Attendance – 142 Following the disappointment of the previous weeks defeat in the F A Vase Cowes Sports were back in league action as they welcomed Portland United too Westwood Park. Prior to the start of the match a minutes silence was held in memory of JOHN WARD, Hampshire FA Representative at the FA andRead More
The View from the Bar There can’t be many people who haven’t heard by now that we have a new manager, and it’s a great pleasure to welcome back former playing stalwart Vic Sanders to take up the reigns of the managerial hotseat (to mix my metaphors a little…). There were quite a few applicationsRead More
Attendance – 131 Once again it could be said that the luck of the draw was against The Yachtsmen as, although they were at home, their opponents were Westbury United from the Western Premier League. The Wiltshire side were in second place having gained promotion as Champions last season, but more importantly were on anRead More
The View from the Bar Art’noon all! So, here it is – only another fifteen hours of football to go and we’re at Wembley! Yep, it’s a long road from here, but it’s the road to Wembley nonetheless, and that always adds a certain frisson of excitement to proceedings. Last season we had another reminderRead More
Attendance – 114 Following defeat in the Extra Preliminary Round of the F A Cup a re-arranged league fixture was scheduled in pitting the Yachtsmen against the students from Team Solent. In previous encounters at Westwood honours were fairly even, both having won 3 with one draw. Team Solent came into the game having beatenRead More
The View from the Bar Aha! Bonus league fixture. Well, that’s me trying to put a positive spin on our early F.A. Cup exit, but more of that later. Lots to talk about today… Yep, sometimes I’m pulling my hair out for things to write (Bill Murray’s had the same thing with trying to collectRead More
The Hampshire Senior Cup draw pitted the Yachtsmen away to Wessex One side Totton & Eling in the 1st round. The home team had started their League campaign with one victory and two defeats including one just two days before this tie took place. Caretaker Manager Ian Potts brought back Aidan Bryan and James WykesRead More
Following the shock resignation of Manager Steve Hunt, Ian Potts was placed in temporary charge of Cowes Sports FC. His first outing saw him take his side to the outskirts of Portsmouth to take on a strong Baffins team. Jimmy Wykes was missing through suspension whilst Ryan Gardner was left to play for the reserves.Read More
Attendance: 51 A confident Island side made the hour long trip to the other side of Salisbury to take on Bemerton HH in the Extra Preliminary Round of the Emirates F A Cup for the right to travel to Thatcham Town in the next round. The two sides had had completely opposite starts to theirRead More
Attendance – 86 For their first away game of the season, Ian Potts, deputising for the absent Steve Hunt, kept the same starting eleven that did so well on Saturday, but they went behind in the third minute, when we lost possession in midfield and GARY AUSTIN ran through to fire past Ed Hatt. Undeterred,Read More
