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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 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 5–1 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.

Isle of Wight Football Association edit

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

Island Games record edit

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

Selected Internationals opponents edit

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 edit

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Edward Hatt	(1976-12-22) 22 December 1976 (age 47)	Cowes Sports
1GK	Leon Pitman	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23)	Newport IW
1GK	Olly West	(1998-05-29) 29 May 1998 (age 25)	Cowes Sports

2DF	Ryan Oatley	(1996-01-29) 29 January 1996 (age 28)	Cowes Sports
2DF	Adam Biss	(2000-11-28) 28 November 2000 (age 23)	Chichester City
2DF	George Colson	(1993-10-24) 24 October 1993 (age 30)	Cowes Sports
2DF	Joe Hancock	(1998-09-03) 3 September 1998 (age 25)	Cowes Sports
2DF	Ryan Hughes	(1997-11-11) 11 November 1997 (age 26)	Lymington Town
2DF	Liam Triggs	(1994-10-31) 31 October 1994 (age 29)	Cowes Sports

3MF	Joe Butcher	(1994-08-22) 22 August 1994 (age 29)	Newport IW
3MF	Nathan Lewis	(1995-11-28) 28 November 1995 (age 28)	Raynes Park Vale
3MF	John McKie	(1989-06-09) 9 June 1989 (age 34)	Cowes Sports
3MF	Josh Wakefield	(1993-11-06) 6 November 1993 (age 30)	Salisbury
3MF	Jimmy Mumford	(1998-04-07) 7 April 1998 (age 26)	Eastleigh
3MF	Finn Phillips	(1998-11-28) 28 November 1998 (age 25)	Cowes Sports

4FW	Jordan Browne	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 24)	Newport IW
4FW	Joe Craig	(2000-08-03) 3 August 2000 (age 23)	Newport IW
4FW	Jake Scrimshaw	(2000-09-13) 13 September 2000 (age 23)	Eastleigh
4FW	Josh Younie	(1990-11-29) 29 November 1990 (age 33)	Newport IW
4FW	Connor Kelly	(1992-11-28) 28 November 1992 (age 31)	Cowes Sports

References edit

^ "Isle of Wight's golden football heritage". fifa.com.
^ "A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". islandecho.co.uk.
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