA of The Hampshire Football Association, which is a county FA of the English FA who are part of FIFA and play at Wembley Stadium which has a capacity of 90,000.

Starting XI in the 2011 Island Games football final held at St Georges Park, Newport, Isle of Wight vs Guernsey

Isle of Wight Football Association

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The Isle of Wight Football Association was founded in 1898.[1][2]

Island Games record

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Year Position GP W D L GF GA
Faroe Islands 1989 did not enter
Åland 1991 7th 4 1 1 2 3 10
Isle of Wight 1993 5th 4 2 1 1 4 3
Gibraltar 1995 1st 5 4 0 1 7 3
Jersey 1997 3rd 4 2 2 0 7 2
Gotland 1999 3rd 5 4 0 1 22 8
Isle of Man 2001 4th 4 1 1 2 6 6
Guernsey 2003 4th 5 2 0 3 24 9
Shetland 2005 did not enter
Rhodes 2007
Åland 2009 10th 4 1 0 3 6 10
Isle of Wight 2011 1st 5 5 0 0 16 4
Bermuda 2013 did not enter
Jersey 2015 6th 4 2 1 1 7 3
Gotland 2017 did not enter
Gibraltar 2019 No tournament held
Guernsey 2023 3rd 5 4 0 1 9 5
Total 11/15 49 28 6 15 111 61

Selected Internationals opponents

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Updated as of March 2008
Opponents Matches Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Win%
 Åland 3 1 0 2 5 3 +2 033.33
 Frøya 1 1 0 0 6 2 +4 100.00
 Gibraltar 4 2 0 2 3 6 −3 050.00
 Greenland 5 3 1 1 13 6 +7 060.00
 Guernsey 5 1 2 2 8 9 −1 020.00
 Hitra 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100.00
 Isle of Man 2 1 0 1 2 5 −3 050.00
 Jersey 5 1 0 4 3 10 −7 020.00
 Rhodes 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 050.00
 Saare County 2 1 0 1 11 2 +9 050.00
 Sark 1 1 0 0 20 0 +20 100.00
 Shetland 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 050.00
 Ynys Môn 4 0 2 2 3 9 −6 000.00

Current squad

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Squad was picked for the 2023 Island Games in July 2023. The side was managed by Tom McInnes.[3]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1GK Edward Hatt (1976-12-22) 22 December 1976 (age 47) Isle of Wight Cowes Sports
1GK Leon Pitman (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23) Isle of Wight Newport IW
1GK Olly West (1998-05-29) 29 May 1998 (age 26) Isle of Wight Cowes Sports

2DF Ryan Oatley (1996-01-29) 29 January 1996 (age 28) Isle of Wight Cowes Sports
2DF Adam Biss (2000-11-28) 28 November 2000 (age 23) England Chichester City
2DF George Colson (1993-10-24) 24 October 1993 (age 31) Isle of Wight Cowes Sports
2DF Joe Hancock (1998-09-03) 3 September 1998 (age 26) Isle of Wight Cowes Sports
2DF Ryan Hughes (1997-11-11) 11 November 1997 (age 27) England Lymington Town
2DF Liam Triggs (1994-10-31) 31 October 1994 (age 30) Isle of Wight Cowes Sports

3MF Joe Butcher (1994-08-22) 22 August 1994 (age 30) Isle of Wight Newport IW
3MF Nathan Lewis (1995-11-28) 28 November 1995 (age 28) England Raynes Park Vale
3MF John McKie (1989-06-09) 9 June 1989 (age 35) Isle of Wight Cowes Sports
3MF Josh Wakefield (1993-11-06) 6 November 1993 (age 31) England Salisbury
3MF Jimmy Mumford (1998-04-07) 7 April 1998 (age 26) England Eastleigh
3MF Finn Phillips (1998-11-28) 28 November 1998 (age 25) Isle of Wight Cowes Sports

4FW Jordan Browne (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 24) Isle of Wight Newport IW
4FW Joe Craig (2000-08-03) 3 August 2000 (age 24) Isle of Wight Newport IW
4FW Jake Scrimshaw (2000-09-13) 13 September 2000 (age 24) England Eastleigh
4FW Josh Younie (1990-11-29) 29 November 1990 (age 33) Isle of Wight Newport IW
4FW Connor Kelly (1992-11-28) 28 November 1992 (age 31) Isle of Wight Cowes Sports

Honours

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Non-FIFA competitions

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  • Island Games
    • Gold medal (2): 1995, 2011
    • Bronze medal (3): 1997, 1999, 2023

References

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  1. ^ "Isle of Wight's golden football heritage". fifa.com.
  2. ^ "A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". islandecho.co.uk.
  3. ^ |publisher=islandecho.co.uk |access-date=7 July 2023
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