2007–08 Isle of Man League

Isle of Man Football League
Season2007–08

The Isle of Man League 2007–08 (known as the Sure Mobile Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the ninety-ninth such league competition on the Isle of Man.

Football in the Isle of Man is played at an amateur level. There are two tiers of men's football, consisting of 27 clubs. There are six senior cup competitions – the Manx FA Cup, Railway Cup, Hospital Cup, Woods Cup, Paul Henry Gold Cup and the Charity Shield. Each club has a reserve team in the Isle of Man Football Combination, and the Junior Cup for the reserve teams. There is also the Cowell Cup an annual Under-19 tournament.

The Isle of Man League team advanced to the semi-finals of the National League Systems Cup 2007–08, after defeating Wearside League 2–1 in the second round, and defeating Liverpool County Premier League 1–0 in the third round.[1] The semi-final match ended in a draw with Midland Football Combination (Div 1), who advanced to the finals after winning 4–1 in a penalty shootout.[1]

There is one tier of women's football. The Isle of Man national football team is not affiliated with UEFA or FIFA.

Men

League tables

St Georges were crowned champions in the Premier League, the top tier of Manx amateur football, whilst St Johns United and Douglas Royal were relegated from the Premier League.[2][better source needed] The league was renamed from Division One in 2007.

Due to sponsorship, Division 2 was known as the CFS Division 2.

Premier League

Saint Georges F.C. won their tenth league title, second consecutive title, and fourth in five years.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 St Georges (C) 24 23 0 1 115 24 +91 69
2 Peel 24 19 1 4 76 24 +52 58
3 Douglas HS Old Boys 24 14 3 7 57 46 +11 45
4 Laxey 24 13 4 7 62 51 +11 43
5 Union Mills 24 10 6 8 52 48 +4 36
6 Rushen United 24 9 7 8 48 47 +1 34
7 Gymnasium 24 9 4 11 51 58 −7 31
8 Corinthians 24 9 1 14 62 67 −5 28
9 St Marys 24 9 4 11 56 62 −6 31
10 Ramsey 24 6 5 13 33 53 −20 23
11 Ayre United 24 5 6 13 36 65 −29 21
12 St Johns United 24 3 5 16 31 77 −46 14
13 Douglas Royal 24 3 2 19 38 95 −57 11
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions

Division Two

Colby F.C., from the south of the Isle, completed an unbeaten season.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Colby 26 25 1 0 153 21 +132 76
2 Michael United 26 19 4 3 135 32 +103 61
3 Pulrose United 26 18 6 2 97 25 +72 60
4 Castletown Metropolitan 26 17 4 5 104 38 +66 55
5 Marown 26 13 3 10 61 56 +5 42
6 Police 26 12 4 10 74 64 +10 40
7 Onchan 26 12 3 11 83 70 +13 39
8 Malew 26 10 5 11 51 69 −18 35
9 Braddan 26 10 3 13 63 73 −10 33
10 Douglas & District 26 7 3 16 64 106 −42 24
11 Ronaldsway 26 6 4 16 44 105 −61 22
12 Foxdale 26 5 3 18 36 89 −53 18
13 Ramsey Youth COB 26 3 1 22 30 134 −104 10
14 Jurby 26 3 0 23 28 141 −113 9
Source: [citation needed]

Cups

FA Cup

Peel 0–5 St Georges

  • St Georges completed the domestic treble with this victory, but missed out on the Railway Cup and chance for a quadruple.

Railway Cup

Peel 4–3 St Georges

  • The Railway Cup provided some consolation to Peel after finishing runners-up in the Premier League and FA Cup.

Charity Shield

Hospital Cup

Corinthians 0–2 St Georges

Woods Cup

Braddan 0–2 Colby

Paul Henry Gold Cup

Castletown Metropolitan 0–3 Michael United

Junior Cup

Peel 2–0 Rushen United

Cowell Cup (U19)

St Georges 2–3 St Marys

Women

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Douglas Royal 18 16 1 1 207 16 +191 49
2 Corinthians 18 15 1 2 130 17 +113 46
3 Rushen United 18 14 1 3 133 20 +113 43
4 Gymnasium 18 11 0 7 66 44 +22 33
5 Colby 18 9 1 8 39 83 −44 28
6 Castletown 18 8 1 9 44 76 −32 25
7 Peel 18 6 2 10 34 52 −18 20
8 Laxey 18 4 2 12 36 141 −105 14
9 Ramsey 18 1 2 15 15 129 −114 5
10 Michael United 18 0 1 17 3 129 −126 1
Source: [citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2008–2009. London: Headline. 2008. p. 996. ISBN 9780755318193.
  2. ^ "League: Isle of Man Leagues". TheFA.com FULL-TIME. Archived from the original on 3 May 2008.