Newport (IOW) F.C.

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Newport (Isle of Wight)
File:Newportfclogo.png
Full name Newport (Isle of Wight) Football Club
Nickname(s) The Port
Founded 1888
Ground St. George's Park, Newport
Ground Capacity 4,000 (300 seated)
Chairman David Hayles
Manager Andy Sampson
League Wessex League
Premier Division
2014–15 Wessex League
Premier Division, 7th

Newport (IW) F.C. (also known as Newport (IoW) F.C. or Newport (Isle of Wight) F.C.) are a football club based in Newport on the Isle of Wight, England, They were founding members of the Wessex League in 1986. The club is affiliated to the Isle of Wight Football Association, which is a division of the Hampshire Football Association.[1]

History

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The team's shield.

The club was formed in 1888, and in 1898 became founder members of the Isle of Wight League.[2] The club went on to win the league championship four times before joining the Hampshire League in 1927.[2] The club remained in the Hampshire league until 1986 when they joined the Wessex League on its formation.[3] A second-place finish in 1990 saw them promoted to the Southern League, initially in the Southern (later renamed Eastern) Division.[4][5] In 2001 they were promoted to the Premier Division after winning the Southern League east division but were relegated straight back again.[3]

The club started to struggle financially and in December of the 2003–04 season the club was placed in administration.[2] For the 2004–05 season the club was moved into the Isthmian League Division One. The following season they finished in a relegation position but were spared the drop due to Banstead Athletic's resignation from the league.[6] Due to another reorganisation of the National League System, they were moved back to the Southern League, playing in Division One South and West for the 2006–07 season.[3]

In 2008 ownership of the club was fully transferred to the supporter's trust.[7] The club was relegated back to the Wessex league at the end of the 2007–08 season after finishing bottom of Division One South and West of the Southern league.[3] The club has since remained in the Wessex League Premier Division.[3]

Ground

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Main article: St Georges Park, Newport

Newport play their home games at St Georges Park, St Georges Way, Newport PO30 2QH.

The ground has one seated stand and shelters at each end. Capacity for the ground is 3,200. The record attendance for a home game involving Newport (IOW) F.C. is 3,112, vs Portsmouth F.C. in a pre-season fixture in summer 2007.

Honours

League honours

  • Southern League Eastern Division[3]
    • Winners (1): 2000–01
  • Wessex League[3][8]
    • Runners-up (1): 1989–90
  • Hampshire League[3][8]
    • Winners (11): 1929–30, 1932–33, 1938–39, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81
    • Runners-up (7): 1930–31, 1931–32, 1935–36, 1951–52, 1954–55, 1958–59, 1977–78
  • Hampshire League Division 2[8]
    • Runners-up (1): 1970–71
  • Isle of Wight League[2]
    • Winners (4): 1907–08, 1908–09, 1909–10, 1923–24

Cup honours

  • Hampshire Senior Cup:[8][9]
    • Winners (10): 1931–32, 1932–33, 1935–36, 1951–52, 1954–55, 1960–61, 1965–66, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1997–98
  • Russell Cotes Cup[8]
    • Winners (1): 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 2010-11
  • Pickford Cup[8]
    • Winners (1): 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1952–53
  • Isle of Wight Senior Gold Cup[10]
    • Winners (37): 1929–30, 1935–36, 1937–38, 1939–40, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1948–49, 1952–53 (shared with Cowes) 1953–44, 1957–58, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1992–93,1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013-14, 2014-15
    • Runners-up (1): 2009–10
  • Hampshire Floodlit Cup[8]
    • Winners (2): 1976–77, 1977–78
  • Hampshire Intermediate Cup[8]
    • Winners (2): 1931–32, 1996–97
  • Hampshire Combination Cup[8]
    • Winners (1): 1938–39
  • Isle of Wight Memorial Cup[10]
    • Winners (8): 1925–26, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1976–77, 1980–81, 1981–82
  • Isle of Wight Challenge Cup[10]
    • Winners (6): 1904–05, 1907–08, 1928–29, 1953–54, 1985–86, 2000–01
  • Isle of Wight Charity Cup[10]
    • Winners (2): 1928–29, 1944–45

Club records

Former players

  1. Players that have played/managed in the football league or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
  2. Players with full international caps.

Former coaches

  1. Managers/Coaches that have played/managed in the football league or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
  2. Managers/Coaches with full international caps.

See also

References

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External links

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