Founded in 1890, the Isle of Man FA aims to ensure that everyone, regardless of age, gender, ability or background, has the opportunity to enjoy football.
Everyone at the Isle of Man FA wishes to offer condolences to the family and friends of Kevin Manning, who sadly passed away at the weekend.
A minutes silence will be observed at fixtures this weekend.
We are delighted to announce that
@derrycityfc
will visit the island to play our
@BOS_IOM
sponsored national team on January 30. Kick off is 7.30pm at The Bowl. More match details, including ticket information, to follow.
Gerry is leaving the Isle of Man in late July. Gerry spent many years refereeing junior,senior, football matches on the Island. A fantastic servant to Manx football. Good luck with the move! Take care Gerry! All the best.
Our friends from
@derrycityfc
return home today following their pre-season mini camp.
We hope you found the week of benefit in preparation for your upcoming season. Everyone
@IsleofManFA
wish you all the very best and hopefully we’ll see you again soon
Young Island goalkeeper Isaac Allan started his 2yr full-time professional development phase u18's scholar contract this week with League 1 Lincoln City FC.
Wishing you the best of luck in the future Isaac! Well done! Keep going!
Read more here:
The Isle of Man FA can confirm that the suspension of fixtures and training across indoor and outdoor youth and adult grassroots football has now been lifted in the island.
Peel AFC and Isle of Man FA Academy player Freddie O’Donoghue has signed a two-year scholarship agreement with Carlisle United FC.
Read the story here:
Good luck from all of the Isle of Man football community! ⚽️🇮🇲
@JacksonsIOM
📸
@VanninPhotos
Everyone at the Isle of Man FA is saddened to hear of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Lord of Mann.
Our thoughts and sincere condolences are with the Royal Family at this very sad time.
Rest in peace, Your Majesty.
Delighted to announce that last night's friendly vs
@FCIsleOfMan
raised £1600, which will be split between Victim Support and Isle Listen.
The total is made up of the gate and live streaming revenues, as well as match fees, donated by the officials. Thanks all!
@vanninphotos
Well done
@PeelAFC
on securing your pitch improvement and maintenance grant from the
@FootballFoundtn
!
Good luck to the club and your groundsmen ahead of the 2020-21 season!
November Player of the Month, Cameron Avery of Marown & Young Player of the Month, Adam Cooil of Rushen.
Left to Right
Simon Elson, Kevan Maitland IOMFA & Canada Life's Sean Christian
Congratulations to both players on winning their awards.
Congratulations to Cheshire League who defeated the Isle of Man League 2-1 in tonight’s FA Inter-League Cup First Round tie at the bowl. Enjoy your evening on the island and a safe trip back tomorrow. Good luck in the second round.
@Cheshire_FA
Brilliant performance from our boys u18s on the first game of tour! 3-1 win against Queen of the South U18s.Scorers Tom Creer, Dan Kinrade and William Coyle. Thanks for the hospitality
@OfficialQosFC
a brilliant experience for our lads
@JacksonsIOM
Driving youth football forward
April Canada Life Player of the Month Awards
Canada Life Player of the Month
Stephen Whitley
@CorinthiansIOM
Canada Life Young Player of the Month
Andrew Burkitt
@LaxeyAFC1
Congratulations to both players
Countdown to
@derrycityfc
Ten days to go!
Come down to The Bowl and support our national team 🇮🇲 as they pit themselves against one of the Ireland Premier League’s finest sides.
January 30. 7.30pm KO
Admission will be on the gate at £3 (adults) and £1 (children under 18)
Taylor Andrews is the November Canada Life Player of Month after a string of impressive performances for
@PeelAFC
, while
@rushenutd
's Scott Mason is the U21 Player of the Month.
Congratulations to our April Canada Life Players of the Month!
@MarownAFC
Cameron Avery (right) topped the senior player rankings and Cameron Dudley from
@rushenutd
(left) was the best U21. They were presented with their awards by Raj Sandhu from Canada Life (centre).
Charity Football Match - 16th December - The Bowl - KO 7pm
All proceeds going to local charity, Craig's Heartstrong Foundation.
Thank you to Johnny Myers & Liam Cowin who have agreed to manage the Isle of Man FA team for this match
Come and support the IOM U18s as they face current holders
@middxfa
in round 3 of the FA County Youth Cup!!
Saturday 6:30pm KO at The Bowl
Tickets on Gate
Spread the Word!
Congratulations
@CorinthiansIOM
, winners of the Canada Life Women’s Floodlit Cup!
2-1 victors over Peel thanks to two goals from Player of the Match, Casey Halsall. Sarah Wignall bagged one for Peel.
1/2: Clubs and the Junior Football League were asked to vote on whether the Isle of Man football season should be extended until 30th June 2021. The deadline for submissions was 5pm today and the FA can confirm the result as follows:
17 in favour
10 against
IOMFA Centre of Excellence U14s coach Gavin Gawne introducing his FA Level 3 practice session ‘Switching play and attacking in the final third’ to his players. Gav is one of 13 Island based coaches working towards their UEFA B Coaching Licence this year
#FAcoaching
#CPD
#learning
Get down this sat as the IOM Senior Men face Liverpool County Premier in the second stage of the FA Inter-League Cup
6pm KO at the Bowl
Tickets on the Gate!
Good Luck to Sam Baines (Onchan juniors & Isle of Man U16’s) who is at Burnley FC Academy for a football trial from Monday next week, and to Scott Horne (Peel juniors & Isle of Man U15’s) who is on a football trial with Wigan Athletic FC Academy from Tuesday.Enjoy the week lads!
Congratulations 🥳 Rushen United winners of the Combination Team Summer Soccer 7’s Tournament 2023
Thank you to all the referees for your efforts today!
Well done to everyone who took part! Good luck for the rest of preseason ⚽️👍
Congratulations Stuart Kneen on being named the referee of the year for the 2021-22 season. Stu picked up his trophy at the IOM Referees Society annual awards evening last Saturday. Adrian Higgins from Specsavers the Society’s long standing sponsor is pictured below with Stu.
A day of Island football milestones yesterday - Chris Bass’s 80th cap, Lee Gale’s 40th cap and Dan Simpson’s 10th cap. First island goals for Jacob Crook and Ashley Higginbotham.
#history
The Railway Cup trophy is polished and ready. Which ribbons will we need?
@AyreFc
vs
@StGeorgesAFC
play in the Dixcart Railway Cup Final on Boxing Day. Kick off 2pm at The Bowl.
Congratulations to
@StGeorgesAFC
who were todays winners of the Barbary Coast IOMFA 7 aside tournament 🏟️!
Final result: St George’s AFC 2 - 0
@onchanafc
A special thank you to our referees throughout the day!
Well done to all the teams who entered!
Here's Blane Slattery's IOMFA Representative Squad for tomorrow night's match vs
@FCIsleOfMan
Kick off is 7pm at The Bowl.
All proceeds will be split between Victim Support Isle of Man and Isle Listen
Photos from block 2 of the FA Level 2 coaching course
@colbyafc
over the weekend
The learning group will be back next Sunday for more before focusing on a coaching project with their teams prior to the final course learning block in May
#coach
#coaching
#education
Beth Craig who plays for local side Douglas Royals u14s & plays for Blackpool FC Girls u14s.
Reached the league cup final, in an entertaining game at Wigan Athletic, 3-3 full time, extra time was played,the game was settled by dreaded penalties with a 3-2 win.
@ManxRadio
For the second consecutive year, Jay Chatwood from
@Foxdale_AFC
was voted the top Division Two player and took home the Silver Boot for his 39 goals this season.
@Hatty1970
and Kevan Maitland made the presentations. Thanks to Paul for his photography work last night.